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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

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SpaceX IPO filing reveals Starlink’s impact, Bezos sounds off on CNBC, and Gemini owes John a beer

SpaceX’s IPO filing includes new details about the Starlink satellite factory in Redmond. Jeff Bezos talks wealth, inequality, and AI on CNBC. And John turns to ChatGPT and Gemini when FIFA’s ticketing support falls short. Read More

GeekWire Awards: The machines of the future, from self-driving earthmovers to space robots

An emerging class of startups is pushing the boundaries of what machines can do in the physical world — retrofitting bulldozers to dig on their own, launching drones that beat police cars to 911 calls, outfitting retail workers with spatial computing badges, building robotic arms for spacecraft, and servicing satellites in orbit. Read More

Defense giant Anduril is quietly building autonomous warships on Seattle’s historic ship canal

With little fanfare, Anduril Industries spent tens of millions to revamp the old Foss Shipyard on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. The facility is now the U.S. hub for building a new class of drone warships for the Navy. Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Silver lining for Seattle in DJI ban, and a verdict on the 2007 Camry tech retrofit

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: The FCC’s decision to add foreign-made drones to its national security “Covered List” could upend the U.S. drone market — and create an unexpected opening for Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Read More

Drone capital of the world? Seattle could be a big winner in the U.S. crackdown on DJI and others

New U.S. restrictions on foreign-made drones could reshape the industry — and give Washington state a major opening. Brinc Drones CEO Blake Resnick says the region’s existing players and aerospace talent position Seattle to benefit as domestic manufacturers scale up. Read More

Public safety drone maker Brinc raises $75M, forms strategic alliance with Motorola

Seattle-based Brinc announced $75 million in new funding and a strategic alliance with Motorola Solutions, aiming to expand production and… Read More

Redmond, Wash., police partnering with Brinc on drone tech as part of first responder program

The Redmond (Wash.) Police Dept. is partnering with Seattle-based drone provider Brinc and California-based Skydio as part of the department’s… Read More

Brinc will integrate Echodyne radar to help expand 911 response drones beyond visual line of sight

Two Seattle-area companies are bringing their drone and radar technologies together to help police and other law enforcement agencies win… Read More

Brinc unveils new 911 response drone, says it can handle 25% of calls without police officers

Brinc announced a new public safety drone designed to fly ahead of police in response to 911 calls to quickly… Read More

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

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How to be an ‘Uncommon Thinker’: What we learned profiling innovative leaders solving big problems

What does it take to create meaningful change in the modern world? A few ideas: Those are some of the… Read More

Uncommon Thinkers: Blake Resnick finds a larger purpose in tech, making drones for public safety

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series profiling “Uncommon Thinkers”: inventors, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs transforming industries and driving positive… Read More

Brinc delivers first Lemur 2 drones to U.S. public safety agencies

Seattle-based public safety technology startup Brinc this week delivered the first production units of its Lemur 2 drones to police… Read More

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Inside drone startup Brinc, with the 23-year-old founder who landed OpenAI’s CEO as an investor

Brinc CEO and founder Blake Resnick was heads-down in a board meeting Wednesday when he heard a commotion in another… Read More

Drone startup Brinc prepares for take off with ex-Amazon engineers and geopolitical tailwinds

Wearing the safety glasses provided under my seat, I watched a small drone equipped with a spinning blade hurtle toward… Read More