# brad smith (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover brad smith. Page: Feed: --- ## [Bezos and Liverpool FC, a Meta vet’s AI startup, Auger’s Dallas move, and the demise of Microsoft’s AI blob](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/bezos-and-liverpool-fc-a-meta-vets-ai-startup-augers-dallas-move-and-the-demise-of-microsofts-ai-blob/) _2026-08-15 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ This week on the Geekwire Podcast: We break down Jeff Bezos joins the consortium taking a minority stake in Liverpool FC, discuss a former Meta AI research director's stealth startup, and convene the GeekWire Editorial Board, to decide whether Dave Clark's Auger stays on the GeekWire 200 after moving its headquarters to Dallas. Read More ## [Elon Musk’s Starlink swagger, SpaceX vs. the cloud giants, and Seattle’s tech universe revisited](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/elon-musks-starlink-swagger-spacex-vs-the-cloud-giants-and-seattles-tech-universe-revisited/) _2026-08-08 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ SpaceX reports its first quarter as a public company, and Elon Musk says Starlink could deliver a majority of the world's internet within a decade. Also on the GeekWire Podcast: two Washington tech universe posters, 17 years apart, and a timely question about Google's first office. Read More ## [Amazon’s next big business, Satya Nadella’s DIY app, and a VC’s rallying cry for Seattle tech](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/amazons-next-big-business-satya-nadellas-diy-app-and-a-vcs-rallying-cry-for-seattle-tech/) _2026-08-01 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ Microsoft and Amazon both beat cloud expectations this week, and Microsoft's headcount fell for the first time since 2016. Also on the show: Satya Nadella builds a dashboard out of a Morgan Stanley analyst's own report, Jeff Bezos names Amazon's fourth pillar and AI House's Jacob Colker makes the case for Seattle tech. Read More ## [What’s going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj’s long game, and a smartphone detox](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/whats-going-on-with-seattle-startup-funding-a-kalshi-setback-impinjs-long-game-and-a-smartphone-detox/) _2026-07-25 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Seattle startup funding fell about 40% in the first half of 2026 as AI reshaped the venture market — plus a Kalshi court setback, Impinj's 10 years on the Nasdaq, and could you go without your smartphone for five weeks? Read More ## [Silicon Valley icon Vinod Khosla: What kind of Seahawks owner will he be?](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/silicon-valley-icon-vinod-khosla-what-kind-of-seattle-seahawks-owner-will-he-be/) _2026-07-18 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ Silicon Valley legend Vinod Khosla's family is leading a group that's buying the Seattle Seahawks for a record $9.6 billion. We dug into hours of his talks and interviews to answer the big questions on this week's GeekWire Podcast. Read More ## [Microsoft’s reset, a new era for Seattle startups, and how AI is changing everything for founders](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsofts-reset-a-new-era-for-seattle-startups-and-how-ai-is-changing-everything-for-founders/) _2026-07-11 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ On this week's show, we're on the GeekWire deck for our annual founder open house, where we dig into Microsoft's latest round of layoffs — including a major Xbox shakeup — and the surprising rise of hardware companies on the GeekWire 200. Read More ## [From the dot-com boom to AI security: F5 at 30, with CEO François Locoh-Donou](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/from-the-dot-com-boom-to-ai-security-f5-at-30-with-ceo-francois-locoh-donou/) _2026-06-27 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ F5 has remade itself in every era of computing — from the early web to the cloud — and at 30 it's doing it again. CEO François Locoh-Donou joins the GeekWire Podcast to discuss the company's evolution and its latest initiative: a platform for AI security. Read More ## [Anthropic, Amazon, and the Fable shutdown; AI-powered school arrives; World Cup tech](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/anthropic-amazon-and-the-fable-shutdown-ai-powered-school-arrives-world-cup-tech/) _2026-06-20 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ Anthropic took its two newest AI models offline to comply with a U.S. order, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly among those who raised the concerns behind it. The GeekWire Podcast also digs into agentic AI's effect on Amazon's culture, an AI-driven school opening near Seattle, and the sensor-packed World Cup ball. Read More ## [Following through in Cleveland: A GeekWire trip report, plus data center ‘theater’ and the SpaceX IPO](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/following-through-in-cleveland-a-geekwire-trip-report-plus-data-center-theater-and-the-spacex-ipo/) _2026-06-13 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ John Cook and Charles Fitzgerald call into the podcast from an abandoned Westinghouse factory in Cleveland to debrief on a Rust Belt city's comeback and what Seattle can learn from it. Plus: the new data center moratorium, and why Fitzgerald is sitting out the SpaceX IPO. Read More ## [Stream Torrents & IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SQqEc2dppWdc) _2026-06-13 · **Sponsored**_ Search magnet links and stream movies, music, books, and live TV in-browser ## [Microsoft Build decoded: Solara, Scout, AI models, GitHub’s woes and more with Mary Jo Foley](https://www.geekwire.com/2026/microsoft-build-decoded-solara-scout-ai-models-githubs-woes-and-more-with-mary-jo-foley/) _2026-06-06 · Todd Bishop · GeekWire Podcasts_ This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we break down the news from Microsoft Build from Project Solara and the Scout agentic assistant to Microsoft's push to rely less on OpenAI and Anthropic, and the mounting pressure on GitHub. Read More