Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 19, 2026

Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 19, 2026. Sign up to receive these updates every Sunday in your inbox by subscribing to our GeekWire Weekly email newsletter. Rudra ...

Month Offline Seattle

Seattle startup funding fell about 40% in the first half of 2026 as AI reshaped the venture market — plus a Kalshi court setback, Impinj’s 10 years on the Nasdaq, and could you go without your ...

What’s going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj’s long game, and a smartphone detox

Seattle startup funding fell about 40% in the first half of 2026 as AI reshaped the venture market — plus a Kalshi court setback, Impinj's 10 years on the Nasdaq, and could you go without your ...

Forward Deployed Engineering

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The Odyssey

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Earth first, Mars later: Inside AIM’s grand vision for physical AI and autonomous bulldozers

From a Redmond, Wash., headquarters space formerly occupied by SpaceX, AIM Intelligent Machines founder and CEO Adam Sadilek and his growing team are building the systems to retrofit heavy ...

Beyond AI Chat: How SparkRizz Is Building the Next Generation of Social Networking Through AI Clone

If you’ve ever wanted to know what someone is really like before sending them a follow request, a DM, or… Read More ...

Adam Sadilek

From a Redmond, Wash., headquarters space formerly occupied by SpaceX, AIM Intelligent Machines founder and CEO Adam Sadilek ...

Amazon confirms it’s closing key AI site in San Francisco but says work on its top models continues

Amazon is closing its San Francisco AGI site as part of the layoffs it made this week in its artificial general intelligence ...

‘The Odyssey’ isn’t on IMAX 70mm in Seattle — is it worth a journey for the summer’s biggest film?

Want to see "The Odyssey" as director Christopher Nolan intended? Here is how formats and theaters compare across 70mm, IMAX, ...

Defense tech giant Anduril eyes new funding at $100B valuation as Seattle expansion draws protests

Defense tech giant Anduril is reportedly seeking a new funding round that would value the company at about $100 billion, ...

Efekta Education

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