Articles from 2021 – Page 42 of 77

Amazon adjusts return-to-office guidance, says employees can work two days a week remotely

Amazon has adjusted its return-to-work plans for corporate employees, issuing new guidance on Thursday that will allow for a mix… Read More

Remitly files initial IPO paperwork as Seattle fintech company prepares to go public

Remitly is going public. The mobile remittance company said Wednesday it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the SEC… Read More

Satya Nadella says Microsoft is ‘all in on gaming’ as it teases new hardware for subscription service

Microsoft is doubling down on its Xbox Game Pass video game subscription service with plans to embed it directly into… Read More

Flyhomes raises $150M as it expands across U.S. and aims to change the way people buy homes

Editor’s note: The introduction to this story has been altered and this story has been updated. It did not meet… Read More

Sujal Patel-led Nautilus Biotechnology goes public as it tackles ambitious plan to analyze proteins

Nautilus Biotechnology is emerging as Seattle’s newest publicly traded company this week, taking advantage of the mania over SPACs to… Read More

A year after pledging to do more on racial injustice, Microsoft releases report on progress

Almost a year after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made a pledge to step up its game in fighting racial injustice,… Read More

Tech Moves: GameStop hires more Amazon execs; Twitch COO joins Karat board; CEO of Washington STEM steps down; Big Fish HR chief joins Qumulo

— Seattle startup Karat added a new board member and vice president of interview delivery. Twitch Chief Operating Officer Sara… Read More

Seattle-area students make strong showing in national finals of American Rocketry Challenge

Update, June 29: A handful of teams from the Seattle area and another from southeastern Washington state made a strong… Read More

Here’s why Amazon relaxed its marijuana standards, according to industry experts and lawyers

When Leafly and Headset co-founder Cy Scott heard the news about Amazon relaxing its marijuana testing standards for job applicants… Read More

E-commerce boom lifts another startup as Shipium lands $8M to help retailers keep up with Amazon

Online shopping has surged amid the pandemic, forcing e-commerce companies to ramp up their fulfillment capacity. That’s good news for… Read More

Ex-Microsoft leaders raise $5.1M from GitHub co-founder, ex-Snowflake CEO for new startup Aserto

Gert Drapers and Omri Gazitt have more than six decades of experience working in engineering and product leadership roles at… Read More

Virgin Galactic downplays rumblings about a suborbital Branson vs. Bezos space race

Would Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson try to steal a march on Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos when… Read More

Panic reveals more details about Playdate, its Game Boy-like retro handheld game system

The Playdate, a new portable gaming device produced in Portland, Ore., will finally be available for pre-order next month. It… Read More

Return of the mugs: Starbucks lets customers bring their own cups after COVID pause as part of sustainability push

Starbucks will again allow customers to bring their own clean, reusable cups to their stores for beverages beginning June 22.… Read More

ZoomInfo acquires Insent to bolster chat function capabilities

Vancouver, Wash.-based ZoomInfo will acquire Insent.ai to integrate a chat function into its workflow portfolio. Terms were not disclosed. ZoomInfo,… Read More

WeWork shutting down Ballard location in Seattle as it restructures real estate footprint

WeWork is closing its location in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle less than two years after the space opened as… Read More

Version One raises $100M for two new funds, will continue focusing on Seattle as key geography

Version One Ventures has raised $100 million across two new funds: $70 million for its core Fund IV dedicated to… Read More

Ex-Google and Amazon engineers raise $5M to help developers test and fix software bugs

New funding: Seattle startup YourBase landed a $5 million seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The 3-year-old company sells software… Read More

Relativity Space announces $650 million in funding to build a bigger 3D-printed rocket

Relativity Space, the space venture that got its start in Seattle and is now working on 3D-printed rockets in California,… Read More

E-commerce firm Stackline raises $130M in latest giant funding round for Seattle-area startups

New funding: E-commerce startup Stackline landed $130 million from TA Associates as part of a Series B round. It comes… Read More

Seattle cybersecurity startup ExtraHop to be acquired by private equity firms in $900M deal

Private equity firms Bain Capital and Crosspoint Capital will acquire cybersecurity startup ExtraHop for $900 million. It’s one of the… Read More

Fresh off ‘Next Tech Titan’ win at GeekWire Awards, Zenoti lands $80M, total funding up to $330M

New funding: Zenoti just reeled in $80 million to expand its enterprise software product used by more than 12,000 spas,… Read More

Amazon’s neighborhood wireless network Sidewalk launches Tuesday — here’s how to opt out

Amazon devices such as Ring cameras and Echo speakers will automatically opt-in to Amazon Sidewalk starting Tuesday, raising concerns from… Read More

Approval of Biogen’s drug for Alzheimer’s disease may ease path for others such as Athira Pharma

The approval on Monday of the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly two decades — Biogen’s aducanumab —… Read More

After getting a boost from Craig McCaw, Astra rocket venture gets set to go public on July 1

Astra, the California-based space startup that’s aiming to merge with a blank-check company founded by Seattle telecom pioneer Craig McCaw,… Read More

Bill Gates and Nathan Myhrvold invest in new fund to back metamaterials tech startups

New fund: MetaVC Partners is raising its first fund to invest in early-stage startups in the metamaterials space. Bill Gates… Read More

Vancouver identity tech startup Trulioo, an Auth0 competitor, raises $394M at $1.75B valuation

Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Trulioo has raised $394 million at a $1.75 billion valuation for its identification technology service. The 11-year-old company… Read More

Portland startup Gabbi raises $1M to develop breast cancer risk assessment tool

New funding: Gabbi, a Portland-based health care startup, has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round of funding. The company… Read More

Former Seattle Sounders star Brad Evans has a new goal – to help charities with online auction startup

Brad Evans, the onetime Seattle Sounders FC star, said he never experienced any nerves in his years playing professional soccer.… Read More

Seattle tutoring app Kadama gets quick lesson in success as it raises $1.7M, grows social following

New funding: Kadama, the Seattle-based tutoring app which seized on its quirky social media presence to attract millions of followers… Read More