Author: Kurt Schlosser

Virtual reality game developer Grant Hinkson in a Meta Quest headset, right, and inside his experience “Connectome.” (Parietal Lab Image) Grant Hinkson spent almost nine years at Amazon, leading design engineering within the company’s Devices and Services Design Group. He left a little over a year ago to launch his own game development project and pursue passions that do more to scratch a longtime creative itch. The first upcoming release from Hinkson’s Parietal Lab is “Connectome,” a virtual reality, 3D connect-the-dots-style “art and game experience,” as he describes it. It’s available for pre-order on Meta Quest. Grant Hinkson. (Photo courtesy…

The finalists for Deal of the Year at the 2025 GeekWire Awards. Three major acquisitions and two significant funding rounds make up the transactions featured in the Deal of the Year category at the 2025 GeekWire Awards. The award, presented by Wilson Sonsini, is aimed at recognizing deals that had a significant impact on emerging Pacific Northwest companies. The finalists include Jama Software, Lexion, Smartsheet, Stoke Space and Truveta. Seattle startup Rhythms was the Deal of the Year winner last year after raising a $26 million seed round for its platform that connects to various systems inside a company and uses AI…

The finalists for Innovation of the Year at the 2025 GeekWire Awards. Technology at play in the Innovation of the Year category at the GeekWire Awards could change the way we live and work in the future. The five finalists are developing everything from a next-generation nuclear power plant to tech that can help law enforcement avoid dangerous weapons pat-downs. The competing companies are: Lassen Peak, Lumotive, Microsoft (“Majorana 1” processor), Starfish Space, and TerraPower. The category is sponsored by Astound Business Solutions. The GeekWire Awards recognize the top innovators and companies in Pacific Northwest technology. Finalists in this category…