Articles from 2021 – Page 8 of 77

Funding news: Angel conference backs brain device startup, weapons detection company lands $10M

The news: Five startups jostled for $200,000 in funding in the final round of the Seattle Angel Conference, with new… Read More

Seattle appraisal startup Aloft lands $20M from real estate heavyweights

The news: Seattle-based real estate startup Aloft raised $20 million to grow its software platform used for home appraisals. The… Read More

Here are the Washington state companies that made Deloitte’s annual list of fastest-growing firms

Seattle’s reputation as a technology and innovation hub was further cemented by the release of Deloitte’s 2021 “North American Technology… Read More

City of Seattle will invest up to $400K for STEM-focused scholarship program

The city of Seattle will invest up to $400,000 in the Washington Opportunity Scholarship, the public-private partnership that helps to… Read More

Nintendo is finally creating officially-licensed esports tournaments for ‘Super Smash Bros.’

After years of being indifferent at best to the Super Smash Bros. tournament scene, Nintendo of America has announced a… Read More

Spam smackdown: Hiya claims ‘massive step forward’ using AI against illegal phone calls

Seattle-based tech company Hiya says it has achieved a new milestone in the battle against spam phone calls, using artificial… Read More

Razer, the gaming lifestyle brand and hardware supplier, opening new store in Seattle

Gamers looking for gear in Seattle will have a new brick-and-mortar retail destination to check out next month. The lifestyle… Read More

Washington Dept. of Commerce helps launch ‘Equitable Innovations Accelerator’

A new program aims to provide early-stage funding for Washington state tech startups founded by entrepreneurs who are Black, women,… Read More

Microsoft’s Vancouver B.C. employment tops 1,900 — more than doubling during pandemic

Microsoft now employs more than 1,900 people in Vancouver, B.C., up from less than 800 when the pandemic started in… Read More

BitTitan hit with layoffs following Idera acquisition

Idera is laying off BitTitan employees following its acquisition of the Bellevue, Wash.-based cloud service provider. A new WARN filing… Read More

Tech Moves: Booster hires ex-UberEats leader; First Mode expands C-suite; and more

— Booster, previously known as Booster Fuels, hired former Amazon and Uber VP Adrian Agostini as chief revenue officer. He… Read More

AWS launches Skills Center in Seattle, boosts efforts to give free cloud training to 29M people

Amazon on Thursday is opening the doors to its first Amazon Web Services Skills Center in downtown Seattle. The 8,000-square-foot… Read More

Starbucks and Amazon are opening a store together in New York City, with more in the works

Two of Seattle’s retail icons are collaborating on a store for the first time. The first “Starbucks Pickup with Amazon… Read More

Rocket Lab launches two more Earth observation satellites for BlackSky — and tracks a falling rocket

BlackSky’s Earth-watching constellation has grown by two satellites, thanks to Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle and Seattle-based Spaceflight Inc.’s logistical… Read More

Real estate startup Place comes out of nowhere with $100M round, led by Goldman at $1B valuation

Real estate technology and services company Place just raised the first outside capital in its history: a $100 million Series… Read More

‘Six Days in Fallujah’ publisher is doubling dev team, targeting late 2022 for release

Victura, the Seattle-based publisher behind the tactical shooter/historical simulation Six Days in Fallujah, has pushed the game’s release back to… Read More

Funding news: AI-fueled drug discovery startup and auto safety company raise cash

The news: Variational AI, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company leveraging artificial intelligence to help develop new small molecule drugs, has raised… Read More

Portland’s peer-to-peer adventure van renter GoCamp acquired by leading vehicle modifier

GoCamp, a Portland-based company whose platform enables camper van owners to rent their vehicles to other adventurous types, has been… Read More

Amazon doesn’t rock, artists and others say, in call to reject palm-scanning tech at Red Rocks venue

“Put your hands in the air, wave ’em like you just don’t care!” someone said, somewhere, once. But musicians and… Read More

Xbox Cloud Gaming now available on consoles

As part of the slow roll of big Xbox announcements this week, Microsoft said on Wednesday that its Cloud Gaming… Read More

Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund awards $96M in grants to 32 organizations helping homeless families

Jeff Bezos’ Day 1 Families Fund on Wednesday announced the latest round of grantees who are working to help U.S.… Read More

Q&A with James Gwertzman, Seattle gaming vet who just joined Andreessen Horowitz as an investor

Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz is bringing on its first-ever general partner based in the Seattle region. The famed… Read More

Orbite’s plans for space training complex get a boost from famed French designer Philippe Starck

The French designer who created the look for Virgin Galactic, Spaceport America and Axiom Space’s orbital habitat has taken on… Read More

AI2 CEO Oren Etzioni to chair UiPath’s new AI advisory board

UiPath, a publicly traded “robotic automation process” company, announced that Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) CEO Oren Etzioni will… Read More

Amazon’s new packaging for cold and frozen food is made from layers of recyclable paper

Amazon is taking plastic liners, bubble bags, and some of the consumer guilt out of grocery deliveries. The company says… Read More

Lawsuit claims Zillow misled investors about state of home-buying business before shutdown

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Seattle-based Zillow Group concealed problems in its home-buying business from shareholders before abruptly… Read More

Rapid rail for Cascadia? B.C., Washington and Oregon sign pact on high-speed transportation

Washington, Oregon and British Columbia agreed to work together to bring bullet trains or other forms of ultra-high-speed ground transportation… Read More

Seattle startup calls Meta’s VR glove prototype ‘substantively identical’ to its own patented tech

Meta made a big announcement Tuesday about how it hopes to bring touch to the virtual world through the use… Read More

Bill Gates’ TerraPower makes its pick for next-gen nuclear power plant in Wyoming

TerraPower, the nuclear power venture backed by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has chosen a soon-to-be-retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming… Read More

Tech Moves: Payscale CEO steps down; a16z adds Seattle-based partner; Madrona hires investor

— Scott Torrey stepped down as CEO of compensation data company Payscale. A SAP Concur veteran, Torrey took over as… Read More