Monica Nickelsburg
Monica Nickelsburg is an AI & Economy Reporter at KUOW Public Radio and also works as a Reporter and Photographer at GeekWire. She has held multiple reporting roles at KUOW, OPB, and GeekWire.
Seattle Ranks 4th in US Population Growth Amid Rising Tech Layoffs, Sparking Concern Among Industry Leaders
Seattle's tech industry remains a major economic force driving population growth, but rising tech layoffs and growing doubts among business leaders highlight emerging concerns about the city's long-term economic resilience and confidence.
Flyhomes Acquires Seattle’s Loftium to Expand Host-to-Own Real Estate Services
Flyhomes has acquired Seattle-based host-to-own real estate platform Loftium, expanding its home-buying services while retaining Loftium’s team and operations amid a challenging market. Loftium’s unique model enables buyers to use rental income from Airbnb hosting to finance down payments, a program launched a year ago.
Remitly partners with Included as DEI tech market triples to $313M, helping scale diversity work with ML-driven analytics
Companies like Remitly are adopting DEI technology platforms (such as Included) that automate demographic data collection, analytics, and program tracking to scale diversity, equity, and inclusion work amid pandemic-driven remote work and heightened public scrutiny.
GeekWire Podcast: Seattle now home to 10 unicorns — most are enterprise/cloud firms, six have immigrant founders, none have female co-founders or CEOs
Seattle’s tech scene now includes 10 privately held unicorns, with most focused on enterprise software/cloud, six having immigrant founders and six having active co-founders with Microsoft ties; none have female co-founders or CEOs. The GeekWire Podcast discusses these patterns, the region’s tech-community challenges (including tensions with city leadership), and features guest commentator Heather Redman of Flying Fish Partners.
GeekWire Podcast: Amazon reports 26% Q1 sales growth but 30% profit drop, pledges $4B for COVID response; Bezos warns shareholders
The GeekWire Podcast discusses Amazon’s Q1 results and pandemic response — including $4 billion in COVID-19-related spending and CEO Jeff Bezos warning of costly challenges — plus worker safety concerns and calls for his Congressional testimony. The episode also covers a Madrona-led workplace-reopening toolkit (with input from Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks) and a COVID-19-driven decline in Pacific Northwest startup funding through April.
GeekWire Podcast: Bill Gates on COVID-19’s permanent work shift; Vicis assets sold for $2.85M; LEGO and Nintendo launch interactive Super Mario set
The GeekWire Podcast covers Bill Gates on how COVID-19 will permanently change work (while preserving in-person schooling), the resurrection of Seattle helmet maker Vicis through a $2.85M asset sale, and a collaboration bringing Super Mario into LEGO physical sets, plus tech and COVID-related business headlines.
Organizations
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KUOW Public Radio AI & Economy Reporter 2023–present · current
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Self-employed Freelance 2020–present · current
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GeekWire Reporter / Photographer · current
Education
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New York University Bachelor's degree, Journalism and History · 2009–2013
