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Oct 30, 2017, 4:12 PM

Educational robot maker Wonder Workshop raises $41M from Tencent, Madrona and others

Wonder Workshop, which makes robots that teach children computer science concepts, said it has raised $41 million in a Series… Read More

Oct 30, 2017, 11:55 AM

From $16K in the bank to a new life: Startup’s ‘wild ride’ is a riveting tale of near failure and survival

Things were falling apart at Blok24. Fundraising efforts were faltering. The product needed a revamp. And, most frighteningly, the bank… Read More

Oct 29, 2017, 9:53 AM

The Riveter partners with Poppy to offer on-demand childcare for members of the co-working space

The Riveter is teaming up with another female-focused Seattle startup to make it easier for its members to secure childcare.… Read More

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 26, 2017, 8:00 AM

Office lunch delivery startup Peach reaches profitability in 3 cities, expands service to Dallas

Sprig, SpoonRocket, and Maple went out of business. Munchery laid off staff and recapitalized. Postmates is struggling to turn a profit.… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 6:00 AM

New incubator program at Paul Allen’s AI institute accepts English learning startup

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) has accepted the first startup as part of its new incubator program. Seattle-based AI2 announced… Read More

Oct 26, 2017, 6:00 AM

Fast-growing Amperity raises $28M round led by Tiger Global, one month after launch

Amperity is an early-stage company, founded less than two years ago and launching just last month — which makes its… Read More

Oct 24, 2017, 10:54 AM

Drift raises $7M to take on traditional utility companies with peer-to-peer energy marketplace

Drift has raised additional funding to take on traditional utility companies with its new energy marketplace platform. The Seattle startup… Read More

Oct 23, 2017, 4:59 PM

Get paid for being healthy: Wellness rewards platform KrowdFit raises $3.8M

KrowdFit is raising more cash for its wellness rewards platform that offers people money in exchange for practicing healthy habits.… Read More

Oct 22, 2017, 7:00 AM

5 things no one tells you about starting a startup

[This guest commentary is by Avni Patel Thompson, founder and CEO of Poppy.] There are things that I wish I had… Read More

Oct 19, 2017, 1:36 PM

Amazon and Techstars host first-ever Alexa Accelerator Demo Day — here are the top pitches

Part of Amazon’s strategy to get Alexa everywhere in the world is to encourage entrepreneurs to test the boundaries of… Read More

Matt Bencke
Oct 19, 2017, 12:41 PM

Mighty AI co-founder Matt Bencke dies at 45 after battle with pancreatic cancer

Matt Bencke, a fixture in Seattle’s technology community and co-founder of the startup Mighty AI, passed away on Wednesday after… Read More

Oct 19, 2017, 12:01 AM

Hiya raises $18M to build business search and spam blocking into native smartphone dialer app

Nearly every major smartphone app built over the last several years has gone through countless improvements and iterations. But the… Read More

Oct 18, 2017, 11:01 PM

Atlas Informatics to shut down, pulling the plug on its encrypted personal search engine

Seattle startup Atlas Informatics, led by Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter, plans to shut down and stop offering its search technology… 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 18, 2017, 9:22 AM

We’re looking for the hottest startups: Nominations now open for the Seattle 10

Robotics. Health services. Retail. Cloud. Artificial intelligence. Seattle’s startup scene is bustling with all sorts of innovative ideas, but which company… Read More

Oct 17, 2017, 6:21 PM

I rented an authentic NFL jersey for $20/month: Is this the future of sports fandom?

Love repping your favorite NFL players and teams, but can’t afford the authentic jerseys? Don’t worry, sports fans — a… Read More

Oct 17, 2017, 9:05 AM

Convoy inks deal with Anheuser-Busch as trucking startup expands national footprint

Seattle-based trucking startup Convoy today announced a multi-year strategic partnership deal with Anheuser-Busch to help the brewing giant move its… Read More

Oct 17, 2017, 7:00 AM

Magic Leap vets raise $3.5M for new virtual reality prototyping platform Torch

Designing 3D concepts for virtual and augmented reality apps and programs can be a time-consuming process. Now two former Magic… Read More

Oct 16, 2017, 6:00 AM

LevelTen Energy raises $6.8M to make it easier for big companies to buy renewable energy

Renewable energy is on the rise, but it’s still tough for most companies to buy clean power. Seattle startup LevelTen Energy… Read More

Oct 13, 2017, 5:00 AM

Visual Vocal raises $3.6M for virtual reality enterprise collaboration platform

Visual Vocal, a Seattle startup that develops virtual 3D environment productivity tools, has raised a $3.6 million investment round. The… Read More

Oct 11, 2017, 2:04 PM

TheBoardlist founder: ‘Silicon Valley is built for people given opportunity they’re not qualified for’

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy is calling BS on tech industry leaders who avoid hiring female candidates because they don’t want to… Read More

Oct 10, 2017, 3:17 PM

Virtual healthcare startup Carena acquired by Virginia-based telemedicine provider Avizia

Virginia-based telemedicine provider Avizia announced Tuesday that it has acquired Carena, a Seattle-based telemedicine startup that builds the technology behind virtual doctor’s… Read More

Magic AI StableGuard
Oct 7, 2017, 8:00 AM

A beloved horse dies in the night, and a startup is born bringing AI and machine learning to animals

Alexa Anthony has been around horses for much of her life. She grew up show jumping and became an NCAA… Read More

Oct 5, 2017, 9:49 AM

Former Tableau sales chief Kelly Wright joins Amperity board as startup emerges from stealth mode

Amperity, an AI-fueled marketing startup that recently launched from stealth mode and announced a partnership with Microsoft, is adding some horsepower to… Read More

Mark Vadon
Oct 5, 2017, 8:00 AM

Real estate startup FlyHomes raises $4M round led by Blue Nile and Zulily co-founder Mark Vadon

In its first year, real estate startup FlyHomes avoided raising outside capital by attracting a customer base of homebuyers with perks like… 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

Oct 4, 2017, 4:02 PM

Element Data acquires Philadelphia startup’s ’emotional analytics platform’

Fast-growing Element Data has acquired the technology assets and patent of BehaviorMatrix, a Philadelphia startup that specializes in understanding the… Read More

Kristen Hamilton at Startupday 2015
Oct 4, 2017, 1:55 PM

Koru raises $3M for predictive hiring platform that helps companies identify ideal candidates

Koru’s pivot seems to be working well so far. The Seattle startup just reeled in a $3 million round from… Read More

Oct 4, 2017, 1:44 PM

Loftium co-founder expects Airbnb revenue share to become a ‘standard’ down payment source for homebuyers

Yifan Zhang believes that in the next five to 10 years, prospective home buyers will have three standard options for… Read More

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