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May 21, 2025, 9:28 AM

Yoodli CEO Varun Puri on startup grit, filtering out noise, and building the ‘AI roleplay’ category

Yoodli CEO Varun Puri talks too fast. He spends too much time on small talk. And he “question stacks,” or… Read More

May 21, 2025, 5:00 AM

ROI on generative AI: Microsoft vets raise $4.9M to quantify business value of AI investments

Pay-i, a Seattle startup founded by Microsoft veterans, raised a $4.9 million seed round to help businesses figure out whether… Read More

May 20, 2025, 10:40 AM

AI roleplay startup Yoodli raises $13.7M to help sales teams practice their pitches

Follow-up: Yoodli CEO Varun Puri on startup grit, filtering out noise, and building the ‘AI roleplay’ category Yoodli, a Seattle… Read More

May 20, 2025, 8:15 AM

Seattle startup community Foundations adds more office space, plans expansion in Bellevue

The experiment seems to be working. Foundations, the Seattle-based startup community that launched last year, is doubling its physical space… Read More

May 20, 2025, 7:34 AM

Reperio Health raises $14M for national expansion of its in-home health services

Reperio Health, a Portland, Ore.-based startup providing in-home health screenings, raised $14 million in funding, Endpoints News reports. The new… Read More

May 20, 2025, 6:00 AM

Alation acquires Numbers Station, an AI data analysis startup backed by Madrona

Silicon Valley data intelligence company Alation announced the acquisition of Numbers Station, an 18-person startup with roots in Seattle that… Read More

May 20, 2025, 6:00 AM

Seattle startup Trellis Health launches to help women navigate pregnancy and postpartum care

Trellis Health released its iOS app on Tuesday as the Seattle-based health tech startup aims to use AI and personalized… Read More

May 19, 2025, 2:48 PM

RNA startup targeting diabetes wins Seattle pitch event hosted by Venture Black

Wink Therapeutics, a Miami-based biotech startup developing a potential treatment for Type 1 diabetes, won the top prize at a… Read More

May 19, 2025, 9:44 AM

New space startup with several Seattle ties lands $3.5M to develop orbital data centers

Sophia Space, a new venture working on orbital computing and data centers in space, raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding,… Read More

May 16, 2025, 8:29 AM

Surgical care center startup Oath Surgical comes out of stealth with $10M

Oath Surgical, a new startup out of Portland, Ore., revealed more details about its outpatient surgical care business, touting the… Read More

May 16, 2025, 7:45 AM

Startup radar: Meet 4 early stage tech companies rising in Seattle

Detecting theft, helping insurance agencies, improving lab work, and finding nail salons. We’re covering all the bases with our latest… Read More

May 15, 2025, 1:44 PM

Freight company DAT acquires Seattle fintech startup Outgo

DAT Freight & Analytics, a Beaverton, Ore.-based freight company, announced the acquisition of Outgo, a Seattle startup that sells banking… Read More

May 15, 2025, 12:04 PM

Tech Moves: Typeface hires CMO; Microsoft adds CVP; WellSaid names new CEO; Expedia’s new CISO

Benjamin Dorr is the new CEO at Seattle-area AI voice technology startup WellSaid Labs. Dorr, who joined the company last… Read More

May 15, 2025, 9:14 AM

Seattle-area company VerAvanti lands $31.5M to develop scopes to prevent strokes, heart attacks

Medical technology company VerAvanti announced $31.5 million in funding to advance its work on ultra-thin imaging scopes that can be… Read More

May 15, 2025, 8:16 AM

Bill Gates’ pledge to give 99% of wealth to global health foundation could leave climate in the cold

Bill Gates’ announcement last week that he would give 99% of his wealth to the Gates Foundation was a shot… Read More

May 15, 2025, 5:00 AM

Irrigation tech startup Verdi raises $4.7M to help farmers monitor and control water flow

Agriculture tech startup Verdi raised a $4.7 million seed round to expand its technology for smarter irrigation of crops including… Read More

May 14, 2025, 3:20 PM

Exclusive: Former Apple leaders raise $16M for stealthy Seattle startup building AI inference tech

A new Seattle startup led by veteran engineers is building technology to tackle one of the biggest drivers of cost… Read More

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May 14, 2025, 1:22 PM

Zeno Power raises $50M in funding to fuel development of next-gen nuclear batteries

Zeno Power, a startup that’s headquartered in Seattle as well as Washington, D.C., today announced the completion of a $50… Read More

May 14, 2025, 9:28 AM

Amazon vets land $4M for Seattle data security startup Tensor9

Tensor9, a Seattle-based security and privacy startup, announced a $4 million seed round. Founded in 2023 by veterans of Amazon,… Read More

May 13, 2025, 5:27 PM

B.C. climate tech startup veritree raises $6.5M and lines up pledges to plant 100 million trees globally

Veritree, a Vancouver, B.C.-based climate tech startup supporting reforestation, announced $6.5 million in new funding on Tuesday. The company also… Read More

May 13, 2025, 10:48 AM

Seattle-area company lands FDA clearance for drug-free treatment to address teen anxiety and trauma

Teens suffering from anxiety, panic attacks and trauma have a new, drug-free option for addressing their mental health. The Seattle-area… Read More

May 13, 2025, 9:35 AM

AI startup led by UW computer science whiz enables ‘superhuman hearing capabilities’

A new stealthy Seattle startup is taking sound technology to a whole new dimension. Hearvana was just founded by University… Read More

May 13, 2025, 9:31 AM

Seattle studio led by Big Fish founder raises more cash for mobile battler ‘Mutant Forge’

Reflection Games, an independent studio founded in 2021 by several veterans of Seattle’s Big Fish Games, is raising more cash.… Read More

May 12, 2025, 8:00 AM

Appetite for invention: Seattle tech vets hatch a simple gadget to cook a tastier chicken

Not satisfied with what they considered overly complicated methods for cooking unsatisfactory chicken, Dave Atchison and Tony Smith jumped out… Read More

May 10, 2025, 8:07 AM

‘YIMBY AI’ wins Seattle climate hackathon with idea to support development of backyard units

Fourteen teams assembled this week to compete in a Seattle climate hackathon and the chance to win a share of… Read More

May 9, 2025, 10:05 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft AI adds CVP; WatchGuard CEO steps down; Amazon vet joins Hims & Hers

Former Meta and Time Warner exec Mark D’Arcy is joining Microsoft as a corporate vice president working on the tech… Read More

May 9, 2025, 7:59 AM

This Seattle founder just sold his third startup — here’s his advice for other entrepreneurs

AI adoption was rising. But security wasn’t keeping up. This simple insight laid the groundwork for Protect AI, a Seattle-based… Read More

May 9, 2025, 7:20 AM

Bold move in beauty: Technology is the foundation of Boise startup’s viral makeup maker

When Rachel Wilson moved from Southern California to Boise, Idaho, she was coming off running and scaling her own company,… Read More

May 7, 2025, 10:16 AM

Seattle startup CueZen raises $5M for personalized health coaching software

CueZen, a Seattle-based startup that sells software designed to boost personalized healthcare programs, raised $5 million in a round led… Read More

May 7, 2025, 9:54 AM

Sony reveals new Seattle-area studio that spun out of Bungie

Bellevue, Wash.-based video game studio teamLFG spun out of Sony subsidiary Bungie and is a new developer in the PlayStation… Read More

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