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Former Techstars Seattle leader, Ridwell co-founder raise $4M for stealthy...
From left: MarkOS co-founders Marius Ciocirlan, David Dawson, and Wesley Yun. (MarkOS Photo) A secretive new AI startup out of Seattle led by technology industry veterans raised $4 million to help...
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Stealthy aviation startup attracts backers while getting a prototype ready...
Outbound Aerospace’s founders, Jake Armenta and Ian Lee, take the stage at the Antler Portfolio Summit in June. (Photo Courtesy of Jake Armenta) The founders of Seattle-based Outbound Aerospace want...
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Seattle tech vets launch ‘Spok,’ an AI copilot that aims to streamline...
Andy Sack (left) and Adam Brotman of Forum3. (Forum3 Photo) A marketer’s job often involves hours and days doing competitive analysis and gathering strategic insights before launching campaigns. A...
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Amazon Web Services AI leader on the future of large language models and...
Swami Sivasubramanian, Amazon Web Services vice president of AI and data, at a Seattle Tech Week event hosted by Madrona at Amazon on Monday. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) The old saying in tech is...
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Covid-era whiz kid is back, and he brought a Friend — a wearable, always...
Avi Schiffmann wears a Friend pendant around his neck. The former Seattle-area high school student thinks his always-on AI device could become the ultimate companion. (Cameron Quijada Photo) A friend...
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Swedish maritime battery startup opens first U.S. outpost in Washington state
Echandia is opening manufacturing and sales in Western Washington. The company is interested in the possibility of providing battery power to Washington’s ferry system, which includes these vessels...
View ArticleProtect AI makes another acquisition, swooping up security startup SydeLabs
Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI announced that it acquired SydeLabs, a Bangalore, India-based startup founded last year that helps companies secure their generative AI applications and...
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Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman, Vinod Khosla sign ‘VCsforKamala’ pledge started by...
Leslie Feinzaig of Seattle venture firm Graham & Walker speaks at a Technology Alliance event last month. Feinzaig started a new group called VCsforKamala. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) A new...
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Fusion startup Zap Energy is raising more cash to develop commercially viable...
Ben Levitt, vice president of research and development at Zap Energy, left, explaining the company’s fusion technology to Gov. Jay Inslee on a tour of the company earlier this month. (Zap Energy Photo...
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Seattle startup Gable raising another round to help developers and data teams...
From left: Gable.ai co-founders Adrian Kreuziger (CTO), Chad Sanderson (CEO) and Daniel Dicker (Founding Engineer). Gable, a Seattle startup building software to help developers and data analysts...
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Tech Moves: CFO shuffles at Remitly and F5; Flexport exec joins DoorDash; and...
Vikas Mehta. (Remitly Photo) Seattle-based digital financial services firm Remitly hired Vikas Mehta as its new chief financial officer, the company announced Wednesday. Mehta was most recently CFO of...
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Protein design startup Outpace lands $144M to test treatments that target...
Outpace scientists Chelsea Dunmire (left) and Willimark Obenza examining the results of a lab experiment. (Outpace Photo / Luca Mercedes) Outpace Bio, a Seattle startup using artificial intelligence...
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Startup 425, a program supported by Seattle-area cities, launches new...
Levi Reed, entrepreneur-in-residence at Startup 425. (LinkedIn Photo) Startup founders in the Seattle region have another accelerator option to help jumpstart their businesses. Startup 425, a...
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Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs recruits tech experts for new...
The new Technical Advisory Board at Pioneer Square Labs includes top researchers, executives, entrepreneurs, and investors. Top row, from left: Ed Lazowska, Yejin Choi, Ali Farhadi. Middle row: Lili...
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Samsung, Salesforce invest in $60M round for Seattle cybersecurity startup...
From left: Protect AI CTO Badar Ahmed; President Daryan Dehghanpisheh; and CEO Ian Swanson. (Protect AI Photo) Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI is on a roll. The company on Thursday announced...
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Brutally honest startup advice: Here’s why you actually shouldn’t launch your...
From left: Kirby Winfield, Kristen Hamilton, Maria Colacurcio, Jonathan Sposato, and Julie Sandler. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Quitting your day job to pursue a startup idea is an enticing...
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How is AI helping you at work? We asked Seattle founders and investors about...
From left, top row: Jenny Cronin, Vik Korrapati, William Zee, Nermeeta Dhillon, Mary O’Kelly Boit, T.A. McCann. Bottom row: Minh Le, Morgan Blumberg, Diego Oppenheimer, Lekshmi Venu, Martín Ramírez,...
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‘AI House’ in downtown Seattle will serve as a hub for AI startups and...
Yifan Zhang (left), managing director of the AI2 Incubator, shakes hands with Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell at the AI2 annual summer party in Ballard on Thursday. (GeekWire Photos / Taylor Soper) Plans...
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HouseAmp, a fintech platform for home improvement, raises $12.4M
HouseAmp CEO Rick Hennessey. (HouseAmp Photo) Seattle-area startup HouseAmp raised a fresh round of funding to fuel growth of its software platform that helps homeowners get access to funds to get...
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More layoffs at Rad Power Bikes as Seattle e-bike maker aims to ensure...
Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes mades a variety of electric bicycle styles. (Rad Power Bikes Photo) Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes made more cuts to its workforce in July, the latest in a wave of layoffs...
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