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Robotics data startup led by former Amazon drone engineers emerges from...
Yves Albers-Schoenberg (left) and Benji Barash, co-founders of Roboto, a new Seattle startup aiming to help robotics companies analyze data and fix problems. (Roboto Photo) Benji Barash and Yves...
View ArticleSeattle cloud company Skytap lands $18M
Skytap, a Seattle company that helps companies move operations to the cloud, raised $18 million in funding from Vistara Growth. Founded 16 years ago, Skytap’s software augments traditional...
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Convoy collapse: Read CEO’s memo detailing sudden shutdown of Seattle...
Convoy raised $260 million at a $3.8 billion valuation just 18 months ago. Now the company is shutting down. (GeekWire File Photo) Convoy’s plan to transform the trucking industry has come to a...
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‘The markets crushed us’: In tearful farewell to employees, Convoy execs...
Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, pictured in 2019, co-founded the Seattle trucking marketplace eight years ago. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, eyes watery from an emotional speech, said...
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Convoy CEO makes first public comments on company’s shutdown
Convoy CEO Dan Lewis speaks at a Startup Grind event in Seattle in 2016. (GeekWire File Photo / Taylor Soper) Convoy CEO Dan Lewis said his company got to the “1/2 yard line” on two potential M&A...
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Convoy scrutinized for worker rights law compliance following abrupt shutdown
(GeekWire File Photo) Trucking marketplace Convoy last week laid off a majority of its workforce without any severance — a surprising and sudden shutdown for one of the Seattle region’s biggest...
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AI product recommendation startup wants to become the ‘starting point for...
Perfect Rec asks users a short list of questions, then recommends electronics products based on its own product expertise and data science. (Perfect Rec Images) For years, Joe Golden has helped his...
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Convoy CEO says he’s ‘heads down’ working on a deal following shutdown
Convoy CEO Dan Lewis at the 2019 GeekWire Summit. (Photo by Dan DeLong for GeekWire) Convoy CEO Dan Lewis said he’s “heads down” working on a deal “that will include some of the Convoy team and our...
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Turning a setback into an acquisition: One founder’s AI startup journey
Kirill Zubovsky on the roof of his van while exploring rural Colorado. (Photo courtesy Kirill Zubovsky.) [Editor’s Note: This essay is an update from Kirill Zubovsky, a startup founder with ties to...
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Convoy hit with class action lawsuit alleging violation of WARN Act
(Convoy Photo) Trucking marketplace startup Convoy is facing a proposed class action lawsuit from a former employee, less than a week after the company’s sudden shutdown. The complaint, filed...
View ArticleBlockchain-based developer Neon raises more cash for its Web3 game ‘Shrapnel’
Neon Machine, a Seattle-based startup building a Web3 game called Shrapnel, announced a $20 million Series A round. Shrapnel is one of the gaming industry’s first blockchain-based combat shooters,...
View ArticleTech vets, NFL legend Dan Marino invest in Seattle chatbot startup Direqt
Seattle startup Direqt raised $4.5 million to boost its AI chatbot that aims to help publishers engage with consumers. Founded in 2017, Direqt builds chatbots interact with readers and can provide...
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Flexport reportedly working on deal to acquire Convoy’s trucking tech
(GeekWire File Photo) More details are emerging about where Convoy’s assets may end up. The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Flexport is in talks to buy the technology of Convoy, the...
View ArticleAI-powered ‘VC pitch coach’ from Yoodli helps startup founders prepare to...
Yoodli co-founder Varun Puri demos the VC speech coach in a hypothetical example. (Yoodli video) A new feature from Seattle startup Yoodli uses artificial intelligence to help startup founders prepare...
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Workplace training content provider Media Partners rebrands as Atana and...
Atana CEO Jon Hansen. (Atana Photo) Media Partners, a Seattle-area company that builds workplace training content, has rebranded to Atana Inc., and raised $6 million in new funding. Bellevue,...
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Shift AI Podcast: ‘Chill work’ as the path to productivity, with Rand Fishkin...
“My whole hope for the AI revolution … is that AI should make it so people have to work less, but make better decisions around the things that people are good at and let machines do a lot of the busy...
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Seattle-area startup Chainguard raises $61M to help companies secure open...
Chainguard CEO Dan Lorenc. (Chainguard Photo) Chainguard, a Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity startup, raised $61 million in a Series B round. The 2-year-old startup aims to help customers secure...
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Flexport buys Convoy’s tech; Convoy CEO Dan Lewis, other employees to join...
(Flexport Photo) Freight company Flexport has acquired technology and a few dozen employees from Convoy, the one-time giant of the Seattle startup world that abruptly shut down last month. “We’ve...
View ArticleGut microbiome startup Viome buys digital wellness startup Naring Health
Viome Life Sciences, the Seattle-area health tech startup that sells gut microbiome tests, acquired Naring Health, another company developing “personalized nutrition” products and services. Terms of...
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Brinc delivers first Lemur 2 drones to U.S. public safety agencies
Brinc announced its new Lemur 2 drone in March and made the first deliveries this week. (Brinc Photo) Seattle-based public safety technology startup Brinc this week delivered the first production...
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