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Sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia lands $130M

Sustainable aviation startup ZeroAvia on Thursday announced that it completed its latest round of funding, totaling $150 million. The company… Read More

Climate tech startup program aims to help underrepresented founders find a footing

Ashley Vaughn last year found themselves in an electric vehicle driver’s nightmare. Vaughn’s Tesla died in a rural area outside of… Read More

Outreach CEO Manny Medina steps down, a decade after founding sales automation startup

Manny Medina has stepped down as CEO of Outreach, the Seattle-based sales automation software company he helped start a decade… Read More

EV charging infrastructure startup OpConnect lands $5.3M to expand geographic reach

Portland, Ore.-based OpConnect raised nearly $5.26 million to expand its sales of hardware and software for electric vehicle charging stations.… Read More

Seattle cloud migration company SkyKick acquired by IT management firm ConnectWise

ConnectWise, a Tampa, Fla.-based IT management company, announced that it acquired SkyKick, a Seattle-based cloud automation, migration, and security company.… Read More

Microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome lands $25M and hires former Amazon leader as COO

Viome, a company selling microbiome products and health diagnostics, announced Tuesday that it raised $25 million from investors and hired… Read More

IBM to acquire Accelalpha, a Seattle-area firm that helps companies manage Oracle Cloud products

IBM announced Monday that it plans to acquire Accelalpha, a Bellevue, Wash.-based services provider that specializes in managing Oracle Cloud… Read More

Seattle-area climate consulting and analytics startup Earth Finance acquires water-focused firm

Earth Finance, a Seattle-area company founded last year that helps businesses globally reduce their climate impacts, announced Monday that it… Read More

Nori, a Seattle-based carbon removal marketplace that raised $17M, shuts down after 7 years

Seattle-based carbon removal startup Nori has shut down after operating for seven years and raising $17.25 million from investors. Nori… Read More

Artificial intelligence tools offer substantial benefits, challenges for hiring and recruiting

The recruitment landscape is being reshaped by the rapid adoption of AI and generative AI technologies, which are revolutionizing both… Read More

Corporate expense software startup Center lays off workers

Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Center laid off eight workers, or about 4% of its workforce.

ZipBio, a new Seattle biotech startup aiming to compress proteins, raises $4M

Seattle-based biotech startup ZipBio announced its official launch on Thursday and revealed $4 million in a seed funding round led… Read More

Most of America’s AI engineers are in Silicon Valley and Seattle

If you’re looking for AI talent, look West. The Bay Area and Seattle are home to a majority of the… Read More

Seattle’s Sonoma Biotherapeutics receives $45M milestone payment

Sonoma Biotherapeutics on Wednesday announced that it received a $45 million payment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals for meeting a significant milestone… Read More

Data observability startup Revefi raises $20M to fuel new ‘AI data engineer’ product

Seattle startup Revefi raised $20 million in a Series A round to support growth of its software platform that helps companies get… Read More

This sustainability startup just raised cash to convert chopsticks into tabletops

Vancouver, B.C.-based ChopValue, which has turned more than 176 million chopsticks into furniture and housewares, announced last week that it… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella show two sides of ‘Founder Mode’ debate on effective leadership

The buzz in tech circles over the past few days is all about “Founder Mode.” Sparked by a recent talk… Read More

Founders at Seattle studio Hopoo Games, which made ‘Risk of Rain,’ are joining Valve

The original creators of the Risk of Rain video game series are sunsetting both their current project and their studio,… Read More

Startup bet: Former Nike exec launches new app using AI to help NFL fans get an edge

Just in time for the start of another NFL season, a new startup out of Portland, Ore., is using artificial… Read More

Inside the controversial world of full-body health scans: We tested a VC-backed MRI service

There’s a recent trend of venture-backed startups offering full-body MRI scans, promising to help consumers detect potential signs of cancer… Read More

West Point grads lead new Seattle investment firm using AI-fueled model to find startups

Two longtime tech and finance executives who graduated from the United States Military Academy are leading a new Seattle-based investment… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft leader joins Shopify as CTO; StraighterLine taps Seattle tech vet as CEO

— Shopify hired one of Microsoft’s top engineering leaders as its new chief technology officer. The Toronto-based e-commerce giant called Mikhail… Read More

Wyze’s new AI feature lets users search across footage from security cameras

Wyze Labs is rolling out a new feature that uses artificial intelligence to let users search via text for specific… Read More

Betting on buckwheat: Supplement startup aims to boost immune system with ancient Himalayan crop

Jeffrey Bland started Big Bold Health six years ago with big dreams and bold objectives for his line of dietary… Read More

Ex-Microsoft engineers raise $25M for legal tech startup that uses AI to help lawyers analyze data

Supio, a Seattle startup founded in 2021 by longtime friends and former Microsoft engineers, raised a $25 million Series A… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet named CEO at Vouched; Sana hires chief scientific officer

— Peter Horadan, a seasoned Seattle tech executive who was an executive at Avalara and later founded an accounting software startup… Read More

This virtual reality game encourages rhythmic breathing to help with mental health

At first glance, Deepwell DTX’s Zengence (pronounced like “vengeance”) is what video game fans might call a rail shooter. At… Read More

Does ‘Carbon Sound’ have a ring to it? How Seattle area can become the Silicon Valley of climate tech

Silicon Valley is recognized globally as *the* tech hub and is so iconic that the region itself essentially co-starred in… Read More

Tech Moves: Remitly’s new CFO; Zillow adds SVP; Aquagga CEO steps down; Proprio hires exec

Vikas Mehta knows how to assess the financial health of a business, having been a finance leader at companies including… Read More

Expedia vet leads stealthy Madrona Venture Labs spinout building an AI agent for business travelers

A group of longtime travel industry veterans are teaming up on a new Seattle-based startup called Otto that is developing… Read More

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