Articles about Amazon

Built In Staff, With AI

Updated on October 25, 2023

The e-commerce giant now enables advertisers to use AI-generated images to improve their engagement rate.

Built In Staff, With AI

Updated on September 25, 2023

Amazon says both organizations are committed to supporting the safe and responsible development of generative AI technology. 

Built In Staff, With AI

Updated on September 20, 2023

Users can ask Alexa to help them find content related to specific actors, scenes and more.

Built In Staff, With AI

Updated on September 06, 2023

The Buy With Prime feature allows merchants to offer Prime members their shopping benefits through their Shopify stores.

Built In Staff, With AI

Updated on July 27, 2023

The e-commerce company will acquire the robotic vacuum manufacturer for $51.75 per share.

Ashley Bowden

Updated on January 24, 2023

Find out which names in tech are growing by adding new companies and capabilities to their businesses.

Abel Rodriguez

Updated on October 05, 2022

Amazon expects these funds to support more than 200 startups within the next year.

Abel Rodriguez

Updated on August 09, 2022

Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot is the developer of the Roomba smart vacuum cleaner.

Ashley Bowden

Updated on July 22, 2022

Amazon will purchase the San Francisco-based company under a definitive merger agreement.

Abel Rodriguez

Updated on June 15, 2022

Using augmented reality, shoppers can try on shoes from the comfort of their homes.

Abel Rodriguez

Updated on April 20, 2022

The AWS Impact Accelerator is an eight-week program for Black, Latino, LGBTQIA+ and women founders.

Abel Rodriguez

Updated on April 06, 2022

The partnerships will help Boeing make key technological advances.

Abel Rodriguez

Updated on February 09, 2022

With Amazon Care, workers are able to schedule video appointments or communicate with doctors through text. The service also dispatches certified nurses for further assistance.

The Climate Pledge Fund is Amazon’s $2 billion sustainability-focused VC fund.

Amazon also announced that it’s investing in a 22,000-square-foot lab space for its Project Kuiper team.

The tech giant just shared some new details about its upcoming Bellevue campus.

This move follows Google and Apple’s decision to remove Parler from their app stores.

This commitment will allow Amazon to help preserve or create over 20,000 affordable housing units across Arlington, Nashville and the Puget Sound region.

Amazon Pharmacy is now available in 45 states.

The donation is part of Amazon’s Right Now Needs Fund, which has already distributed $500,000 to Seattle students this year.

The tech giants’ rejections of their facial recognition programs come in response to growing consumer concerns around surveillance and privacy linked to both the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests.

The tech giant says it’s on track to run on 100 percent renewable energy by 2025.

Amazon will hire for various tech and engineering roles to support AWS’s database services.

The 63,000-square-foot facility is in Seattle’s Regrade neighborhood and has a health clinic, computer labs, recreational areas, a rooftop garden with bike tracks and a dedicated space for Amazon to provide monthly pro-bono legal assistance to residents.

Free on Windows 10, Amazon’s Crucible is a third-person shooter game that takes place on an alien planet.

Amazon has donated almost 10,000 face shields to medical professionals on the frontline so far.

Amazon says it’s investing $500 million into raising the pay of its hourly workers.

Amazon Go’s “Just Walk Out” technology allows people to shop without having to stand in a checkout line.

The company already operates 25 cashierless convenience stores throughout the country, but this is its first full-size foray into the grocery space.

Project Kuiper’s new headquarters is in Redmond, WA.

The company currently employs almost 800,000 people worldwide.

We’ve arranged 25 Seattle tech companies to fill your Instagram feed with a mix of stunning visuals, quirky products and the working lives of Puget Sound techies.

Madrona Venture Group has announced a $100 million Acceleration Fund, which it plans to invest in Series B and Series C rounds for high-growth startups nationwide.

Seattle tech is leading the way in helping new parents keep their jobs and spend time with their newborn. Here are six of the best paid parental leave policies in the Seattle tech industry (and one non-tech company we simply had to include).

Tech employees get the day off for election day, the Built In Seattle voter guide, Paul Allen saving coral reefs from beyond the grave and more.

The rumors swirled for a week, and now it’s official. Amazon is splitting HQ2 between New York City and Arlington, Virginia. What will all this mean for Seattle?

August has been big so far at the upper echelons of these Seattle tech companies. Here are our picks for the biggest move of the month so far — including an exclusive interview with Nintex's new CMO.