Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Upcoming GeekWire Podcast Live Event: Join us from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb 12 at Fremont Brewing for a live recording of the GeekWire Podcast with Todd Bishop and John Cook. Free for Fremont Chamber members, $15 otherwise. Register here (fremontchamberofcommercewa.growthzoneapp.com/events/Details/live-recording-the-geekwire-podcast-1626188?sourceTypeId=Hub) .
This week on the show: Andy Jassy tells Wall Street that Amazon is planning $200 billion (geekwire.com/2026/aws-growth-hits-3-year-high-custom-chips-top-10b-as-200b-capex-plan-rattles-investors/) in capital expenses this year, mostly to build out AI infrastructure, and investors give it a thumbs down.
Microsoft's financial results beat expectations but the company loses $357 billion in market value (geekwire.com/2026/microsofts-historic-plunge-why-the-company-lost-357-billion-in-value-despite-strong-results/) in a single day after investors learn the extent of its dependence on OpenAI.
Meanwhile, OpenAI leases 10 floors of office space in Bellevue (geekwire.com/2026/openai-inks-huge-lease-in-bellevue-doubling-down-on-seattle-region-near-microsoft-and-amazon-hqs/) , lawmakers in Olympia propose new taxes impacting startup exits (geekwire.com/2026/seattle-startup-leaders-rally-against-new-capital-gains-tax-proposal/) and high-income earners (geekwire.com/2026/washingtons-millionaires-tax-targets-top-earners-as-tech-leaders-warn-of-startup-fallout/) , and the bots get their own social network.
In our featured conversation, recorded at a dinner hosted by Accenture in Bellevue, GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop sits down with computer scientist and entrepreneur Oren Etzioni (linkedin.com/in/orenetzioni/) to talk about AI agents, the startup landscape, the fight against deepfakes, and what good AI leadership looks like.
Etzioni is co-founder of AI agent startup Vercept (vercept.com/) , founder of the AI2 Incubator (ai2incubator.com/) , a venture partner at Madrona (madrona.com/) , and the former founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI.
Agents of Transformation: Check out the series (geekwire.com/special-coverage/agents-of-transformation/) and join us for the conference (geekwire.com/events/agents-of-transformation/) , presented by Accenture, March 24 in Seattle.
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton (linkedin.com/in/cdmilton/) . Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell (daniellkcaldwell.com/) .
See omnystudio.com/listener (omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
Upcoming GeekWire Podcast Live Event: Join us from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb 12 at Fremont Brewing for a live recording of the GeekWire Podcast with Todd Bishop and John Cook. Free for Fremont Chamber members, $15 otherwise. Register here (fremontchamberofcommercewa.growthzoneapp.com/events/Details/live-recording-the-geekwire-podcast-1626188?sourceTypeId=Hub) .
This week on the show: Andy Jassy tells Wall Street that Amazon is planning $200 billion (geekwire.com/2026/aws-growth-hits-3-year-high-custom-chips-top-10b-as-200b-capex-plan-rattles-investors/) in capital expenses this year, mostly to build out AI infrastructure, and investors give it a thumbs down.
Microsoft's financial results beat expectations but the company loses $357 billion in market value (geekwire.com/2026/microsofts-historic-plunge-why-the-company-lost-357-billion-in-value-despite-strong-results/) in a single day after investors learn the extent of its dependence on OpenAI.
Meanwhile, OpenAI leases 10 floors of office space in Bellevue (geekwire.com/2026/openai-inks-huge-lease-in-bellevue-doubling-down-on-seattle-region-near-microsoft-and-amazon-hqs/) , lawmakers in Olympia propose new taxes impacting startup exits (geekwire.com/2026/seattle-startup-leaders-rally-against-new-capital-gains-tax-proposal/) and high-income earners (geekwire.com/2026/washingtons-millionaires-tax-targets-top-earners-as-tech-leaders-warn-of-startup-fallout/) , and the bots get their own social network.
In our featured conversation, recorded at a dinner hosted by Accenture in Bellevue, GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop sits down with computer scientist and entrepreneur Oren Etzioni (linkedin.com/in/orenetzioni/) to talk about AI agents, the startup landscape, the fight against deepfakes, and what good AI leadership looks like.
Etzioni is co-founder of AI agent startup Vercept (vercept.com/) , founder of the AI2 Incubator (ai2incubator.com/) , a venture partner at Madrona (madrona.com/) , and the former founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI.
Agents of Transformation: Check out the series (geekwire.com/special-coverage/agents-of-transformation/) and join us for the conference (geekwire.com/events/agents-of-transformation/) , presented by Accenture, March 24 in Seattle.
With GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. Edited by Curt Milton (linkedin.com/in/cdmilton/) . Music by Daniel L.K. Caldwell (daniellkcaldwell.com/) .
See omnystudio.com/listener (omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
