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Seattle battery startup founded by father-son team brings new buzz to growing...
Jason Schwartz, left, and Jerry Schwartz, the son and father team that launched the battery startup Ecellix. The co-founders are standing on the deck at their headquarters on Seattle’s Lake Union....
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Tech Moves: Madrona expands Bay Area team, Microsoft vet returns, Veeam adds...
Anna Chen, Madrona investor. (Madrona Photo) Anna Chen is joining Madrona’s Bay Area office as the longtime Seattle investment firm strengthens its presence in Silicon Valley. Chen is taking the role...
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GM-backed electric boating startup Pure Watercraft selling assets as part of...
Pure Watercraft founder and CEO Andy Rebele with the company’s electric Pure Pontoon boat during test rides on Lake Washington in Seattle in 2023. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Pure...
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The winning ideas from AI Tinkerers’ human-in-the-loop AI agent hackathon in...
(AI Tinkerers’ Photo) A hackathon in Seattle this past weekend provided a glimpse of how AI systems can effectively work with humans in both personal and professional capacities. AI Tinkerers hosted...
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This new Seattle marketplace startup wants to change how B2B companies scale...
Jenn Steele. (SoundGTM Photo) SoundGTM, a new Seattle startup led by tech veterans Jenn Steele and Kevin Boehm, announced public availability of its marketplace platform that aims to help B2B...
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Freight fintech startup Outgo raises $15M to help trucking carriers access...
From left: Outgo co-founders Ray Fortna, Marcus Womack, and Mike Bohlander. (Outgo Photo) Outgo, a Seattle-based startup that sells banking services to freight carriers, revealed that it raised $15...
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How the Seattle Freeze and ‘celebration of pessimism’ hurts the city’s...
From left: Dave Cotter of D3 Advisors; Yifan Zhang of Ai2 Incubator; Jenny Rojanasthien of NCW Tech Alliance, Skye Henderson of Cowles Ventures, and Evan Poncelet of Dreamward Ventures. (GeekWire...
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Radian Aerospace completes its first round of ground testing for prototype...
Radian Aerospace’s subscale prototype for its Radian One space plane sits on a runway in the United Arab Emirates. (Radian Aerospace Photo) Seattle-based Radian Aerospace has finished the first round...
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Freeze! Comments about the social dynamic in Seattle’s startup scene draw a...
The same dread we have in Seattle during a snow event can be evoked with a mention of the so-called “Seattle Freeze.” (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Nothing like a mention of the “Seattle...
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LinkedIn’s top 50 startups list: 3 Seattle-area companies make the cut
LinkedIn released its annual list of Top 50 startups, and three Seattle-area companies made it: Chainguard, Truveta, and Statsig. The list measures emerging U.S. startups based on metrics such as...
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Women’s sexual health startup Joylux gets celebrity boost with new Halle...
Colette Courtion, Joylux founder and CEO, and award-winning actress and entrepreneur Halle Berry. (Joylux Photo) Joylux, a Seattle startup selling electronic devices that can help women improve their...
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Chip giant Nvidia acquires OctoAI, a Seattle startup that helps companies run...
OctoAI CEO Luis Ceze speaks at a Seattle Tech Week event hosted by Madrona at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle in June. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) OctoAI, a Seattle software startup that sells...
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Zillow adds climate risk data to its real estate listings
A Zillow listing for a home in Los Angeles shows high risk of wildfires. (Zillow Screenshot) Real estate listings on Zillow now include details about a property’s climate risks and whether natural...
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Tech Moves: GE healthcare exec joins startup; Nautilus taps new CMO; WRF...
Selvan Senthivel, chief technology officer for Symbl. (LinkedIn Photo) — Symbl, a generative AI startup for conversation analysis, is reshaping its leadership ranks. Selvan Senthivel is the new chief...
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Inside the new ‘serendipity factory’ trying to spark the startup scene in...
Aviel Ginzburg (left) mingles with attendees at the launch party for Foundations, a new startup community group he’s helping lead in Seattle. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Foundations hosted a...
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Starfish Space brings in new funding as it gears up for orbital inspection...
Artwork shows the Otter spacecraft in orbit near another satellite. (Starfish Space Illustration) Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space is bringing in more funding after announcing several agreements to...
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Seattle’s startup ecosystem could use more ‘low-conviction check writers,’...
Jon Prentice (left), senior vice president at Silicon Valley Bank, speaks with James Newell, managing director at Voyager Capital, at the Columbia Tower Club in Seattle on Thursday. (GeekWire Photo /...
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Tech Moves: Ada Developers Academy gets new CEO; more C-suite changes at...
Tina-Marie Gulley, CEO of Ada Developers Academy. (Ada Photo) Tina-Marie Gulley is now CEO for Ada Developers Academy after serving as interim chief executive since April. “Her passion for empowering...
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Deepfake detection startup Loti raises investment from Khosla Ventures
(Loti Image) Seattle startup Loti announced that it raised new investment from Silicon Valley mainstay Khosla Ventures. Founded in 2022, Loti helps public figures scour the internet for fake social...
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This $250 wearable head device aims to train your brain with games
(Thinkie Photo) Consumers use all types of wearable gadgets to monitor physical activity. But what about measuring our brains? A Seattle-area startup called Thinkie has developed a wearable cloth...
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