Stargate, OpenAI and Microsoft; BlueSky in Seattle; and Madrona's big new funds

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🗓️ 25 January 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This week, we delve into the Project Stargate announcement by OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank, in conjunction with President Trump, and assess the implications for OpenAi's relationship with Microsoft. We explain what Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really meant with his CNBC zinger about the Stargate investment, and consider how Elon Musk's involvement in the new administration could play out in the tech industry.

PLUS, we discuss Madrona's big new funds and the potential impact on startup activity in the Pacific NW, and find a revealing piece of Microsoft history on an old CD-ROM.

‘I’m good for my $80 billion’: What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella really meant by his Stargate zinger

CNBC: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on $500B Stargate project: Our partnership with OpenAI continues

Madrona raises $770M for new funds — here’s what the Seattle VC firm is betting on

Cascade PBS: The rise of Bluesky, a not-so-Seattle-based social media company

Microsoft @ 50: ‘The Road Ahead’ at 30: What Bill Gates’ classic book about the future says about the world today

Learn more and register here for our special Microsoft @ 50 event, March 20, 2025, in Seattle.

With GeekWire's Todd Bishop and John Cook. Editing by Curt Milton.

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0:19.0	The inauguration for me was kind of like this mashup of Revenge of the Nerds and Game of Thrones.
0:26.3	Yes.
0:27.9	What else can you throw in there?
0:29.7	Some sort of animated, you know, something just completely bizarre.
0:33.9	Looney Tew.
0:35.2	Yeah.
0:39.4	Hi, and welcome to Geekwire.
0:41.2	I'm Geekwire co-founder, Todd Bishop.
0:42.9	And I'm Geekwire co-founder John Cook.
0:44.6	We are coming to you from Seattle, where we get to report each day on what's happening around
0:48.0	us in business, technology, and innovation.
0:50.9	What happens here matters everywhere.
0:52.4	And every week on this show. We get to talk about
0:54.6	some of the most interesting and important stories and trends in the news. John, you know, back when
0:59.6	2016 and 2017 happened, we did this big rabbit hole on the podcast on politics. And I think
1:06.9	it sort of turned all of us off on discussions of politics and that whole thing.
1:11.7	And I know from reading some of the reviews on Apple podcasts in particular that we turned off
1:16.8	some listeners as well.
1:18.2	And it kind of kept us away from any political discussions.
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