Startups – Page 6 of 312

Apr 7, 2026, 6:41 AM

Seattle startup Glacis brings longtime Microsoft leader aboard to target AI’s biggest blind spot

Glacis, a Seattle startup building tamper-proof records of AI behavior, has hired longtime Microsoft Azure exec Rohit Tatachar as co-founder and CTO and is launching new open-source tools for monitoring and controlling AI agents. Read More

Apr 6, 2026, 4:00 PM

Seattle entrepreneur Robbie Cape’s lengthy job search takes unexpected turn with launch of new startup

“We’re shaping the vision, building the team, defining the culture. The slate is clean. The sky is open. And we are having an absolute blast,” Cape wrote on LinkedIn. Read More

Apr 6, 2026, 10:37 AM

Butter or sand in the gears? The question every founder must ask before choosing SF or Seattle

Choosing where to build a startup is as important as choosing what to build, and there are big differences between Seattle and the Bay Area, said Yifan Zhang, AI2 Incubator co-managing director addressing founders at the Seattle AI Startup Summit. Read More

Apr 6, 2026, 10:35 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft names corporate VP; Amazon exec departs for Google; Zoom names CPO

Microsoft names a corporate VP for Identity & Network Access, while a CVP of product management departed for Zoom. Amazon loses an exec to Google Cloud. Read More

Apr 6, 2026, 5:02 AM

Data visualization all-stars unveil Ridge AI with $2.6M to fix the analytics problem for SaaS apps

Data visualization veterans Ellie Fields and Jeffrey Heer are launching Ridge AI from stealth with $2.6M from Madrona and high-profile angels, aiming to help SaaS companies present interactive analytics to their customers. Read More

Apr 5, 2026, 8:26 AM

New leash on life: Why this Tableau vet walked away from tech to roll with the dogs

Eric Howard is the Onewheel-riding founder and chief dog runner at Dog Tired, a dog-exercising service outside of Seattle that operates at a different speed. In five years he’s taken about 5,000 dog runs across 17,000 miles. Read More

Apr 3, 2026, 9:26 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft execs depart; TerraClear, UserTesting, EchoMark and Read AI add leaders

Microsoft’s Joy Chik is retiring after 28 years, the company’s VP of energy resigns, and a slate of Seattle-area startups add leaders. Read More

Apr 3, 2026, 7:32 AM

Flat tire? Dead battery? Speedy’s serves stranded Seattle riders as a quicker e-bike picker-upper

Tyler Swartz, a Seattle native and cycling enthusiast, was laid off from his tech job at Reddit and wanted to start something that served Seattle’s community of e-bikers. Read More

Apr 3, 2026, 7:11 AM

Stop trying to make people read instructions: 10 startup lessons from Convoy co-founder Dan Lewis

Convoy co-founder and Microsoft Corporate Vice President Dan Lewis drew on his experience building the one-time unicorn trucking startup to share lessons for entrepreneurs at this week’s Seattle AI Startup Summit. Read More

Apr 2, 2026, 1:27 PM

Startup launched by former AWS energy team emerges with $7M to help solve data center power crunch

Founded by former AWS energy leaders, British Columbia-based Soma Energy emerged from stealth with $7 million and tech to optimize the power grid for data centers and utilities. Read More

Apr 2, 2026, 10:25 AM

Like digital paper dolls: New Armoire feature uses AI to show an array of choices in outfit selection

The company was inspired by old paper dolls, where pants, shirts, jackets and other items can be moved around. In this case, clicking on images creates instant digital paper dolls. Read More

Apr 2, 2026, 9:29 AM

GeekWire Awards: From the farm to space, Next Tech Titan finalists growing to meet big challenges

This award takes notice of the next dominant force in Pacific Northwest tech, and the finalists are: Overland AI, Carbon Robotics, Stoke Space, Chainguard, and MotherDuck. Read More

Apr 2, 2026, 7:00 AM

From kelp pots to kilns: UW’s CoMotion Labs reveals 8 startups joining its newest climate cohort

University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs selects its second climate tech cohort. Meet the eight startups tackling EV adoption, biochar and sustainable packaging. Read More

Apr 1, 2026, 9:31 AM

GeekWire Awards: Sustainable Innovation finalists tackle energy, fashion and farming

The Sustainable Innovation Award finalists this year are energy companies Helion, OCOChem and TerraPower; fashion recycler Ravel; and agtech startup IUNU. Read More

Mar 31, 2026, 9:40 AM

AI startup Oumi, from Microsoft and Google vets, launches commercial platform for custom AI models

Seattle startup Oumi launched a commercial platform to help companies build custom AI models, betting that smaller, specialized models will beat general-purpose alternatives from the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic. Read More

Mar 31, 2026, 9:27 AM

Tech Moves: C-suite exec leaves Microsoft for Alaska Airlines; Amazon leaders depart; HashiCorp CTO resigns

Lindsay-Rae McIntyre leaves Microsoft for Alaska Airlines, while HashiCorp’s co-founder leaves the company and two Amazon execs depart. Read More

Mar 30, 2026, 3:10 PM

Singapore’s PixVerse picks Seattle area for its first U.S. office amid $300M funding round

The Singapore unicorn PixVerse has landed in Bellevue, Wash., with a new $1 billion valuation and a veteran leader from Salesforce. Read More

Mar 30, 2026, 4:00 AM

Orbital AI: Seattle-area startup Starcloud hits $1.1B valuation to build space-based data centers

Redmond, Wash., startup Starcloud has raised $170 million and hit a $1.1 billion valuation building solar-powered data centers that operate in space. Read More

Mar 27, 2026, 10:16 AM

Tech Moves: Smartsheet adds to C-suite; Armoire gets ML lead; past Microsoft director launches startup

Software giant Smartsheet makes four C-suite changes, all with ties to its CEO, while Armoire names a machine learning lead, plus other tech moves. Read More

Mar 26, 2026, 7:41 AM

Forget new power plants — Seattle startup Edo wants to turn your office building into one

Edo spent five years building tech to turn commercial buildings into virtual power plants, and with the grid buckling under data center demand and extreme weather, utilities and building operators are taking notice. Read More

Mar 25, 2026, 9:53 AM

Startups pitch big AI ideas during mini-competition at GeekWire’s ‘Agents of Transformation’

Ideas from Pay-i, Cascade, Autessa and GemaTEG were pitched to the crowd and a panel of judges, with Pay-i founder David Tepper emerging as winner and most impressive under pressure. Read More

Mar 25, 2026, 9:30 AM

GeekWire Awards: Breakthrough tech for healthcare and data centers highlight Innovation of the Year

The finalists for Innovation of the Year are Alpenglow Biosciences; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; RevealDx; Starcloud; and VerAvanti. Read More

Mar 25, 2026, 8:00 AM

Aetheon raises $1.2M to translate lived experiences into job-ready skills

The startup. os building what it calls a “skills operating system” aimed at helping workers translate their real-world experience into language employers can use. Read More

Mar 24, 2026, 1:01 PM

Brinc unveils Guardian, a Starlink-connected drone that could ‘replace the police helicopter’

Guardian is the world’s first Starlink-connected drone. It pairs with a robotic charging nest that automatically swaps batteries and helps the drone quickly redeploy. Read More

Mar 24, 2026, 1:00 PM

Drone home: Brinc moving to massive new HQ and factory in Seattle amid startup’s rapid growth

Brinc is taking over 35,000 square feet at West Canal Yards, in a former fish cannery along the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Queen Anne. Read More

Mar 24, 2026, 9:07 AM

Big ideas, early traction: AI founders pitch VCs at Seattle-area startup showcase

Ten founders pitched VCs at B.E.L.L.E’s Seattle AI Startup Showcase, covering everything from property management and housing development to fraud prevention and R&D compliance. Read More

Mar 23, 2026, 8:00 AM

10 startups chosen for Plug and Play’s third Seattle-area accelerator cohort

The companies — nine of which are Seattle based — are participating in a 12-week program running through mid-June. Read More

Mar 20, 2026, 9:49 AM

Seattle’s biotech scene is world-class — Life Science Washington is teaching it how to brag

Despite world-class AI-biotech research, a Nobel Prize-winning protein design lab and proximity to global AI expertise, Washington’s life sciences sector is still learning to tell its story. Read More

Mar 19, 2026, 10:35 AM

The rise of vertical AI agents — and the startups racing to build them

For this installment in our Agents of Transformation series, GeekWire examined the rising trend of vertical AI agents — tools built to do one job exceptionally well by combining models with domain-specific data, workflows, and context. Read More

Mar 19, 2026, 8:04 AM

Portland cybersecurity startup Eclypsium raises $25M to secure AI infrastructure

Founded in 2017 by former security engineers at Intel, Eclypsium serves private and public sector customers. It scans the hardware and firmware of laptops, servers, network devices, and AI infrastructure for vulnerabilities that sit below the operating system. Read More