Todd Bishop
Todd Bishop manages this profileTodd Bishop is editor and co-founder at GeekWire, a Seattle-based media and events company, where he covers business and technology topics including Microsoft, Amazon, AI, and startups, and hosts GeekWire's weekly podcast. He previously served as managing editor at TechFlash and as a staff writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Puget Sound Business Journal, Philadelphia Business Journal, and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
LinkedIn’s ‘Top 10 Seattle Startups’ List Includes Four Firms Headquartered in California and Texas
LinkedIn's list of Seattle’s top 10 startups mislabels several companies as local: four firms on the list — Anthropic, Auger, Whatnot and Armada — are actually headquartered outside the Seattle region, exposing a geography error in the ranking.
Bezos and Liverpool FC, a Meta vet's AI startup, Auger's Dallas move, and the demise of Microsoft's AI blob
This week: What should Liverpool FC fans expect from Jeff Bezos as a member of the storied club's new minority ownership group? We consult the Amazon leadership principles for the answer. Plus, a tip and an SEC filing lead to a scoop on a former Meta AI director's new startup, the GeekWire Editorial Board convenes to decide whether Dave Clark's Auger stays on the GeekWire 200 after moving its HQ to Dallas, and Microsoft quietly semi-retires its AI blob. Bezos and Liverpool FC Group including Jeff Bezos buys minority stake in Liverpool FC, with option to become controlling owner —…
Seattle Tech Week 2026 Draws ~250 Events Over Five Days, Showcasing City’s Tech Talent and Innovation
Seattle Tech Week 2026 ran five days with roughly 250 events across diverse venues, celebrating Seattle’s dense tech talent and community connections while highlighting themes from founders, investors, and academics. Organizers view the event as a community-led showcase that reinforced Seattle’s historic and ongoing contributions to cloud, AI, and other innovations.
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Prime Intellect acquires Moondream; hires co-founders Jay Allen and Vik Korrapati to lead inference work at $1B AI cloud firm
Prime Intellect has acquired Seattle-founded vision AI startup Moondream, bringing its founders and inference technology into the $1 billion AI cloud company to speed up model inference and expand vision and agent capabilities.
Todd Bishop announces Vayo: Booking Holdings launches Seattle AI travel startup with potential $100M investment
Todd Bishop previews Vayo, a new Seattle-based AI travel startup inside Booking Holdings led by Mike Fridgen, Allen Chen and Ian Fliflet, which the company may back with up to $100 million and currently has about 20 employees in downtown Seattle.
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GeekWire Editor and Co-Founder 2011–present · current
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Puget Sound Business Journal Managing Editor, TechFlash 2008–2011, Staff Writer 2000–2002 · past
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Writer 2002–2008 · past
Education
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California State University, Chico B.A., Business Admin, Journalism · 1991–1996
