Startups – Page 15 of 285

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

Tech Moves: Lexion leaders start new roles at Docusign; Spectrum Effect hires president

Docusign officially completed its acquisition of Seattle startup Lexion last week, and several former leaders at Lexion have new roles… Read More

AI startup lands $10M seed round from Madrona, Point72 Ventures to automate complex workflows

A new startup out of Seattle called Tektonic AI has raised $10 million to fuel development of its software that… Read More

Check your email: Startup wants to disrupt workplace communication with video messages

Victor Cho wants to reimagine the way people communicate at work. Cho, the former CEO of Evite, is leading a… Read More

NVIDIA and top VC firms invest in Vilya, a biotech spinout from Seattle’s Institute for Protein Design

Vilya, a biotech startup built off technology developed at the Seattle-based Institute for Protein Design, announced an expanded $71 million… Read More

Seattle-based B2B marketing startup Inflection is raising more cash

Inflection, a Seattle startup aiming to help automate marketing tasks for B2B companies, is raising more capital, according to a… Read More

These startups are tackling deepfake and digital likeness issues spurred by generative AI

Several new startups in Seattle are taking on one of the most pressing issues in tech: the growing problem of… Read More

Enterprise AI company Xembly abruptly ends service for users, says it’s working on ‘new chapter’

Enterprise artificial intelligence company Xembly told users that it’s discontinuing its “customer-facing services,” which included an AI assistant that automatically… Read More

High schoolers developing accent-softening tool for call center agents win teen startup competition

Seattle-area high school students competed in the finals of the TiE Young Entrepreneur (TYE) Seattle chapter finals competition last week… Read More

Yi-Jian Ngo, longtime leader of Seattle’s Alliance of Angels, steps down

Yi-Jian Ngo, a fixture of the Seattle startup community and longtime leader of the Alliance of Angels, is stepping down… Read More

From Expedia to Scispot: A startup founder’s journey to build data infrastructure for biotech

Satya Singh, a Seattle-area technology and startup leader who was previously a data platform executive at Expedia, co-founded Scispot, a data… Read More

Seattle startup with unique approach to carbon reductions lands $2.5M

Seattle-based Climate Vault Solutions, a startup working to reduce carbon emissions, has raised $2.5 million in new investments. The business… Read More

Tech Moves: Workday CIO joins Tanium board; Madrona investor departs; City of Seattle hires CTO

Kirkland, Wash.-based cybersecurity company Tanium added two new board members: Rani Johnson and Tim Millikin. Johnson is the chief information… Read More

This Spokane startup catches carbon dioxide at the source, before it escapes to the environment

CarbonQuest wants to take a bite out of carbon emissions at its source — before the greenhouse gases escape into… Read More

TraceAir, a construction software startup targeting land development projects, raises $25M

Seattle-based startup TraceAir announced a $25 million Series B funding round to boost its project management software used by home… Read More

Former Amazon exec turns his AI knowledge into a startup advising companies on how to use the tech

After he left Amazon following more than eight years as an executive working on such things as last-mile delivery innovation… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle marketing vet Lynn Girotto joins Qualtrics as chief marketing officer

Experience management technology Qualtrics hired longtime Seattle marketing leader Lynn Girotto as its new chief marketing officer. Girotto was previously chief marketing… Read More

Seattle startup Humanly acquires Teamable to boost recruiting tech

Humanly, a Seattle startup that helps companies automate their recruiting functions, announced the acquisition of Teamable, a San Francisco startup… Read More

How a funeral, a pub night and a flight led an entrepreneur to launch a mental health text service

As entrepreneurs scramble to plug chatbots and generative AI into seemingly everything, Help Texts founder and CEO Emma Payne is… Read More

Not just another coding bot: Pioneer Square Labs releases JACoB AI agent as open-source project

Would it be possible to build an AI summer intern? Kevin Leneway, principal software engineer at Pioneer Square Labs, had… Read More

Salesforce, Microsoft vets raise $8M for new AI cybersecurity startup

A new Seattle-area startup is using artificial intelligence to help overwhelmed security teams identify high priority security flaws and mitigate… Read More

Seattle peer-to-peer laundry startup Loopie sells part of business to two companies

Loopie, the peer-to-peer laundry startup that connects people who don’t have the time or desire to wash their own clothes… Read More

Opioid and alcohol addiction care startup Boulder Care raises $35M

Boulder Care, a Portland, Ore.-based startup that provides telehealth treatment for people with opioid and alcohol use disorder, raised $35… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona adds Silicon Valley partner; Walmart execs join Nex; and more

Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona is boosting its Silicon Valley footprint with the addition of Jeff Mills as partner and… Read More

Amperity CEO Barry Padgett stepping down from Seattle startup

Amperity CEO Barry Padgett is stepping down from the Seattle startup to spend time with his teenage children and will transition… Read More

Fintech startup Copper forced to discontinue banking services amid Synapse fiasco

A small subset of customers storing money with fintech startup Copper are not able to access their deposit accounts due… Read More

Easy Metrics lands $31M from private equity firm to boost labor analytics platform

Easy Metrics, a Seattle-area software company that provides insight into labor productivity and warehouse operations performance, raised $31 million from… Read More

Seattle startup Abett lands $11.6M to help companies manage healthcare expenses

Abett, a Seattle-based startup that helps large employers manage and analyze health plan data, raised $11.6 million in a Series… Read More

A-Alpha Bio lands $14.5M from Department of Defense to prep for future biological threats

A-Alpha Bio will receive $14.5 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) to expand a project with a national lab… Read More

Recruiting software company SeekOut lays off employees in another round of cuts

SeekOut, a Seattle-area startup that sells recruiting software and raised $115 million in 2022, is trimming its workforce for the… Read More