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Seattle startup Peeka releases Barbie virtual reality kids’ book experience

Seattle-based virtual reality startup Peeka is tapping into the hype around Barbie and releasing a collection of storybooks featuring the… Read More

Shift AI Podcast: Using AI to read the room with David Shim (CEO, Read AI)

“The future of work will be less monotonous. AI will take care of it on the back end and free… Read More

Duolingo for AI: Seattle startup wants to teach people how to use generative tools like ChatGPT

As a project leader at Boston Consulting Group, Rene Bystron quickly incorporated generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Midjourney… Read More

Ag-tech startup Aigen, which sells solar-powered weed-thumping robots, lands $12M

Aigen raised $12 million in fresh cash, providing a boost for the company rolling out a solar-powered robot that uses… Read More

We asked 24 startups in the new Techstars Seattle class about how AI is impacting their business

The startups in the latest Techstars Seattle batch span a range of industries — and AI is having a significant… Read More

Meet 6 women of color-led startups that showed off their businesses in Seattle

Open up your networks. That’s the message to investors from Jill Johnson, co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial… Read More

Seattle startup Flyhomes vacates prime office space near new waterfront project

Flyhomes has a new home. GeekWire spotted lease signs at the company’s former 9,000 square-foot Seattle headquarters near the new… Read More

Seattle startup Optimize Health lands $18.6M to boost remote care software

Optimize Health, a Seattle-based startup that sells remote care software to the healthcare industry, raised $18.6 million in a Series… Read More

Is AI overhyped or underhyped? Here’s what techies in Seattle think

Depending on who you ask, artificial intelligence is getting too much attention — or not enough. That was one takeaway from… Read More

Washington startups receive $25K grants aimed at boosting state’s life sciences sector

A group of 20 early-stage life sciences startups in Washington each received $25,000 grants, part of an effort to fuel… Read More

Seattle data analysis startup lands $250K after winning Madrona Venture Labs competition

A startup that helps data teams at consumer packaged goods companies (CPG) analyze and visualize their data through an artificial… Read More

Meet the 24 new startups in Techstars Seattle, as accelerator doubles class size

Startup accelerator program Techstars Seattle on Monday unveiled 24 companies for its 15th cohort, doubling the class size from last… Read More

Alaska Airlines launches aviation-focused startup program with Los Angeles venture lab

Alaska Airlines wants to help more startups take off. The Seattle-based airline announced Thursday a partnership with UP.Labs to launch… Read More

Stoke Space's rocket "hop" test

Stoke Space fuels up with $100M in funding in quest to build fully reusable rockets

Stoke Space announced Thursday that it raised $100 million, boosting the Kent, Wash.-based company’s quest to develop a new breed… Read More

SeekOut lays off 7% of staff in restructuring but plans to grow headcount this year

Seattle-area recruiting software startup SeekOut laid off 16 employees, or about 7% of its workforce. The company confirmed the layoffs… Read More

Seattle VC firm creates startup investment competition to help grow PNW angel network

Seattle venture capital firm First Row Partners is launching The Ensemble Event Fund, a new startup competition that aims to… Read More

Seattle entrepreneur David Niu launches new startup that reimagines PR

As a serial entrepreneur who started and sold three startups, David Niu knows what it’s like to be a CEO… Read More

VC funding to Pacific Northwest startups in Q3 was down nearly 50% year-over-year

Pacific Northwest startups raised $920 million in the third quarter, marking the lowest quarterly amount in five years and a… Read More

Entrepreneur who sold last startup to ZoomInfo lands cash for new Seattle AI startup

A Seattle startup founded by veteran entrepreneurs landed investment for its artificial intelligence tool that helps account executives engage with… Read More

Valve and Picnik vets Hatch new idea — a no-code web design platform for ‘tech curious creators’

The news: Longtime Seattle software developers and entrepreneurs Darrin Massena and Mike Harrington have officially launched Hatch, an online makerspace… Read More

Cloud startup Pulumi raises $41M from Madrona, NEA to grow ‘infrastructure as code’ platform

Seattle startup Pulumi landed $41 million as it looks to boost its leadership position in the infrastructure as code market… Read More

Providence tech incubator reveals startup that aims to help hospitals bolster patient relationships

Providence’s Digital Innovation Group announced a new platform to help hospitals sustain relationships with patients, part of the Seattle health… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs lead mental health startup that combines philosophy, psychology, and chatbots

A pair of longtime entrepreneurs wants to help you find yourself — with a little help from ChatGPT. Erick Rivas… Read More

Tech Moves: Seattle tech vet joins new AI startup; Rippl, Tasso, Lexion add execs; and more

— Rippl, a Seattle startup focused on the mental health of seniors, announced Jamie Sharp will join as chief medical… Read More

Meet Seattle’s ‘Climate Papa’ – an entrepreneur turned investor, podcaster, climate action apostle

There are few who can say, as Ben Eidelson can, that perhaps his most important career decision came from an… Read More

Seattle startup lands $6M from Tony Robbins and others to treat opioid and alcohol addiction

Seattle-area startup NorthStar Care raised $6 million in a seed funding round co-led by well-known author and business coach Tony… Read More

Redfin CEO recounts encounter with OpenAI’s Sam Altman to warn about impact of AI on housing tech

When Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman briefly spoke with Sam Altman, he warned him to tread lightly when it comes to… Read More

Seattle startup Revefi, which sells AI cloud data observability tools, lands $10.5M

Seattle startup Revefi raised $10.5 million in new funding for its artificial intelligence enterprise observability platform that helps companies keep… Read More

‘ChatGPT for robots’: Microsoft vets lead new startup that helps create instructions for machines

What if you could ask a robot to warm up your lunch and have it find the microwave by itself?… Read More

Fintech startup PortX raises $16.5M and forms new subsidiary to serve credit unions

The news: Seattle-area financial services technology startup PortX landed $16.5 million in fresh cash. Investors: The Series B funding round… Read More

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