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Feb 21, 2025, 7:30 AM

Startup radar: Check out 4 up-and-coming tech companies from Seattle

We’re back with another spotlight on new startups sprouting out of the Seattle area. This time we’re featuring companies building… Read More

Feb 20, 2025, 8:00 AM

Overland AI opens new factory in Seattle to manufacture off-road autonomous vehicles

Seattle startup Overland AI is bringing manufacturing operations close to home with the opening of a 22,000 square-foot facility that will help… Read More

Feb 20, 2025, 7:41 AM

GeekWire 200 update: Here are the hot tech startups moving up our list for Q1 2025

The latest update to the GeekWire 200 reveals which companies are growing quickly and making moves up our list of… Read More

Feb 20, 2025, 5:00 AM

Tech-enabled med spa startup Pinch expands to Seattle with its in-home cosmetic procedures

Pinch, a Chicago-based, tech-enabled service that facilitates in-home medical spa treatments, has expanded to the Seattle area, the company announced… Read More

Feb 19, 2025, 9:05 AM

Former Intel leaders raise $21.5M for Portland startup AheadComputing

AheadComputing, a Portland, Ore.-based startup led by former Intel execs, raised $21.5 million in a seed round led by Eclipse.

Feb 19, 2025, 8:56 AM

Compliance software startup SingleFile raises $9M

SingleFile Technologies, a legal tech startup based in Seattle that helps companies file compliance reports with government agencies, raised $9… Read More

Feb 19, 2025, 7:51 AM

Bill Gates-backed semiconductor startup Lumotive raises $45M

Lumotive, a Redmond, Wash.-based startup that manufactures semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors, raised $45 million in a Series B… Read More

Feb 17, 2025, 3:48 PM

AI will transform parts of healthcare — but slow adoption and sales cycles could impede startups

The rise of generative AI and other automation technologies will surely create efficiencies within the $4.5 trillion healthcare industry. But… Read More

Feb 14, 2025, 12:16 PM

As Trump spars with Canada, Seattle-area startup embraces talent and customers across the border

As President Trump wields tariffs and strains relations with Canada, Seattle area’s Docugami is strengthening its cross-border ties. The document… Read More

Feb 14, 2025, 10:25 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet names CTO; Outreach appoints CFO; Concord’s new CEO; and other hires

Cynthia Tee is now chief technology officer for Smartsheet. Tee was previously senior vice president of engineering at the Bellevue,… Read More

Feb 13, 2025, 8:00 AM

Meet the Seattle VC behind a new $6.6M fund focused on women’s health startups

Jessica Kamada does not have a traditional startups and venture capital background. And that’s exactly what helped her land $6.6… Read More

Feb 12, 2025, 9:35 AM

Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis joins Microsoft in exec role leading work on enterprise AI

Dan Lewis, the former CEO of shuttered Seattle trucking startup Convoy, has joined Microsoft in a chief product officer role.… Read More

Feb 12, 2025, 7:49 AM

Seattle-area company with climate friendly ‘mechanical cows’ for digesting waste is acquired

Chomp, a company building devices that turn food waste into fuel and liquid fertilizer, today announced its acquisition by Martin… Read More

Feb 12, 2025, 7:31 AM

AI recruiting startup led by former Microsoft manager raises $16M

ConverzAI, a Seattle startup founded in 2019 that aims to automate recruiting processes, raised $16 million in a Series A… Read More

Feb 12, 2025, 7:00 AM

New accelerator in Seattle area aims to help tech startups navigate Dept. of Defense complexities

A new accelerator program aimed at identifying and supporting startups and technologies that address critical U.S. Department of Defense needs… Read More

Feb 12, 2025, 6:53 AM

Seattle startup group launches new program for founders that rethinks traditional accelerator format

Aviel Ginzburg spent years learning what makes a startup accelerator effective for founders. Now he’s applying those lessons to a… Read More

Feb 11, 2025, 10:57 AM

Wildfire recovery and carbon capture company Mast Reforestation lands $25M

Seattle’s Mast Reforestation announced today $25 million in new funding and an expansion of its operations into “wood vaulting” in… Read More

Feb 11, 2025, 8:00 AM

Official AI raises $2M for platform that enables authentic AI content creation for brands and talent

Official AI, a Seattle startup whose platform helps brands and talent create and collaborate on AI-generated image and audio content,… Read More

Feb 10, 2025, 10:22 AM

Ex-Allen Institute for AI scientists form stealthy AI startup, with former Ai2 CEO Oren Etzioni

A group of former Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) research leaders have formed a new Seattle-based artificial intelligence startup, Vercept.… Read More

Feb 10, 2025, 6:00 AM

Tech Moves: Google Cloud hires Microsoft exec Hayete Gallot in new president role; Impinj CRO retires; WSU names president

— Google named Hayete Gallot, most recently Microsoft’s corporate vice president of commercial solutions, to the newly created position of… Read More

Feb 10, 2025, 5:00 AM

Carbon Robotics releases new line of laser weed-zappers for more types of farms and budgets

Carbon Robotics wants to zap more weeds among more types of crops on farms of all sizes, and to get… Read More

Feb 7, 2025, 6:00 AM

‘Layoffs and pain’: Frozen federal funding batters clean energy and climate efforts

President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order puzzles David Funk. The order targets clean energy efforts, pausing the distribution of… Read More

Feb 6, 2025, 11:56 AM

Portland cybersecurity risk assessment startup DeepSurface acquired

Portland cybersecurity startup DeepSurface was acquired this week by AttackIQ, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that helps customers evaluate security… Read More

Feb 6, 2025, 8:47 AM

Seattle’s DeltaGen raises $1.2M to market its generative AI tech for streamlining M&A deals

DeltaGen, a Seattle startup offering software that helps companies apply generative AI tools to their processes, has raised $1.2 million.… Read More

Feb 5, 2025, 3:11 PM

Dopl Technologies raises $1.5M to fuel mission of delivering telerobotic care to underserved areas

Dopl Technologies, a Seattle startup working to bring diagnostic exams and interventional procedures to underserved communities via telerobotics, raised $1.5… Read More

Feb 5, 2025, 9:45 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft poaches 3 AI experts from Google DeepMind; Rover names COO; and more

— Microsoft hired three former members of Google DeepMind, which was originally co-founded as a startup research lab by Microsoft’s… Read More

Feb 3, 2025, 6:00 AM

Tidal Vision, a company turning tossed crab shells into a green chemical, nets $140M in funding

Tidal Vision, a green chemistry company founded by a former Alaska fishing boat captain, has raised $140 million to fund… Read More

Jan 31, 2025, 8:00 AM

Tire recycling tech startup with link to Costco lands $40M from former CEO Jim Sinegal and others

Prism Worldwide is likely the swan song for Bob Abramowitz, its CEO and 66-year-old co-founder. The tire recycling company is also… Read More

Jan 31, 2025, 7:00 AM

New group brings unique approach to help startups take flight out of the University of Oregon

Launch Oregon wants to help boost the researchers, engineers, and scientists at the University of Oregon commercialize their innovation and… Read More

Jan 30, 2025, 1:41 PM

Return to the ‘mother ship’: Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs absorbed by Madrona

Madrona Venture Labs is being absorbed into Seattle’s Madrona venture firm after operating for more than 10 years as an… Read More

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