Startups – Page 14 of 285

Topicflow raises $1.8M to rethink performance reviews, with help from AI

Vancouver, B.C.-based startup Topicflow raised $1.8 million from Seattle venture capital firms Founders’ Co-op and Ascend to fuel growth of… Read More

Digital youth safety startup k-ID raises $45M to help developers comply with age regulations

k-ID, a startup headquartered in Singapore and Seattle that’s building tools for online youth safety, announced Tuesday that it raised… Read More

Meet the climate startup helping other climate startups fund their ventures with lower cost loans

Government grants and publicly funded projects have been a boon to climate tech and clean energy businesses. But while companies… Read More

Former Amazon colleagues raise $2.8M to help equipment rental companies run online stores

BoxedUp, a startup founded by ex-Amazon employees to help equipment rental companies set up and run online stores, raised $2.85… Read More

Default alive: Tech startups focus on survival and slower growth in new era defined by profitability

Tech startups have gone through a major mindset shift in the past few years. The era of growth-at-all-costs and easily… Read More

Real estate vets launch accelerator and advisory firm to fuel underrepresented founders

After working decades in real estate, Katherine Winston and Kenya Burrell-VanWormer were tired of the statistics showing how the majority… Read More

Tech Moves: Superhuman hires CTO; Getty Images founder departs board; Xbox vet joins Unity

Chris Bee, a tech exec who previously worked at Lessen, Zillow, and Uber, joined AI email startup Superhuman as chief… Read More

Climate tech funding dip poses threat for capital-intensive startups — but it’s not time to panic

In a webinar Tuesday on the future of climate tech, Alan Neuhauser of Axios kicked off the questions by asking… Read More

E-commerce vets raise $50M seed round for new startup that aims to reimagine online shopping

A new startup founded by longtime e-commerce leaders is using artificial intelligence in a bid to shake up the way… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: How AI is shaking up the worlds of media, marketing, and startups

How is artificial intelligence making marketers more productive? How are journalists approaching the ethical dilemmas inherent to AI content creation?… Read More

Aurion Biotech gets FDA approval to speed development of vision restoring treatment

Seattle’s Aurion Biotech announced Wednesday that it received special designations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that should speed… Read More

Butterflies takes flight with $4.8M, launches social media platform combining AI and human content

Butterflies, a Bellevue, Wash.-based social media platform that combines human and AI-generated content, launched Tuesday after raising $4.8 million in… Read More

AI without prompting: This startup just joined Techstars to make generative AI easier to use

Rene Bystron spent hundreds of hours at his last startup building an app that helps teach people how to use… Read More

Google vet leads new startup studio in Seattle spinning out B2B software companies

Another startup studio with roots in Seattle is incubating ideas and spinning out fledgling tech companies. Mudita Venture Partners, a… Read More

Don’t say AI: Why some investors say startups should avoid overusing the trendy term

AI startups accounted for 40% of total venture funding in May. So it may seem strategic for startups to include… Read More

Seattle indie game studio Galvanic Games is shutting down

Galvanic Games, the independent Seattle-based developer behind video games such as Some Distant Memory, Rapture Rejects, and last fall’s Wizard… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Amazon Prime Air leader lands at Torc Robotics; Microsoft vet joins Meta

Eric Berlinberg, who spent the past decade at Amazon and was a key leader on the company’s Prime Air team,… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs are building autonomous robots to deliver hassle-free EV charging

The founders at Autev envision a future where EV drivers simply park their vehicles in a garage, open an app… Read More

Corporate spending software giant Brex plans to open office in downtown Seattle

Brex is opening an office in downtown Seattle. The Salt Lake City-based fintech giant operates as a “remote-first” company and… Read More

Former Facebook, FanDuel execs lead Seattle startup aiming to build Gartner for cybersecurity

Companies of all shapes and sizes need to secure their infrastructure. But it’s not always clear what type of cybersecurity… Read More

What’s missing from Seattle’s startup ecosystem?

More operators. More sizzle. More founders investing in each other. And making the city a better place to live. Those… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft CVP joins Google; Remitly hires compliance chief; and more

— Digital remittance company Remitly hired Spyro Karetsos as its new chief compliance officer. Karetsos previously held the same role at… Read More

Flyhomes buys tech from real estate startup backed by Sam Altman to fuel AI home search tool

Seattle startup Flyhomes is beefing up its real estate search capabilities with the acquisition of technology from ZeroDown, a San… Read More

Cyrus Biotech spins out company to expand reach of versatile drug development software

Seattle startup Cyrus Biotechnology is spinning out a business that will expand access to the company’s software technology, with the… Read More

City and state leaders in talks to create Seattle-based AI-focused incubator for startups

Entrepreneurs building AI-fueled startups may soon have a new resource in Seattle, thanks to an effort from city and state… Read More

Seattle cooking startup raising more cash to help fuel ‘culinary medicine’ vision

Seattle chef Joel Gamoran is raising more money to fuel his passions in the kitchen, including his dream of creating… Read More

‘We know something big is happening’: Tech vets encourage experimentation, education with AI

If you’re not spending time each day trying out new AI tools and understanding how the burgeoning technology may impact… Read More

Seattle tumbles to No. 20 in global ranking of startup ecosystems

Seattle fell 10 spots to No. 20 in Startup Genome’s annual “Global Startup Ecosystem Report,” a ranking of the leading… Read More

Husband-and-wife tech vets, with startup and Microsoft experience, venture into skincare

Garrett Vargas couldn’t shake the entrepreneurial itch. Vargas previously co-founded and was CTO at LegUp, a Seattle-based child care enrollment… Read More

Seattle startup Sanctum is developing private pods where solo travelers can work, rest, or relax

Stuck in an airport due to a layover or flight delay, people seeking a place to work or rest grapple… Read More