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Articles from 2024

Brinc unveils new 911 response drone, says it can handle 25% of calls without police officers

Brinc announced a new public safety drone designed to fly ahead of police in response to 911 calls to quickly… Read More

Seattle resident files FTC complaint alleging Uber, DoorDash mislead customers with ‘junk fees’

A new complaint asks the Federal Trade Commission to investigate fees that Uber and DoorDash added to customer orders in… Read More

New LEGO skyscraper exhibit at Seattle’s MOHAI shows off some impressive building blocks

The most impressive skyline view in Seattle is coming to the inside of the city’s Museum of History and Industry.… Read More

Salesforce, Microsoft vets raise $8M for new AI cybersecurity startup

A new Seattle-area startup is using artificial intelligence to help overwhelmed security teams identify high priority security flaws and mitigate… Read More

Bipartisan bill aims to bolster AI education and workforce training in the U.S.

Sen. Maria Cantwell introduced new legislation Thursday packed with initiatives to strengthen American education and workforce training in artificial intelligence… Read More

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First crewed mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule rescheduled amid troubleshooting

Update: Mission managers say they are evaluating plans for the first crewed flight test of Boeing’s Starliner space taxi and… Read More

Seattle peer-to-peer laundry startup Loopie sells part of business to two companies

Loopie, the peer-to-peer laundry startup that connects people who don’t have the time or desire to wash their own clothes… Read More

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Microsoft, Providence and UW make use of generative AI for digital cancer diagnosis

Researchers at Microsoft, Providence Health System and the University of Washington say they’ve developed a new artificial intelligence model for… Read More

Seattle-area teams blast into top 25 in national finals of American Rocketry Challenge

Three Seattle-area teams made strong showings during the national finals of the 2024 American Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student… Read More

Amazon shareholders reject all 14 proposals on issues related to climate, AI, working conditions

Investors representing a majority of Amazon’s shares voted against all 14 outside proposals submitted for the annual meeting of shareholders… Read More

Redmond high school student is ‘Google for Doodle’ contest winner for Washington state

Mahee Chandrasekhar, a 9th grader at Redmond High School in Redmond, Wash., is the Washington state winner in the 16th… Read More

Opioid and alcohol addiction care startup Boulder Care raises $35M

Boulder Care, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that provides telehealth treatment for people with opioid and alcohol use disorder, raised $35… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds Silicon Valley partner; Walmart execs join Nex; and more

Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona is boosting its Silicon Valley footprint with the addition of Jeff Mills as partner and… Read More

Amperity CEO Barry Padgett stepping down from Seattle startup

Amperity CEO Barry Padgett is stepping down from the Seattle startup to spend time with his teenage children and will transition… Read More

How Amazon’s new cloud chief Matt Garman will approach the big challenges ahead

Three executives from Amazon Web Services were meeting with a top CIA tech leader, trying to come up with a… Read More

Fintech startup Copper forced to discontinue banking services amid Synapse fiasco

A small subset of customers storing money with fintech startup Copper are not able to access their deposit accounts due… Read More

OpenAI’s Sam Altman appears at Microsoft Build amid dustup over voice technologies

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman played the role of closing act for the opening keynote at Microsoft’s Build developer conference in… Read More

Seattle’s economic strength helps propel it to No. 6 in new ranking of top 1,000 global cities

A new ranking of the top 1,000 largest cities in the world puts Seattle among elite company, thanks largely to… Read More

Microsoft will make Khan Academy’s Khanmigo AI tool free to U.S. teachers in cloud shift

Online education platform Khan Academy is shifting a portion of its cloud workload to Microsoft Azure under a partnership announced… Read More

Microsoft’s new ‘Team Copilot’ AI assistant runs meetings, manages projects, assigns tasks

Microsoft will test the limits of artificial intelligence in group collaboration with a new AI assistant that keeps meetings on… Read More

Easy Metrics lands $31M from private equity firm to boost labor analytics platform

Easy Metrics, a Seattle-area software company that provides insight into labor productivity and warehouse operations performance, raised $31 million from… Read More

Seattle startup Abett lands $11.6M to help companies manage healthcare expenses

Abett, a Seattle-based startup that helps large employers manage and analyze health plan data, raised $11.6 million in a Series… Read More

A-Alpha Bio lands $14.5M from Department of Defense to prep for future biological threats

A-Alpha Bio will receive $14.5 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand a project with a national lab… Read More

Paul Allen Foundation gives $10M to 811 arts and culture organizations in Washington state

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and Seattle-based nonprofit ArtsFund announced $10 million in funding Tuesday to benefit 811 arts… Read More

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U.S. Army awards $1.6M to Wave Motion for development of Jet Gun technology

Everett, Wash.-based Wave Motion Launch Corp. has won a contract worth nearly $1.6 million from the U.S. Army to continue… Read More

Illustration: Otter spacecraft in orbit

Space Force and Starfish Space lay out their roadmap for satellite docking mission

The U.S. Space Force says a Pentagon partnership with Tukwila, Wash.-based Starfish Space will result in a “first-of-its-kind docking mission”… Read More

Recruiting software company SeekOut lays off employees in another round of cuts

SeekOut, a Seattle-area startup that sells recruiting software and raised $115 million in 2022, is trimming its workforce for the… Read More

Do robots harm or help hospitality labor shortages? New research warns of worker anxieties

New research suggests that using robots to address workers shortages in hospitality jobs such as food service and hotel work… Read More

YC grad Manifold Freight raises $1.9M for trucking logistics software

Manifold Freight, a new Seattle-based trucking software startup aiming to help aggregate spot freight opportunities for carriers, raised a $1.9… Read More

WeWork plans to hold onto five more co-working spaces in Seattle area

WeWork plans to hold onto five more of its co-working spaces — bringing the total to 10 — in the… Read More

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