Elon Musk’s problem with Microsoft; What the GeekWire 200 says about the startup scene
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4.4 • 116 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, which now includes Microsoft, and assess the complexities of the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership, as illustrated by early email exchanges revealed in the lawsuit.
We also consider the latest update to the GeekWire 200, our ranked index of Pacific Northwest technology startups, including the rise of Highspot to the top spot, and other trends in the Seattle region's startup ecosystem.
And we share highlights from tech events around the region this week, including the WTIA's 40th Anniversary, where Mayor Bruce Harrell addressed AI and the incoming presidential administration; and an interesting takeaway from a panel of startup leaders whose companies made the latest Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list.
Related links and coverage
- Internal emails: Elon Musk wanted to keep OpenAI from becoming ‘Microsoft’s marketing bitch’
- GeekWire 200 update: A new No. 1 rises to the top of our startup rankings
- WTIA honors 40 years of boosting Washington’s tech sector as new CEO aims for more impact
- Seattle mayor, who sits on a federal AI panel, says he’ll seek ways to work with Trump administration
With GeekWire co-founders John Cook and Todd Bishop
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| 0:20.3 | You got this? I think we can wing it. |
| 0:28.6 | I just want to hear about your week. |
| 0:30.4 | My week? |
| 0:31.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:31.5 | You know, I think the highlight of my week was I loved this. |
| 0:34.2 | Should we talk about this on here? |
| 0:35.4 | I'm recording already. |
| 0:36.2 | We are. |
| 0:36.5 | Okay. |
| 0:36.8 | Good. |
| 0:37.5 | Yeah. AI2, the Allen on air? I'm recording already. We are. Okay. Good. Yeah. |
| 0:38.3 | AI2, the Allen Institute for AI. |
| 0:41.0 | They've started having these sessions when they have news announcements where you go in a couple |
| 0:47.0 | days in advance and you sit there with a few other reporters and it's a deep dive on the technology. |
| 0:52.5 | And I've got to tell you, with most companies, I'm like not into this. |
| 0:55.9 | This is not something I would want to do. |
| 0:57.2 | Don't pitch this on time. |
| 0:58.1 | No, no, but this is the exception. |
| 1:00.1 | And it's been so cool. |
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