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Private and uncensored AI: Seattle tech vet joins new startup taking on AI giants with a crypto twist

Seattle tech entrepreneur Jesse Proudman is taking another startup leap with Venice.ai, a new AI app focused on privacy and… Read More

GeekWire Awards: CEO of the Year finalists share tips on leading startups

Get close to your customers. Hire the right people. And stay optimistic. These are some of the tactics used by… Read More

Filing: Seattle VC firm Founders’ Co-op is raising new fund

Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op is raising another fund, according to new SEC filings.

Tech Moves: Longtime Google leader Umesh Shankar joins Microsoft as new corporate VP

After nearly 19 years at Google, Umesh Shankar has joined Microsoft AI as a corporate vice president of engineering. Shankar,… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Nuclear power, quantum computing and more Innovation of the Year finalists

Technology at play in the Innovation of the Year category at the GeekWire Awards could change the way we live… Read More

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Blue Origin’s Blue Moon lunar lander is on deck to deliver NASA payload to the moon

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Zillow responds to Rocket’s planned $1.75B acquisition of Redfin

Rocket Companies’ planned $1.75 billion acquisition of Seattle-based brokerage Redfin sparked questions about a potential competitive threat to fellow Seattle… Read More

Seattle startup vets launch new company to rethink marketing for spas and beauty brands

Former Petabyte executives are bringing their data expertise and tech chops to Rhodium, a new Seattle-area startup focused on helping… Read More

Ravel’s technology teases the spandex out of tossed apparel to enable enviro friendly recycling

As the sayings go, you can’t unscramble an egg or un-ring a bell. But Seattle startup Ravel has accomplished a… Read More

Digital mortgage startup Tomo lands $20M, adds Progressive as new investor

Tomo, a startup launched by former Zillow execs that aims to speed up the mortgage approval process, announced $20 million… Read More

Seattle startup takes a swing at enterprise search with new AI-fueled discovery tool

The ability to search across a corpus of internal enterprise data is not a new phenomenon. But to do it… Read More

Fleet management software company Zonar lays off staff following acquisition

Staffers at Seattle-based Zonar Systems were laid off following the company’s recent acquisition by GPS Trackit.

Filing: Seattle VC firm Graham & Walker raising a new fund

Graham & Walker, a Seattle-based venture firm that invests in early stage tech companies across North America, is raising its… Read More

GeekWire Awards: Echodyne, Pulumi, Read AI, Statsig and Truveta in line for Next Tech Titan

The path from successful startup to big deal in the tech industry can be foreshadowed with one key prize at… Read More

Longtime tech leader Dawn Lepore named board chair at Seattle startup Amperity

Seattle-based customer data startup Amperity named veteran tech leader Dawn Lepore as its new board chair. Lepore has more than… Read More

Redfin to be acquired by Rocket Companies in $1.75B deal

Follow-up: Zillow responds to Rocket’s planned $1.75B acquisition of Redfin Rocket Companies agreed to acquire Seattle-based Redfin in a $1.75… Read More

Microsoft and Amazon quantum advancements spark questions about the future of encryption

With recent announcements of new quantum computing advancements, Microsoft, Amazon and Google have set a new countdown clock ticking on… Read More

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For many years, Amazon has been trying to put its Alexa voice assistant at the center of the smart home.… Read More

Researchers, politicians rally for science in Seattle as part of national protest against Trump cuts

Physician-scientist Chetan Seshadri wasn’t planning to speak at Stand Up for Science in Seattle, one of more than 30 rallies… Read More

Rad Power Bikes CEO Phil Molyneux is out in latest shakeup at Seattle e-bike maker

Phil Molyneux is no longer CEO of Rad Power Bikes, more than two years after the former Sony president took… Read More

Newborn jaundice detection tool wins grand prize at University of Wash. health innovation challenge

A trio of students from the University of Washington won the grand prize at the UW’s Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge… Read More

Amazon and FTC set to square off in ‘Economics Day’ hearing in Seattle federal court

Amazon and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission will get a chance to educate the federal judge in the FTC’s antitrust… Read More

Seattle-based renewable energy startup Omnidian acquires Australia’s Solar Service Guys

Omnidian, a Seattle startup that manages solar power performance and services panels for commercial and residential installations, announced the acquisition… Read More

Microsoft philanthropy leader will salsa her way to helping combat homelessness in ‘Seattle Dances’

The amateur highlight of Jane Broom‘s dancing past came while growing up in Spokane, Wash., as a member of the… Read More

Startup Radar: Seattle tech companies tackle real estate, mental health, performance reviews

We’re back with another spotlight of up-and-coming Seattle tech startups. This edition features five companies building software to support therapists,… Read More

American Express to acquire Center, a Seattle-area expense management startup

American Express announced Thursday that it plans to acquire Center, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that helps businesses manage expenses. Terms… Read More

Is it cheating? AI use during job interviews sparks debate over whether to restrict emerging tools

As artificial intelligence has rapidly grown into something that can make us better at our jobs, there’s ongoing debate over… Read More

Kestra Medical Technologies raises $202M in IPO, prices shares above expected range

Kirkland, Wash.-based Kestra Medical Technologies raised $202 million in its initial public offering, pricing shares at $17.  Previously: Kestra Medical Technologies, maker… Read More

Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology lands $10M to support ‘DNA Typewriter’ technology

The Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology is receiving a $10 million grant to support the training of new scientists and… Read More

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