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This startup wants to move kidney care out of the fax-machine era

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This 3-foot-tall robot wants to be your kid’s classroom buddy and your mom’s new friend

Mind Children Robotics, a Seattle-area startup co-founded by AGI researcher Ben Goertzel, is building Codey — a child-sized social robot priced under $10,000 and aimed at classrooms, hospitals and senior care. The company plans its first pilots in South Korea. Read More

This startup wants to move kidney care out of the fax-machine era

Seattle-based Apacendo Health is building AI agents that read incoming faxes and enter patient data into electronic health records for nephrology practices, aiming to cut the administrative work that consumes hours of clinic staff time each day Read More

Not just for coders: UW’s upcoming AI minor will reach beyond the computer science school

The University of Washington is developing an interdisciplinary AI minor, open to students across all majors and co-led by an anthropologist and a computer scientist. Set to launch in spring 2027, it’s part of a broader push to expand AI education across the university. Read More

Mistakes new startup founders should avoid — according to those who made them

At Seattle Flow Startup Day, founders shared lessons learned from the tough times. Their advice: build something you’d run into a burning building for, stay emotionally steady, hire high‑agency people, fundraise with discipline, question whether you need VC at all, and think about acquisition from day one. Read More

UW DubHacks Next startup incubator produces 20 new student ventures in latest batch

University of Washington students pitched 20 startups at Demo Day for DubHacks Next, a 16-week incubator that has produced 68 startups since 2022. Projects range from a manufacturing design automation tool already live in three plants to an AI audio plugin builder and a web accessibility suite. Read More

‘Exclusion compounds’: Women in tech push to shape AI before it’s too late

Speakers at the Women in Tech Regatta in Seattle said AI is at risk of repeating longstanding patterns of exclusion, from biased hiring tools to gaps in who’s shaping AI strategy. Read More

Non-compete ban stirs optimism and uncertainty in Washington state — here’s what it means for tech

A new state law wipes out nearly all non-compete agreements in Washington, sparking debate across the tech ecosystem about innovation, talent mobility and employer rights. Read More

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