Brad Gray is stepping down from NanoString after 14 years leading the Seattle biotech company as CEO. NanoString this week completed its acquisition to life sciences research and diagnostic giant… Read More
A new Seattle startup led by the co-founders of sales software giant Outreach is using AI to automate initial customer interactions and provide personalized product demos for B2B companies. Gordon… Read More
There are a few ways to get around a golf course. You can walk; you can use a pull cart; or you can drive a 2-passenger motorized cart. Now a… Read More
When Techstars suddenly pulled up stakes from Seattle earlier this year, Ron Wiener saw an opportunity to help fill a void. Wiener is the leader of Venture Mechanics, a unique… Read More
Mason, a Seattle startup that offers a hardware-software platform for companies managing device fleets, hired Webb Stevens as its new CEO and John Thimsen as its new CTO. Stevens is… Read More
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. CDL launched its Seattle hub… Read More
A computer programmer and laboratory scientist are teaming up to help boost the number of Black founders and investors in tech startups. Evan Poncelet and Jesse Posey are the co-founders… Read More
StepSecurity, a Seattle-area startup aiming to help developers secure their projects, raised a $3 million seed round led by Runtime Ventures. Founded in 2022 by former Microsoft engineers and cybersecurity… Read More
A Seattle-area startup called Portal Space Systems is emerging from stealth to share its vision for a type of satellite that’s apparently never been put into space before: a spacecraft… Read More
A startup developing long-duration batteries is teaming up with a Pacific Northwest tribe to build innovative energy storage devices. Puyallup Tribal Enterprises has signed an exclusive manufacturing deal with Portland,… Read More
A Vancouver, B.C.-based startup making biodegradable plastics out of wood pulp has raised up to $5 million from Brazil’s Suzano Ventures, the investment arm of a manufacturing giant turning farmed… Read More
Matt Hulett, a veteran of the Seattle tech and startup scene, is stepping down as CEO and president of PetMed Express, a publicly traded, Florida-based online pet pharmacy. Hulett joined the… Read More
Frustrated by inadequate resources to help students study for advanced placement courses, two Seattle-area high school teens turned to technology, and put AI to work on AP. Pradyu Kandala and… Read More
Veteran entrepreneur and startup advisor Dave Parker is taking over as CEO at global networking group Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Parker has been around startups for nearly three decades as a founder,… Read More
Dropzone AI, a Seattle-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies boost their Security Operations Centers (SOC), raised a $16.8 million Series A round. Dropzone’s pre-trained AI security agents… Read More
Portland Seed Fund managers announced the launch of the Intrepid Oregon Fund, which has $4 million to invest in early-stage startups working on climate tech as well as healthcare, medical… Read More
The University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design is on a hot streak. New studies, companies and spinouts are emerging at a rapid clip from the research hub, propelled by… Read More
The hosts of the popular business and technology podcast Acquired are raising a new fund to invest in growth-stage tech companies. GeekWire spotted a new SEC filing today that revealed… Read More
Like it or not, the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-competition agreements could force a change in mindset inside the companies that use them — ultimately improving their ability to… Read More
Seattle-based Radical says it has raised $4.5 million to support the development of solar-powered, autonomous airplanes that can beam down connectivity and imagery during long-duration, high-altitude flights. The seed funding… Read More
Seattle-based digital healthcare startup 98point6 has conducted a new round of layoffs, the company confirmed Tuesday. 98point6 did not provide details on the number of employees affected. A number of… Read More
Goodbye, non-competes. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today released its final rules addressing non-compete clauses by banning all future agreements. Non-competes have traditionally restricted workers from taking jobs with a… Read More
Longtime technology industry leaders Chad Cohen and Ryan Domyancic unveiled Scala Advisors, their new Seattle-based advisory firm designed to help growth-stage companies in the public and private markets. Cohen is… Read More
Outpost, an Austin, Texas-based trucking parking facility operator that has an engineering center in Seattle, announced a $12.5 million Series A investment round. The company was founded two years ago… Read More
In January, pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift were viewed by millions of people on X and other social media platforms before the sites took action. No one has been… Read More
Atomo, the Seattle-based beanless coffee maker, is marking Earth Day with the grand opening of a new roastery in its hometown that will produce the company’s grounds for coffee shops… Read More
Seattle tech veteran Joe Heitzeberg remembers seeing a random, AI-related tweet in September 2022. “Still not enough tinkering happening, for whatever reason,” former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman wrote at the… Read More
Travis Rush grew up in the tiny seaside town of Gold Beach in Southern Oregon. With a population of only 1,576 — as was proudly proclaimed on the sign coming… Read More
Validated, a Seattle startup that uses AI to help companies figure out what product features and messaging resonates with customers, raised more investment and released a new product.
