The scene on the 2026 GeekWire Awards at Showbox SoDo in Seattle on Thursday evening. (GeekWire Photograph / Kevin Lisota)
Tons of of Pacific Northwest tech group members turned out to honor one another, community and get together on the 2026 GeekWire Awards in Seattle on Thursday.
The shimmering scene inside Showbox SoDo — highlighted by crystal accents to mark the occasion’s fifteenth anniversary — included an particularly geeky and futuristic acrobatic dance efficiency by members of Maison de V’s circus and dance group.
Seattle Sounders FC captain Cristian Roldan made a particular look. There was additionally a silver-clad juggler tossing lighted batons; a fortune teller’s sales space; the standard antics within the picture sales space; dinner, drinks and way more as Seattle turned out for the annual occasion — sponsored by Astound Enterprise Options — to rejoice the main entrepreneurs and innovators throughout the area’s tech panorama.
Examine all of the winners in our major awards story, and hold scrolling for a photographic recap of the occasion. And thanks once more to everybody for attending!
A juggler performs on the GeekWire Awards VIP Reception.The Yoodli group within the picture sales space on the GeekWire Awards.Peter Tomozawa, CEO of Seattle World Cup 2026 and president of enterprise operations for the Seattle Sounders.From left: Sonu Aggarwal of TiE Seattle, GeekWire co-founder John Cook dinner, and First Tech’s Keion Mauldin.GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop, proper, interview’s Augmodo founder and CEO Ross Finman.The calm earlier than the storm on the GeekWire Awards.Contained in the Baird Fortune Suite on the GeekWire Awards.From left: Magdalena Balazinska of the UW’s Allen College, Brett Goodwin of Carbon Robotics, Kevan Krysler of Carbon Robotics and Dan Renouard of Baird.Members of Maison de V’s circus and dance group carry out on the GeekWire Awards. (GeekWire Photograph / Kevin Lisota)The Gas Expertise desk on the GeekWire Awards.Karen Dhillon of GeekWire Awards presenting sponsor Astound Enterprise Options delivers a toast to open the 2026 GeekWire Awards.GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop, left, and John Cook dinner on stage on the GeekWire Awards.Sounders FC majority proprietor Adrian Hanauer, heart, and Peter Tomozawa, CEO of Seattle World Cup 2026, left, are acknowledged in the course of the GeekWire Awards.From left: Wilson Sonsini’s Craig Sherman, Deal of the 12 months winner Greg Demopulos of Omeros, and Remitly Chairman Matt Oppenheimer.Seattle Sounders FC captain Cristian Roldan on stage on the GeekWire Awards.Ambika Singh, left, founder and CEO of Armoire, alongside GeekWire co-founder John Cook dinner whereas presenting Office of the 12 months.2025 CEO of the 12 months David Shim of Learn AI, proper, congratulates 2026 winner Luis Poggi of HouseWhisper AI.
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