12:51 PM PDT Tech Moves12:51 PM PDT Tech Moves: Ascend promotes Nate Bek; Microsoft Word ‘Agent Mode’ architect exits; TAF names new exec
10:35 AM PDT Space10:35 AM PDT Space hardware startup plans $125M stock offering and Nasdaq listing through shell company merger
10:21 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence10:21 AM PDT Twin tech founders who left Seattle for Alaska bet on an AI agent named ‘Walter’ to cover local news
9:55 AM PDT Games9:55 AM PDT From elections to board games: Washington’s secretary of state does double duty as a tabletop trade envoy
7:58 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences7:58 AM PDT Fewer lab animals, better drugs: This startup wants to fix how experiments get designed
7:07 AM PDT Startups7:07 AM PDT Inside Temporal’s journey to a $12.55B valuation, and its bet on building a backbone for AI agents
11:27 AM PDT Geek Life11:27 AM PDT Seattle’s KEXP eyes a second physical home — in San Francisco’s historic Haight-Ashbury
10:33 AM PDT Sustainability10:33 AM PDT Startup Ravel raises $8.2M to help solve clothing recycling’s spandex problem
7:54 AM PDT Startups7:54 AM PDT Startup Spotlight: Local Crew uses video and AI to cut out in-person home repair estimates
5:00 AM PDT Startups5:00 AM PDT Portland startup Antfly raises $2M to streamline data infrastructure for AI agents
1:00 PM PDT Tech1:00 PM PDT Oracle cuts 359 Washington jobs in latest AI-driven layoffs; Seattle offices ‘not closing’
9:40 AM PDT Education9:40 AM PDT How UW’s solar vehicle team harnessed the sun and hard work to shine on the national stage
8:15 AM PDT Sustainability8:15 AM PDT UW, Microsoft and E8 back climate tech incubator targeting data centers as AI energy concerns surge
6:03 AM PDT Sustainability6:03 AM PDT From school nuggets to insect kibble: How the next generation of faux meats aims to win over skeptics
2:00 PM PDT Sustainability2:00 PM PDT Helion funding round grows to $500M amid uncertainty over fusion startup’s Microsoft timeline
1:51 PM PDT Health/Life Sciences1:51 PM PDT Terry Myerson retires as Truveta CEO, with co-founders stepping in to lead $1B health data startup
12:35 PM PDT Tech12:35 PM PDT Uncommon Thinkers 2026: Last call for nominations for Seattle’s boldest innovators
9:19 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence9:19 AM PDT Sen. Maria Cantwell warns of autonomous AI ‘swarms’ as she calls for federal guardrails
8:28 AM PDT Tech8:28 AM PDT Goldman Sachs plants flag in Bellevue, opening hub for more than 125 AI and cloud engineers
8:13 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence8:13 AM PDT Seattle’s Nuance Labs raises $50M to give AI models human expression and nuance
8:00 AM PDT Health/Life Sciences8:00 AM PDT Providence to receive $1.1B from Nike co-founder to build women’s health hospital in Oregon
7:59 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence7:59 AM PDT America’s machinists are retiring, and two startup founders in their 20s want to salvage what they know
4:00 AM PDT Startups4:00 AM PDT BuyWander raises $21M as retail returns startup expands nationwide from new Seattle HQ
4:00 AM PDT Artificial Intelligence4:00 AM PDT Agility’s new Digit 5 robot lifts 50 pounds, works 20+ hours a day and operates alongside people
10:37 PM PDT Philanthropy10:37 PM PDT Gates Foundation bets $1B on AI to boost global health, agriculture and education
4:34 PM PDT Civic4:34 PM PDT ‘The warning signs are flashing’: New regional partnership calls for cohesive Seattle-area tech strategy
12:01 PM PDT Games12:01 PM PDT Monday-morning surprise: Valve Software suddenly launches its wireless VR headset Steam Frame for $1,059
10:08 AM PDT Startups10:08 AM PDT Temporal raises $550M, hits $12.55B valuation as agentic AI wave fuels massive growth
9:41 AM PDT Google9:41 AM PDT This software engineer is taking Google to the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify patent law
