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Hardware isn’t hard: A startup playbook for succeeding in a sector where many have failed

[Editor’s Note: Anup Chathoth is CEO of Seattle startup Ubi Interactive, maker of virtual interactive whiteboard technology and a graduate… Read More

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Seattle tech’s extraordinary year: These are the stories we’ll remember in the business of innovation

From Amazon to Zillow, big successes to surprising failures, it was an extraordinary year for technology and innovation emerging from… Read More

Headphone maker Human cuts majority of staff, including execs, seeks buyer 3 weeks after launch

Human, the Seattle startup that launched its distinctive ear-shaped wireless headphones last month after five years of development, has laid… Read More

Seattle startup Human looks to stand out with distinctive $399 over-the-ear wireless headphones

Update, Aug. 21: Human announced a “special introductory price” of $259 for its headphones, one day after launch. After nearly five… Read More

Microsoft invests in $21M round for wireless over-the-ear headphones startup Human

Microsoft is investing in the future of headphones. Seattle startup Human today revealed the investors in its new $21 million… Read More

Wireless headphone startup Human raises $21.2M, product still in development 4 years after launch

Human’s product is still under wraps, nearly four years after the company launched. But investors continue to bet big on… Read More

Stealthy startup Human debuts headphones shaped like ears, calls them an ‘evolution of personal audio’

Human Inc. today opened pre-orders and unveiled more details about its new headphones and accompanying platform that it describes as… Read More

Human Sound

Hush-hush startup Human unveils core functions of its flagship audio product

Listen closely: The secretive Seattle startup Human Inc. has offered a glimpse of what it has in store to disrupt audio technology… Read More

Stealthy audio startup Human raises $5M, taps former Allrecipes CEO as president

Human Inc. still isn’t saying much about its idea, but the Seattle startup is raising more money and recruiting experienced business… Read More

Human Inc. raises $700K to change how we experience sound, use headphones

Benjamin Willis and Joe Dieter want to change the way we listen to audio. The Seattle-based entrepreneurs recently raised $700,000 for their new… Read More

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