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Inside the 2026 GeekWire Awards: Innovators reshaping how we work, build, and learn

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GeekWire

Tech News, News, Technology

4.8127 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show: Conversations with finalists and special guests at the annual GeekWire Awards about AI, innovation, startups, and the forces reshaping their industries, plus a special trivia challenge marking GeekWire's 15th year hosting the event. Guests include:

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0:00.0

Remember when we started the Geekwire Awards?

0:03.8

We were a little more offbeat with it.

0:05.7

I think we had like a failure of the year or something like that.

0:10.2

Yes, I think it might have been debacle of the year.

0:12.1

Yeah, it was debacle of the year.

0:13.3

It was tech debacle of the year.

0:14.5

Somehow people didn't aspire to win that award.

0:18.0

And the winner of tech debacle of the year.

0:20.1

Come on on stage.

0:28.6

Hi, everybody.

0:29.5

It's Todd Bishop from Geekwire coming to you this week from the Geekwire Awards, presented by astound business solutions.

0:37.0

We are here at the opening VIP reception

0:39.3

for finalists, sponsored by Baird. And this week on the show, we are going to be talking

0:43.8

with some of our finalists about what they're building and how they are incorporating AI into

0:49.0

their work and lives. And in the final segment, I'll be bringing my colleague, John Cook,

0:53.1

in for a special edition of the Geekwire Trivia Challenge.

0:57.1

So stick around for all of that coming up this week on the Geekwire podcast.

1:03.2

All right, I'm here with Luis Poji.

1:05.6

He is one of the finalists for CEO of the year at the 26 Geekwire Awards. He's with House Whisper AI, which

1:13.5

offers conversational AI assistance for real estate agents, including follow-ups and scheduling, CRM

1:19.9

updates. 24-7, you emerged from stealth with $10 million. You have more than 10 years at Zillow.

1:27.0

You were the vice president of

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