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Oct 28, 2024, 3:36 PM

Seattle startup Moondream, led by AWS vets, raises $4.5M for vision language model software

Moondream, a new Seattle startup building a large language model for visual-related use cases, raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed… Read More

Oct 28, 2024, 10:33 AM

Tech Moves: Amazon grocery exec will join Marc Lore’s Wonder; AI2 Incubator adds venture partner

Tony Hoggett, the Amazon senior vice president overseeing the company’s worldwide grocery stores business, is joining Wonder, a delivery- and… Read More

Oct 28, 2024, 9:09 AM

Electric boating insiders react to Pure Watercraft’s demise as court documents reveal sell-off details

More than three months into the process of liquidating the assets of Seattle-based electric boat company Pure Watercraft, the firm… Read More

Oct 28, 2024, 6:00 AM

Potato’s AI research assistant digs through publications for science experiment inspiration

Science can reward its practitioners with thrilling eureka moments — with an emphasis on “moments.” A lot of research is… Read More

Oct 28, 2024, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup Read AI raises $50M to fuel ‘copilot everywhere’ vision for enterprise software

Read AI is on a roll. The Seattle startup, which sells enterprise productivity software tools fueled by generative AI, is… Read More

Oct 25, 2024, 7:00 AM

Startup radar: Early stage tech companies making moves in Seattle

There’s a lot of action happening in Seattle startup land. New companies are sprouting up every week, and it can… Read More

Oct 24, 2024, 8:45 AM

Microsoft signs deal with ocean carbon removal project operating on Washington’s coast

Microsoft today announced a deal with a marine carbon removal startup on the northern edge of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula to… Read More

Oct 24, 2024, 7:01 AM

Seattle’s Electric Era deploys EV chargers at Costco after opening big, new HQ – take a look inside

When EV charging startup Electric Era moved this summer to a spacious location south of downtown Seattle, the team was… Read More

Oct 24, 2024, 4:00 AM

Virtual assistant for HR: Google’s AI-focused venture fund invests in Seattle startup Cascade AI

Trying to find answers to HR-related questions can be a time-consuming and stressful process for employees. A Seattle-based startup is… Read More

Oct 23, 2024, 12:54 PM

Crypto startup Coinme alleges Coinstar misused trade secrets for competing product at kiosks

Coinme, a Seattle-based startup that lets consumers buy and sell crypto with cash or a debit card, filed a lawsuit… Read More

Oct 21, 2024, 1:11 PM

Health tech company Medbridge acquires motion capture specialist Rehab Boost

Medbridge, a Seattle-area health technology company, has acquired Rehab Boost, a Miami, Fla.-based startup that develops motion capture technology for… Read More

Oct 21, 2024, 4:30 AM

Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers

Seattle startup Carbon Robotics raised $70 million in the latest vote of confidence from investors in the company’s agriculture technology… Read More

Oct 18, 2024, 12:27 PM

Tech Moves: Ex-Yahoo CMO joins Starbucks; Shape Therapeutics’ CEO steps down; Read AI grows team

Tressie Lieberman is Starbucks’ new executive vice president and global chief brand officer. Lieberman is coming to the coffee company from… Read More

Oct 18, 2024, 7:42 AM

Chirping smoke detectors light a fire in startup founder to build ultimate online guide to the devices

The middle-of-the-night chirp from a smoke detector might be the most unsettling sound a homeowner has to deal with. Where’s… Read More

Oct 17, 2024, 10:52 AM

Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec

Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based… Read More

Oct 17, 2024, 8:22 AM

Phone spam-fighting startup Hiya rolls out Chrome extension that detects deepfake audio content

Seattle-startup Hiya is joining the growing list of companies using AI against AI to detect misinformation. Hiya announced the launch… Read More

Oct 16, 2024, 9:01 AM

Seattle startup Live Aware raises $4.8M for new AI-powered game developer feedback system

Seattle-based startup Live Aware Labs raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round to continue work on its self-titled feedback… Read More

Oct 15, 2024, 9:00 AM

Seattle startup raises $1.25M for electric bike used on golf courses

Seattle-area startup Fairway Bikes raised a $1.25 million seed round to fuel development of its unique electric bike built for… Read More

Oct 15, 2024, 7:00 AM

Pacific Northwest tech startup deals: The top 15 funding rounds during Q3

Venture capital funding to Pacific Northwest startups saw signs of positive momentum in Q3. Privately held tech companies in the… Read More

Oct 14, 2024, 3:20 PM

Tech Moves: OpenAI nabs top Microsoft AI researcher; Lime taps Amazon VP as CTO

Sebastien Bubeck, a top researcher from Microsoft who was most recently vice president of AI and a distinguished scientist, is… Read More

Oct 11, 2024, 11:10 AM

Univ. of Washington unveils plans for lab space dedicated to battery innovation

Entrepreneurs and academics worldwide are trying to figure out how far innovation can stretch the power and performance of batteries.… Read More

Oct 9, 2024, 12:03 PM

Tech Moves: Meta leader for Pacific NW steps down; Phase Genomics adds to C-suite

Paresh Rajwat this summer stepped down from his role as the Pacific Northwest head of office for Meta, which has… Read More

Oct 9, 2024, 8:30 AM

Zap Energy confirms $130M round, shares progress on its demo power plant system

Fusion company Zap Energy today shared news on progress with its power plant system demo and gave details on the… Read More

Oct 9, 2024, 6:53 AM

Wokelo raises $4M for AI-driven due diligence, sees customer traction in M&A, investing and consulting

Seattle-area AI startup Wokelo raised $4 million to fuel the development and growth of its technology that generates detailed due… Read More

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Oct 8, 2024, 11:30 AM

Startup Trek: Blue Origin vets go to the frontiers of space and tech with new studio

Two former employees of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company are striking out on their own with Actuate Ventures, a… Read More

Oct 8, 2024, 9:30 AM

CleanTech Alliance awarded $2.5M to create carbon-focused business hub in Washington state

Washington state’s CleanTech Alliance announced it’s receiving a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to launch… Read More

Oct 8, 2024, 6:57 AM

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark is back in Seattle with a startup of his own — and $100M in funding

Dave Clark, the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO and Flexport CEO, is launching a new supply-chain technology startup called Auger,… Read More

Oct 8, 2024, 6:00 AM

Siteimprove to acquire content marketing strategy firm MarketMuse

Siteimprove, a platform that helps companies improve website functionality, agreed to acquire MarketMuse, a Boston-based content planning and optimization software… Read More

Oct 7, 2024, 3:00 PM

As Americans lose billions of dollars to digital scams, startups turn to AI for solutions

It was a scam you may have heard of. The caller claimed to be a relative in trouble — in… Read More

Oct 7, 2024, 8:47 AM

Seattle Kraken owner Samantha Holloway leans on tech startup experience to lead NHL franchise

You can’t exactly grow an up-and-coming professional hockey franchise in the same way that you’d scale an early stage software… Read More

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