Catch up on the latest tech and startup news from the past week. Here are GeekWire’s most popular stories for the week of November 9, 2025
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The Rise and Fall of Rad Power Bikes: From Breakout Success to Closure
Rad started as a scrappy hardware startup and grew to become the largest e-bike seller in North America. … read more
Rad Power Bikes faces possible closure as it tries to survive ‘significant financial challenges’
A potential shutdown, detailed in a required state filing, would spell the end of the company and mark a stunning fall for Rad Power Bikes, once Seattle’s highest-profile consumer hardware startup, as pandemic-era e-bike demand reached unicorn status. … read more
Cadence to acquire Seattle startup ChipStack to boost chip design automation
ChipStack emerged from Seattle’s AI2 incubator in 2023 and has raised more than $7 million. … read more
No more ‘Project Kuiper’: Amazon renames satellite internet initiative ‘Leo’ on track for commercial debut
Amazon has rebranded its efforts to expand global access to high-speed Internet: Project Kuiper will now be known as Amazon Leo Read more … Read more
Inside Microsoft’s new ‘Experience Center One’: What we’ve learned at the edge of the AI frontier
In a bright demo room in Microsoft’s new Experience Center One, the company is making a high-stakes pitch for the potential of AI agents — trying to get businesses on board with a vision of the future. … read more
Vancouver, BC-based legal technology company Clio valued at $5B after acquiring Vilex
The closing of the deal, first announced in June, coincides with the close of a $500 million Series G funding round for Clio. … read more
Bezos-backed real estate startup Arriving raises $27M to help fuel new ‘stock market’ for rental properties
Arrived lets people buy fractional shares of single-family rental homes and vacation rentals for as little as $100. … read more
Seattle’s long history of hardware heartbreak: big rise, high hopes, hard landing
Seattle’s consumer-hardware ambitions collide again with economic reality. … read more
Valve surprises with 3 new hardware devices in a full-circle moment for the gaming giant
Planned for release in early 2026, the devices are described as the newest part of the “Steam hardware family”. Read more … Read more
Former startup CFO pleads guilty to wire fraud for diverting $35M in company funds to crypto side business
The former chief financial officer of onetime Seattle e-commerce startup Fabric has pleaded guilty to four counts of wire fraud for taking and misappropriating nearly $35 million from his former employer. … read more