Cloud technology startup Stackery, a graduate of the Seattle Techstars program, released a new tool that promises to make developing and debugging Amazon Web Services Lambda serverless functions faster and… Read More
Another Seattle-area clean energy startup is raising cash. This time it’s WattBuy, which just reeled in a $1.2 million seed round led by venture capital firm Powerhouse Ventures to fund… Read More
Amazon’s Alexa Accelerator is up and running for the third consecutive year as another batch of early stage startups test the boundaries of voice technology. Nine startups from across the… Read More
Fresh off helping guide MightyAI to its acquisition by Uber, Isaac Kato is taking on another challenge as the new leader of Techstars Seattle. Kato was named managing director of… Read More
A Techstars Seattle grad that wants to create a “personal cloud-based memory bank” for its users has the attention of investors. Kristalic just reeled in nearly $2 million as part… Read More
After nearly five years leading Techstars Seattle as managing director, Chris DeVore is stepping down on July 1. In an interview with GeekWire, DeVore said he’ll continue to stay involved… Read More
Machine learning engineers are in high demand. There was a 344 percent jump in the number of ML-related job postings from 2015 to 2018, according to Indeed, with an average… Read More
From Seattle to Miami, from blockchain to augmented reality — it was another round of polished pitches at the annual Techstars Demo Day in the Emerald City. Techstars Seattle held… Read More
Validate the market. Sell before you build. Seek failure. And go all in. Those are some of the tips shared by founders participating in the latest Techstars Seattle class. GeekWire… Read More
Voice technology continues to proliferate. There are more than 66 million smart speaker units in the U.S., up from 36 million a year ago, and the voice recognition market is… Read More
Tasso, the maker of a product that lets patients collect their own blood at home, raised $6.1 million in a round led by Vertical Ventures Partners. Startup accelerator Techstars and Los Angeles-based… Read More
As most people in Portland were getting ready for New Year’s Eve in late 2017, PDX Women in Tech was scrambling to decline a $500 sponsorship from a local startup.… Read More
With millions of employees at thousands of companies now getting work done with collaboration software such as Slack and Microsoft Teams, it’s created opportunities for startups to build tools that… Read More
The Seattle tech ecosystem has changed plenty in the past decade. New startups have grown or died off; the investment scene looks much different; and hometown tech giants continue to… Read More
It’s been a whirlwind past few months for the entrepreneurs behind Jargon, but Tuesday evening marked a high note after the Seattle startup won the first-ever Ubiquity-GeekWire Award at the Alexa… Read More
“Alexa, please ask the audience to take their seats.” Between bad Alexa jokes and innovative ideas pitched on stage, the rapid growth of voice-enabled technologies and companies was on full… Read More
When big companies like Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft invest in startups, is it all about the startup? Or is it all about what the startup can do for the big… Read More
For the past several years, I’ve watched entrepreneurs give polished pitches at Techstars Demo Day and picked my favorites. This year, with the help of some experts, there’s a lot… Read More
The whole point of Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and other voice-activated assistants is being able to talk to them conversationally. So what happens if you need to engage in a… Read More
The Amazon Alexa accelerator today unveiled the nine companies in its second cohort. The startups hail from Seattle to Tel Aviv and are all working on voice-related technologies. Amazon partnered… Read More
Seattle-based social media sales intelligence firm Socedo is shutting down next month, and its four-person engineering team will join Azuqua, the cloud software integration and automation company, also based in… Read More
A London-based startup that graduated from the inaugural Amazon Alexa accelerator has raised more cash to help develop the first board game powered by the Alexa voice platform. Sensible Object… Read More
Fig Loans has just completed a $2.6 million seed round for its service that offers a payday loan alternative. The New York City-based company raised the funding from Access Ventures, Arrow… Read More
Bizible CEO Aaron Bird hit the fundraising trail earlier this year, looking to raise some additional venture capital. The Seattle entrepreneur found a buyer instead. Bizible, whose software helps organizations… Read More
ServiceNow has acquired Seattle’s VendorHawk, a recent TechStars Seattle graduate, for an undisclosed amount in order to add cloud software cost-management features to its broader portfolio of IT management services.… Read More
Nine years, 139 startups, $700 million raised. Techstars Seattle has become a mainstay of the local tech ecosystem for nearly a decade, helping groom early-stage entrepreneurs as they sharpen their… Read More
WeSolv is putting a new spin on today’s recruiting market, bringing together MBA students — and potential future employees — with Fortune 500 companies that need help solving real world… Read More
When Saba Mohebpour created an online store to sell smartphone accessories, he became frustrated with the time and effort it took to maintain proper inventory and negotiate discounts with suppliers. That’s why… Read More
Unable to find a continuing education platform to learn new coding techniques, languages, and skills, Fahim ul Haq and Naeem ul Haq went out and built their own. The brothers left… Read More
If you just can’t stop playing your favorite PC game but need to be mobile, Rainway thinks it has an answer. The Atlanta-based startup has developed technology that lets gamers… Read More