Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Aug. 2, 2026.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Zillow Group laid off more than 500 employees Tuesday, about 7% of its workforce, one day before it reports second-quarter earnings. … Read More
Jeff Dean, who earned his computer science Ph.D. … Read More
Teri Hatfield, Salesforce EVP and Tableau CRO, has taken a role at Iterable; Gates Foundation’s legal director has left for Arnold & Porter; and Seattle-area startups AIM and Gravitics have added to their C-suites. … Read More
Google is laying off 52 employees in Washington state, according to a state filing. … Read More
Affected positions include software engineers, product management directors, incident commanders, technical support engineers, and leadership roles across marketing and sustainability. … Read More
Charles Lamanna, who leads Microsoft’s Copilot, agents, and platform work, is helping build the coming Copilot Super App — a single front door meant to unify the company’s sprawling AI products. … Read More
A WARN notice filed with Washington state shows Zillow Group is cutting 91 jobs in its home state, a fraction of the more than 500 layoffs announced this week. … Read More
Jyoti Shukla is taking the product strategy skills she developed at Microsoft, Starbucks, Nordstrom and SiriusXM and applying them to a station she has relied on as a fan for decades. … Read More
After nearly seven years at the helm of the Paul G. … Read More
Wild Zebra raised $6 million to expand an AI learning platform for math and reading that asks students questions rather than just giving them answers. … Read More
