Startups – Page 17 of 312

Sep 17, 2025, 7:50 AM

Tech Moves: Read AI adds product VP; Microsoft legal chief steps down; Truveta co-founder departs; Marchex CEO is out

Justin Farris, a longtime product leader at Zillow and GitLab, joined Seattle startup Read AI as vice president of product.… Read More

Sep 17, 2025, 7:40 AM

‘Virtual medicine cabinet’ from Seattle startups will put health tech apps in one place

A “virtual medicine cabinet” to provide families with digital tools to manage some aspects of healthcare from home is up… Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 4:30 PM

Ranking cities by AI startup funding: Bay Area dominates, Seattle is No. 4

As investors continue to pour money into AI startups in the U.S., Seattle ranks fourth in the nation in AI… Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 2:04 PM

Fred Hutch leaders raise $10M for new AI startup aiming to expedite drug discovery

The Seattle-based biotech company aims to make new drug discovery faster and cheaper by using AI to simulate the results from hypothetical lab tests. Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 10:46 AM

‘Commerce is entering the agentic era’: Envive raises $15M to build AI agents for online retailers

Envive, a Seattle-based startup that builds AI agents for online retailers, raised $15 million in a Series A round led… Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 AM

New ‘Wyze Palm Lock’ uses biometric scan for contactless entry in latest smart home device

Wyze has unlocked another smart home innovation, turning to biometrics to help power a new door lock. The Wyze Palm… Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 6:00 AM

Seattle startup Pulumi bets big on AI with Neo, an agent that automates cloud infrastructure tasks

Pulumi CEO Joe Duffy said he pulled a third of his 130-person workforce to build Neo, which he described as “an extension of your team,” capable of handling infrastructure provisioning, security, and compliance work that can traditionally take days or weeks. Read More

Sep 16, 2025, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup raises $2.5M to analyze retail worker conversations using AI and microphones

Ethosphere, a new Seattle startup building voice AI for retail operations, raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round led by… Read More

Sep 15, 2025, 9:58 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names CISO; Amazon attorney retires; former Carbon CEO joins Stacklok

— Ravi Soin has joined Smartsheet as chief information security officer. Soin was previously at Edifecs, where he served on… Read More

Sep 15, 2025, 9:17 AM

Landline-inspired phone startup raises $3.5M; investor calls it one of the most ‘viral businesses’ he’s seen

Tin Can has struck a chord — with parents, kids, and now venture capitalists. The Seattle startup behind a landline-style… Read More

Sep 15, 2025, 8:56 AM

Eye care giant Alcon acquires LumiThera, a Seattle-area startup behind device that treats vision loss

LumiThera’s key innovation is a device for use by ophthalmologists that improves vision and slows its loss, with a focus on patients with dry age-related macular degeneration. Read More

Sep 15, 2025, 8:22 AM

San Francisco had an all-female AI ‘Hacker House’ — is Seattle ready for its own?

Seattle’s tech community has seen similar women-focused spaces. It could be the right time for a new physical space with the AI boom underway. Read More

Sep 15, 2025, 7:30 AM

Founders at Seattle startup WhyLabs join Apple following under-the-radar acquisition

Apple has officially absorbed the founding team of WhyLabs, the Seattle startup it acquired in a secretive deal. GeekWire first… Read More

Sep 12, 2025, 8:41 AM

Out of Office: Piano-playing startup CEO finds his inner voice — ‘I thought I was Elton John’

Mark Michael, CEO of Seattle-based DevHub, started playing piano right before the pandemic. Five years later, his focus has sharpened and he gets a high from powering through live performances. Read More

Sep 11, 2025, 8:04 AM

F5 paying $180M to acquire CalypsoAI to boost AI enterprise security offerings

Seattle-based security and application delivery giant F5 will pay $180 million to acquire CalypsoAI, a startup founded in 2018 that… Read More

Sep 10, 2025, 4:34 PM

Spokane fintech startup Treasury4 acquires TreasuryGo

Treasury4, a Spokane, Wash.-based startup that sells software for treasury management, acquired TreasuryGo, a Seattle-area company offering similar financial technology… Read More

Sep 9, 2025, 2:55 PM

Ex-Apple PhDs raise $10M, choose Seattle to build an AI foundation model that understands emotion

One of the more intriguing aspects of Nuance Labs is that the nascent startup with big dreams decided to build in Seattle. Read More

Sep 9, 2025, 11:21 AM

Ad-services startup Xnurta opens new headquarters space in downtown Bellevue

Xnurta, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that uses AI to help brands and agencies manage their advertising on Amazon and other… Read More

Sep 9, 2025, 8:16 AM

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet lands at deepfake detection startup; Tanium names new CRO

— Adriana Gil Miner, a longtime Seattle-area marketing leader, has joined Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Pindrop as its new chief marketing officer.… Read More

Sep 8, 2025, 10:12 AM

Tech Moves: PNNL names director; MicroVision taps CEO; PNW PR vet launches new firm; and more

— Deborah (Deb) Gracio is taking over next month as director of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Gracio has been… Read More

Sep 8, 2025, 10:02 AM

Glowforge shuttering Seattle factory and laying off workers after moving some production back to U.S.

Glowforge is closing its Seattle manufacturing facility and laying off workers, less than a year after moving production of some… Read More

Sep 8, 2025, 8:22 AM

Find Ventures shuts down program that helped Washington startups land non-dilutive funding

Find Ventures is closing due to funding challenges, six years after the startup program launched to support early stage tech… Read More

Sep 5, 2025, 10:24 AM

Geeks on deck: Startup leaders chat about favorite AI use cases, and their uniquely human strengths

Chatbots are great, but good old human-to-human contact can’t be beat, and Thursday night at GeekWire’s Seattle HQ, we caught… Read More

Sep 5, 2025, 8:20 AM

Agtech startup launched by brothers in rural Washington raises cash to grow its irrigation tech

FarmHQ, an agtech startup based in rural Burlington, Wash., has raised $500,000 from investors to grow its irrigation technology business,… Read More

Sep 5, 2025, 7:58 AM

Inside the minds of Seattle startup founders: Fundraising, hiring, and navigating their biggest challenges

Seattle startup founders are navigating a tricky mix of opportunity and challenges as they search for durable ways to scale.… Read More

Sep 4, 2025, 8:12 AM

Orchard Robotics, an agtech startup using AI to solve farming’s data problem, raises $22M

Orchard Robotics, an agtech startup using artificial intelligence to deliver precise data on farm operations, has raised $22 million from… Read More

Sep 4, 2025, 8:00 AM

CoreWeave to acquire OpenPipe, a Seattle-area startup that uses reinforcement learning to help companies build AI agents

CoreWeave said it will acquire OpenPipe, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that helps developers train AI agents using reinforcement learning. Terms… Read More

Sep 4, 2025, 3:00 AM

ID verification startup Vouched raises $17M as it builds AI tools for ‘new future of identity’

Vouched, the Seattle startup that uses AI to help companies verify identity, raised $17 million in new funding. The Series… Read More

Sep 3, 2025, 7:47 PM

Tech Moves: Ring CEO lands at AllTrails; former AWS CEO joins KKR as advisor; and more

— Elizabeth “Liz” Hamren is now CEO of AllTrails, a company that connects people with outdoor experiences through trail and… Read More

Sep 3, 2025, 8:21 AM

Amazon and Google alums land $7M to build a personal AI therapist for people with dementia

The company offers telehealth visits with clinicians once or twice a month combined with frequent, personalized conversations with an AI companion called Sunny. Read More