GeekWire is an American

technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

news website that covers

startups A startup or start-up is a company or project undertaken by an Entrepreneurship, entrepreneur to seek, develop, and validate a scalable business model. While entrepreneurship includes all new businesses including self-employment and businesses tha ...

and established technology companies. The site launched in March 2011 and is based in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...

. It was founded by journalists Todd Bishop and John Cook with investment from

Jonathan Sposato Jonathan Ng Sposato (pronounced SPŌ-sah-toe, born March 17, 1967) is an American serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and media executive known for his influential work in technology and media, as well as his advocacy for gender equality in busi ...

. GeekWire founders John Cook and Todd Bishop were former technology reporters at the ''

Seattle Post-Intelligencer The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, United States. Th ...

'' and the ''

Puget Sound Business Journal American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina. ACBJ publishes ''The Business Journals'', which contains local business news for 44 markets in the United States with each market ...

''. Bishop and Cook joined the ''Puget Sound Business Journal'' to create TechFlash in September 2008, leaving to start GeekWire on March 7, 2011. GeekWire is regularly featured on the

Techmeme Techmeme is a technology news aggregator. The website has been described as "a one-page, aggregated, filtered, archiveable summary in near real-time of what is new and generating conversation". Overview Gabe Rivera was a compiler software engin ...

leaderboard as one of the sources most frequently posted to that site.

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* American technology news websites Internet properties established in 2011 2011 establishments in Washington (state) {{compu-mag-stub