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Startup Spotlight

Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest.

Oct 26, 2017, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Can a machine learn to laugh? Botnik crosses a comedian with AI to find out

If the game Cards Against Humanity and those refrigerator poetry magnets had a digital baby bestowed with machine learning, it… Read More

Oct 18, 2017, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Comet is building a GitHub-like management system for machine learning

Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection… Read More

Oct 12, 2017, 3:49 PM

Startup Spotlight: Tinitell helps parents keep track of their kids with wearable mobile phones

Kids don’t need the latest and great new iPhone. But a mobile device that lets parents call their children and… Read More

Oct 8, 2017, 12:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Aspinity helps voice-enabled tech products save battery power

Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power… Read More

Oct 4, 2017, 5:21 PM

Startup Spotlight: Pulse Labs makes it easy for voice developers to test their Alexa apps

Voice-controlled devices, like the Amazon Echo, are driving what Abhishek Suthan calls a “tectonic shift” in computing — and he… Read More

Sep 28, 2017, 3:48 PM

Startup Spotlight: Twine uses Slack and Alexa to make video conferencing ‘magical’

Boulder entrepreneurs Anthony Claudia and Andrew Hahn made a name for themselves by developing an app that allows professionals to… Read More

Sep 25, 2017, 5:33 PM

Startup Spotlight: This sensor-infused ball from Play Impossible encourages kids to be active

Playing with a ball can be a lot of fun when you throw sensors and computer chips into the mix.… Read More

Sep 20, 2017, 3:17 PM

Startup Spotlight: Sensible Object makes games that blend the physical and digital worlds

Alex Fleetwood is a game guru motivated by a simple purpose: using technology to connect people in real life. His… Read More

Sep 14, 2017, 3:39 PM

Startup Spotlight: Novel Effect aims to make story time more magical for kids using voice recognition technology

Melissa and Matt Hammersley got the idea for Novel Effect when they were expecting their first child, Eleanor. They wanted… Read More

Sep 7, 2017, 3:48 PM

Startup Spotlight: InPipe Energy harnesses electric power from water running through pipes

Gregg Semler has spent the past 17 years focused on innovations that can make civilization more sustainable, from energy and… Read More

Aug 31, 2017, 3:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Game designers build Triangul8, a modern-day ‘chess killer’

Game designer James Hutt and Microsoft engineer Eric Jorgensen have joined forces to build a game that they think could… Read More

Aug 24, 2017, 12:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: CloudEnablers makes it easier for companies to manage their cloud-based tools

As the tools needed to run a business increasingly shift to the cloud, companies often find themselves managing a wide-range… Read More

Aug 22, 2017, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Customer-focused telecom software company Audian boasts big growth

Early in his career as an IT executive, Brandon Bazemore encountered a problem many business leaders face. He wasn’t satisfied… Read More

Aug 12, 2017, 9:54 AM

Startup Spotlight: KLIK Boks wireless presentation connector is designed to save time in meetings

Throughout his 20-year career developing and launching products for professional sound systems, Costa Lakoumentas constantly found himself impeded by a simple technical… Read More

Aug 4, 2017, 11:41 AM

Startup Spotlight: FenSens develops products to turn older vehicles into connected cars without breaking the bank

If you drive an older car and you aren’t a parallel parking pro, you might be envious of friends with… Read More

Jul 28, 2017, 4:02 PM

Startup Spotlight: Vitamin Packs offers ‘personalized nutrition’ through subscription service

Earlier this month, three Snoqualmie, Wash.-based nutrition and technology experts launched Vitamin Packs with $1.7 million in early-stage funding from… Read More

Jul 20, 2017, 3:22 PM

Startup Spotlight: VX makes augmented reality hardware that can fit in standard glasses

Last year, Kyle Cherry launched augmented and virtual reality startup VX Inc. with a lofty goal. He plans “shape the… Read More

Jul 13, 2017, 4:45 PM

Startup Spotlight: Online retailer Fuchsia helps cottage industry artisans get in front of consumers

Unlike most online retailers, Seattle-based Fuchsia describes itself as “anti-mass production.” The one-year-old company uses technology to help artisans in… Read More

Jul 5, 2017, 12:34 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft vets launch text11, a messaging platform connecting businesses with customers

John deVadoss, Peng Huang, and David Hill have known that they wanted to go into business together for years. They… Read More

Jun 29, 2017, 3:02 PM

Startup Spotlight: motion.social is a fitness app that connects users around common interests

David Longdon and Justin Huff believe that the experience — not the data — is what drives people to continue… Read More

Jun 21, 2017, 2:50 PM

Startup Spotlight: Worcket wants to shake up recruiting with millennial-minded job hunting app

After years of watching their employers in the technology industry struggle to fill crucial roles, Gonzalo Aguero and Sergio Klarreich… Read More

Jun 15, 2017, 1:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Grassworks Digital makes technology for the burgeoning pot industry

It had been about a year since retailers in Washington state began selling recreational marijuana when Ryan Porter, a vet… Read More

Jun 7, 2017, 3:00 PM

Startup Spotlight: Vault launches app that helps people save for retirement with their paychecks

There are a few financial challenges we all face, and saving for retirement is one of the biggest. But the… Read More

Jun 2, 2017, 1:30 PM

Startup Spotlight: Spotted Places maps out travel recommendations from friends

Bryant Hawthorne and Dan Taylor met as neighbors and quickly bonded over a love of travel and similar careers in… Read More

May 31, 2017, 3:05 PM

Startup Spotlight: Microsoft cybersecurity vets launch Seklarity to help companies understand hacking risk

During the years Joe Donahue spent running Microsoft’s cybersecurity threat detection team, he observed a recurring problem. The team helped… Read More

May 23, 2017, 3:42 PM

Startup Spotlight: Cancer survivors join forces for social video startup Splainers

The odds of surviving stage III Hodgkin’s lymphoma are about four-to-one. The odds of two people beating that cancer and… Read More

May 16, 2017, 4:59 PM

Startup Spotlight: Phoresa is creating a ‘pregnancy-style’ test for infectious diseases

Pregnancy tests, even those done in hospitals or clinics, are very straightforward. Some urine plus a detector and you have… Read More

May 5, 2017, 3:16 PM

Startup Spotlight: Waccal’s platform helps startups validate their products and find investors

The process of landing meetings and pitching investors can be burdensome for time and resource-strapped startups. Brothers Ashfaq and Anil… Read More

Apr 27, 2017, 12:17 PM

Startup Spotlight: This biotech company uses fermentation to produce custom compounds

Here’s a wacky concept. Imagine you could give a microorganism, like yeast, specific instructions on what to produce during fermentation.… Read More

Apr 14, 2017, 3:32 PM

Startup Spotlight: Swym wants to help e-commerce companies better compete with Amazon

It’s not an easy time to be in the e-commerce business. Tech titans, like Amazon and Walmart, are able to… Read More

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