Startups – Page 46 of 312

Mar 26, 2024, 4:30 AM

Seattle startup OpenPipe raises $6.7M to help companies reduce costs for LLM models

OpenPipe, a Seattle startup that wants to make it easier and cheaper for companies to train and deploy large language… Read More

Mar 25, 2024, 4:31 PM

Sonoma Bio celebrates new Seattle waterfront R&D center for autoimmune disease research

Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Monday hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony at its new research and development center and office space on… Read More

Mar 25, 2024, 7:30 AM

Sunny Gupta on Apptio’s lightbulb moment, and the key questions behind the tech company’s success

For Sunny Gupta, the inspiration behind Apptio started with a simple question: What are you struggling with? After selling two… Read More

Mar 22, 2024, 8:09 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet co-founder will leave board; Pandion hires logistics execs; and more

Smartsheet on Friday announced several changes to its board of directors, including the departure of co-founder Brent Frei and the… Read More

Mar 22, 2024, 7:11 AM

Former Convoy engineers take another swing at trucking tech with new Seattle startup

Andrew Huff and Oliver Jones aren’t done trying to build software for the trucking industry. The entrepreneurs are the co-founders… Read More

Mar 22, 2024, 7:10 AM

Pandion, an e-commerce delivery startup led by Amazon Air founder, lands $41.5M

Pandion, a Seattle startup that helps online retailers deliver orders to customers, raised a $41.5 million Series B round. Founded… Read More

Mar 21, 2024, 6:40 AM

Brinc launches unified ‘LiveOps’ software for public safety drones, incident coordination, and evidence

Public safety technology company Brinc announced a new software platform called LiveOps for managing and monitoring drone fleets, with live… Read More

Mar 20, 2024, 3:49 PM

Seattle game studio led by Big Fish Games founder is raising cash as it develops ‘Mutant Forge’

Seattle-based game studio Reflection Games is raising investment to help support development of its debut project. A new SEC filing… Read More

Mar 20, 2024, 8:00 AM

A growing pet project: Offleash’d raises fresh cash and integrates AI to connect animal lovers

Offleash’d is making a run — at more funding and improved features — to attract more users to the app that… Read More

Mar 20, 2024, 7:57 AM

Tech job market remains in flux as layoffs continue and experienced workers struggle to get hired

After she was laid off in September, Jenny Richards didn’t expect to spend more than six months trying to find… Read More

Mar 19, 2024, 3:54 PM

Former Techstars Seattle leader Isaac Kato launches fund to back ‘non-obvious’ founders

A new venture firm based in the Seattle region wants to support early stage tech startup founders that may be… Read More

Mar 19, 2024, 1:17 PM

Compliance software firm SingleFile lands $6.5M as Corporate Transparency Act creates tailwinds

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

Mar 19, 2024, 8:51 AM

Lessons from a startup shutdown: Round CEO on building community, and the risks of raising VC

When Seattle startup Round announced a $12 million Series A investment two years ago, it was a moment to celebrate.… Read More

Mar 18, 2024, 2:51 PM

Jama Software to be acquired for $1.2B in significant exit for Portland-based company

Portland, Ore.-based Jama Software, makers of a product development platform, has agreed to be acquired by technology investment firm Francisco… Read More

Mar 18, 2024, 12:11 PM

Vote for Startup CEO of the Year: These five leaders are taking their companies to new heights

The five finalists for Startup CEO of the Year at the GeekWire Awards are leading companies with big ambitions to… Read More

Mar 18, 2024, 9:14 AM

Vote for Startup of the Year: Kevala, Overland AI, Pictory, Shipium, SingleFile

Amid a shaky venture capital market last year, there were still plenty of startups that gained momentum and reached new… Read More

Mar 18, 2024, 8:18 AM

This Seattle investor went from Google to Africa to a big exit — and is back home investing in startups

Andrew Peterson’s interest in technology started in Seattle as a young computer lab associate at his elementary school, just as… Read More

Mar 15, 2024, 10:57 AM

Tech Moves: Optimize Health names new CEO; Seattle-area marketing firm makes acquisition

Optimize Health, a Seattle-based startup that sells remote patient monitoring software, announced Ryan Clark as its new CEO. Clark, based… Read More

Mar 14, 2024, 4:44 PM

Entrepreneurs who used TikTok to help build their businesses blast potential ban in U.S.

Seattle-based money expert and self-described financial feminist Tori Dunlap credits TikTok with transforming her business, HerFirst100k, an education platform that… Read More

Mar 14, 2024, 1:55 PM

Augmented writing startup Textio lays off 14 employees, or 16% of staff

Textio laid off 14 employees this week, or 16% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring. The company confirmed… Read More

Mar 14, 2024, 7:30 AM

Former Amazon and Microsoft exec Joseph Sirosh launches stealthy new generative AI startup

Joseph Sirosh, a former corporate vice president at Microsoft who was most recently at Amazon leading search and Alexa efforts,… Read More

Illustration: Interlune harvester on the moon

Mar 13, 2024, 2:20 PM

Interlune comes out of stealth with its plan to harvest helium-3 and more on the moon

Seattle-based Interlune officially lifted the curtain today on its plans to build a robotic harvester that could extract helium-3 from… Read More

Mar 12, 2024, 10:16 PM

Funding female founders: Former All Raise CEO on what needs to change

The tech giants known as The Magnificent Seven — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla — all share something… Read More

Mar 12, 2024, 12:34 PM

Looking for non-dilutive funding? 5 tips for startups seeking small business grants

A good idea, preliminary data, and credentials in the field are all key components of landing a small business grant… Read More

Illustration: Lumen Orbit satellite in space

Mar 11, 2024, 5:54 PM

Lumen Orbit emerges from stealth and raises $2.4M to put data centers in space

Bellevue, Wash.-based Lumen Orbit, a startup that’s only about three months old, says that it’s closed a $2.4 million pre-seed… Read More

Mar 11, 2024, 10:22 AM

Seattle-area startup offering electronic medical records for long-term care raises $2.5M

DocNow, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup, raised a $2.5 million seed round to expand its platform that provides electronic medical records,… Read More

Mar 11, 2024, 8:42 AM

Tech Moves: Former AMD named Kymeta CEO; GitHub exec joins Twilio; DocuSign security vet joins Proof; Fred Hutch adds VP

Rick Bergman, former executive vice president at semiconductor giant AMD, joined Seattle-area mobile connectivity company Kymeta as its new CEO,… Read More

Mar 8, 2024, 7:39 AM

Irrigation tech startup led by farming experts blossoms with revenue growth and new cash

New name, new funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an agtech company founded by two brothers with farming roots, has changed its… Read More

Mar 8, 2024, 7:30 AM

Cap Hill Brands, which buys e-commerce companies, merges with product developer Juvo+

Seattle-based Cap Hill Brands, which raised more than $250 million to acquire and grow e-commerce shops, has merged with Juvo+,… Read More

Mar 7, 2024, 8:00 AM

AI2 Incubator secures $200M in AI compute resources for portfolio companies

Companies building artificial intelligence models into their software products need a lot of computation power, also known as “compute.” But… Read More