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Tech Moves: Agility Robotics gets CFO; Microsoft security departure; Zap’s legal officer; new KEXP CPTO

Agility Robotics names a CFO ahead of its plans to go public, moving its current CFO/COO into an operations-focused role. Microsoft loses another security leader while Zap Energy gets a chief legal officer. Read More

GeekWire 200 update: New unicorns and a hardware surge remake our list of top Pacific NW startups

The latest GeekWire 200, our quarterly ranking of the top Pacific Northwest startups, reflects a shift toward companies building physical products — rockets, fusion reactors, robots and space-based data centers. Starcloud was the biggest mover, two new unicorns joined the list, and Helion held the No. 1 spot. Read More

‘Digit’ maker Agility Robotics to go public in $2.5B deal — here’s what the filings say about its finances

Salem, Ore.-based Agility Robotics, whose two-legged Digit robots have been tested inside Amazon warehouses, is set to become the first publicly traded U.S. company dedicated solely to humanoid robots, beating its Silicon Valley and East Coast rivals to Wall Street. Read More

Agility Robotics reportedly raising $400M for humanoid warehouse robots

Agility Robotics, the Salem, Ore.-based company known for its Digit bipedal humanoid warehouse robot, is reportedly raising $400 million in… Read More

Agility Robotics names new CEO: Peggy Johnson, former Magic Leap CEO and Microsoft exec

Peggy Johnson, the former Microsoft executive who stepped down as Magic Leap CEO last fall, is the new CEO of… Read More

Getting to know ‘Digit,’ the humanoid robot that Amazon just started testing for warehouse work

SUMNER, Wash. — Sitting down recently with Agility Robotics executives to discuss the company’s bipedal humanoid robot, Digit, it seemed… Read More

Agility Robotics will mass-produce humanoid warehouse robots in new Oregon factory

Agility Robotics, which makes humanoid warehouse robots with backing from Amazon and others, announced a Salem, Ore., manufacturing facility that… Read More

The 10 biggest funding rounds for Pacific Northwest startups in 2022

Venture capitalists slowed investments this year in response to the cooling economy. But some startups were still able to secure… Read More

Agility Robotics raises $150M from Amazon and others to build human-like robots used in warehouses

Agility Robotics, a Corvallis, Ore.-based company developing robots that work alongside people in warehouses, has raised a $150 million round… Read More

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