Tracy Drinkwater, founder of the Seattle Universal Math Museum, accepts the 2026 GeekWire Award for STEM Educator of the Year, presented by First Tech Federal Credit Union, at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Conversations with finalists and special guests at the annual GeekWire Awards about AI, innovation, startups, and the forces reshaping their industries. Guests on this episode include:
- Luis Poggi, CEO of HouseWhisper AI, winner of CEO of the Year
- Tracy Drinkwater, founder of the Seattle Universal Math Museum, one of our STEM Educator of the Year honorees (along with Project LEDO founder Fidel Ferrer).
- Ryan James, CEO of Dopl Technologies, finalist for Startup of the Year
- Laura Ruderman, CEO of the Technology Alliance
- Ross Finman, CEO of Augmodo, finalist for Hardware/Robotics/Physical AI of the Year
- Mohammad Rastegari, CEO of ElastixAI, finalist for Startup of the Year
Plus, a special trivia challenge marking GeekWire’s 15th year hosting the event, featuring a serendipitous and fun connection to Andrew Putnam of Microsoft, a pioneer in FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) and a winner of the 2017 GeekWire Award for Innovation of the Year (pictured above).
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