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During a night of celebration for innovators, entrepreneurs, educators (and even soccer stars and circus acts), the overriding message at the annual event was that Seattle is the place to build and grow.

2026 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners — and big love for Seattle — at annual tech celebration More than 300 members of the Pacific Northwest tech scene packed the Showbox S**o to honor the year's top startups, founders, leaders and deal makers across a dozen awards categories.

We had the opportunity to chat with Diego Ardila from Shopify and Olga Megorskaya from Toloka at NVIDIA GTC 2026 this year to discuss the future of retail AI and the full-stack platform Nebius is building for data and model training. Watch the interview now at https://youtu.be/Qh3UZUc94P0

Lime is rolling out 500 of the new LimeBike e-bikes in Seattle, adding to a scooter and bike-share fleet that numbers 15,000.

GeekWire test ride: Lime’s new bike packs a zippy punch into a compact, easier-to-use device The new bikes are more compact than previous versions, easy to get on, adjust and get off, and they're quick off the line via throttle, pedal assist or a combination of both to reach speeds of 15 mph.

Every company is investing in AI. But who's actually measuring the return? Pay-i CEO David Tepper explains how his platform connects AI spend to real business outcomes — and why both Microsoft and AWS are betting on it. Watch now: https://youtu.be/4zFeNadhpqQ?si=G-swjpHrN8RdQ58q