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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of July 12, 2026
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 July 12, 2026.
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Most popular stories on GeekWire
Seattle indie hit ‘Stardew Valley’ is coming to ‘Magic: The Gathering’
Stardew Valley, the blockbuster farming sim from solo Seattle developer Eric “ConcernedApe” Barone, is coming to Magic: The Gathering via a three-part Secret Lair drop from Renton-based Wizards of the Coast — with original pixel art from Barone himself. … Read More
Tech Moves: Former Amazon exec joins F5; Microsoft security CVP departs; Qualtrics adds leadership
F5 names former Amazon executive as its chief people officer; Rudra Mitra departs as a Microsoft CVP after more than 27 years; and Qualtrics adds leaders. … Read More
AWS EC2 and AI leader Dave Brown to exit, replaced by Amazon exec and Microsoft vet Dave Treadwell
Dave Brown is leaving Amazon Web Services after nearly 19 years, departing at the end of July for a new role outside the company. … Read More
Grunge meets slop: An AI time traveler visits 1992 Seattle when music, not tech, ruled the city
The AI-generated video is an interesting study in how technology that’s very much being built and hyped in Seattle can be used to illustrate what the city sort of looked like more than three decades ago. … Read More
Apptio co-founders reunite to launch enterprise AI startup Thira with $21M in funding led by Madrona
Apptio co-founders Sunny Gupta and Kurt Shintaffer launched Thira, a Bellevue-based enterprise AI startup, with $21 million in seed funding led by Madrona. … Read More
JPMorgan Chase bets on Seattle to build its AI control layer
JPMorgan Chase is building out a new AI software infrastructure team, with a major presence in Seattle, focused on running AI across its data centers and outside providers in a way that controls costs, protects its intellectual property, and avoids tying its fortunes to any one vendor. … Read More
Tech Moves: Remitly CMO departs; Temporal names EVP; Veeam and Qualtrics leadership changes
Rina Hahn leaves role as Remitly’s CMO; Temporal promotes Preeti Somal to EVP amid reorganization; and Veeam and Qualtrics make leadership changes. … Read More
Departing AWS exec Dave Brown is reportedly joining Meta, as Facebook parent mulls its own cloud
Dave Brown, the senior AWS executive whose departure Amazon announced this week, is joining Meta to work on its data center build-out, according to a Wall Street Journal report. … Read More
As General Fusion makes historic Nasdaq debut, report shows global funding surged to $4.5B
General Fusion’s stock is trading up after it became the first fusion energy company to go public on a major exchange, debuting Monday on Nasdaq. … Read More
Venture funding drops in Seattle area as AI boom reshapes startup world
Seattle-area startups raised $2.7 billion in the first half of 2026, down 40% from a year ago, even as U.S. … Read More
