Seattle cybersecurity startup Protect AI announced that it acquired Laiyer AI, which makes open source software called LLM Guard that protects large language models.
A space-centric startup called Quindar says it has successfully closed an oversubscribed $6 million funding round that will give a boost to its cloud-hosted, AI-supported software platform for satellite management.… Read More
— Dave Cotter, a longtime Seattle tech leader who sold a startup to Nordstrom and most recently led product at Leafly, launched a new advisory firm called D3 Advisors. “After 30+… Read More
Pandemic-fueled shutdowns, labor shortages, supply-chain issues, and more managed to rock and nearly sink Zin Boats. Riding a wave of enthusiasm nearly four years ago for its high-performance electric speed… Read More
There’s a lot to consider for tech investors assessing potential startup investments in 2024. Many firms need to deploy capital, but last year was sluggish with shrinking valuations and a… Read More
A new wave of startups is transforming the technology community in the Seattle area and the surrounding region, fueled by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, health, energy, and other emerging technologies.… Read More
Amperity has laid off about 20 employees, or 5% of its workforce, in a new round of cuts for the Seattle-based customer intelligence startup. Layoff tracker: GeekWire’s regularly updated list of… Read More
Nomad Go has pivoted from counting people to counting inventory. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup raised $1.5 million to help power its new focus on using artificial intelligence to simplify and… Read More
— Brian Cook, former CEO of Nintex and founder of Incredible Capital, is now CEO of WellSaid Labs, a Seattle startup developing AI synthetic voice technology. Cook helped start Nintex in… Read More
While e-commerce has made it beyond easy to get virtually anything delivered to your doorstep, a new startup is wading into the financial, logistical, and environmental mess created by the… Read More
As a high school counselor for more than a decade, Jason Booker witnessed the challenges that students face when applying to college — including a lack of resources to guide… Read More
Oleria, a Seattle startup helping companies manage employee access to applications and data, raised $33.1 million in a Series A round. GeekWire previously reported on the funding after we spotted… Read More
The 2011 cohort of Techstars Seattle will be hard to beat. Three of the ten startups in the accelerator that year (Remitly, Outreach, Zipline) went on to become billion-dollar companies —… Read More
SpaceWERX, which essentially serves as a venture fund for the U.S. Space Force, has awarded contracts worth as much as $1.7 million each to 18 companies — including three startups… Read More
Fullcast, a software startup that helps companies manage and automate their revenue-generating operations, is changing hands and its headquarters location after an acquisition deal. Founded in 2017 out of Seattle,… Read More
— Vahé Torossian, a longtime former corporate vice president at Microsoft, joined software development startup Builder.ai as president and chief partner officer. London-based Builder.ai uses AI and other tech to help… Read More
Parse Biosciences. a Seattle biotech startup developing single-cell sequencing products, announced the acquisition of Biomage, a Scotland-based software developer for single-cell RNA data analysis.
If you could skip to the good part of meeting someone new, it might start with a new dating app called Skip. Built in Seattle by tech veteran Scott Avy… Read More
A new Seattle-based startup called Avante confirmed that it raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Fuse Venture Partners, saying it’s building a company with ambitions to… Read More
— Zhenbin Xu, who spent nearly two decades at Microsoft in various leadership roles, joined e-commerce startup Pacvue as chief product officer. Xu joined Microsoft in 1998 and was most recently… Read More
The climate clock is ticking for Ben Eidelson. The Seattle tech vet who sold startups to Google and Stripe is behind a new climate venture capital fund focused on software-driven… Read More
Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based augmented writing startup Textio, has stepped down as CEO, the company announced Wednesday. Jensen Harris, co-founder and previously chief experience officer — and… Read More
Symbiosys, a two-year-old advertising tech startup that is rethinking how retailers and product brands work together, raised a $9 million Series A round led by Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse.… Read More
Seattle-based Charmed plans to launch a new AI-powered game design tool this month, which allows for rapid generation of 3D character models from scratch. It’s also raised over $500,000 in… Read More
Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs. The Seattle-based startup cut 38% of its workforce, CEO Karl Siebrecht confirmed Monday. Update: A new filing from the… Read More
Cabana, the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down at the end of 2023 as economic and manufacturing conditions… Read More
Startup investor Nancy Wang sees the potential for generative artificial intelligence to change the balance of power in fields such as cybersecurity, which is one of her areas of focus,… Read More
Nothing like a little tech investor college football trash talk before the big game. As the Washington Huskies take on the Michigan Wolverines in the College Football Playoff championship on… Read More
OctoML is now OctoAI. The Seattle startup this week revealed the slight but notable tweak to its name. The change reflects a growing product suite, according to CEO and co-founder… Read More
The Washington State Dept. of Commerce will lead a delegation of companies to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), taking place in Las Vegas next Tuesday through Thursday. The delegation… Read More