Engineers are bringing their talents in artificial intelligence and machine learning to the farm. The Pacific Northwest is home to a number of up-and-coming startups using AI to zap weeds,… Read More
Farmers typically consult the calendar and the weather forecast to figure out when to plant their crops, but figuring out how to grow a tech startup focused on the farm… Read More
— Location data companies Foursquare and Factual are merging. The combined company will be led by Placed founder David Shim under the Foursquare brand. Shim was named CEO of Foursquare… Read More
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Twelve entrepreneurs rode to the top of Seattle’s Smith Tower for Season 2 of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch. One of them kept going beyond that historic skyscraper elevator ride, all the… Read More
They rode 32 seconds to the top of Seattle’s Smith Tower during the second season of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch — and then they managed to rise even higher as winners.… Read More
Welcome to Smith Tower! With those words we kick off season two of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch, a fun startup competition in which entrepreneurs pitch their business concepts while traveling to… Read More
For farmers managing thousands of acres, tracking the health of all those plants can be a huge undertaking. Enter Pollen Systems, a Bellevue, Wash.-based startup that’s using drones and robotic… Read More
Keith McCall and Phil Van Etten are teaming up again in a familiar way. McCall, founder of Seattle-area startup Pollen Systems, is bringing on Van Etten to be CEO of… Read More
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While many wine makers would explain that growing grapes is as much an art as a science — a harmonizing of soil, sun and water — the startup Pollen Systems is hoping… Read More