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Tech Moves: IMDb taps new CEO; Tagboard adds COO; SingleFile gets CFO; and more

— IMDb, the juggernaut of entertainment information, has a new CEO. Nikki Santoro has taken the helm from founder Col… Read More

Startup radar: Seattle founders tackle city permits, medical records, estate planning, cybersecurity

We’re spotlighting four new startups in Seattle that are looking to shake up various business processes with help from AI… Read More

Madrona raises $770M for new funds — here’s what the Seattle VC firm is betting on

Madrona, the largest venture firm in the Pacific Northwest, raised $770 million for two new funds as the longtime Seattle-based… Read More

Former Google VP raises $10M for new startup building AI agents for retail businesses

A onetime Seattle startup founder who went on to lead engineering teams at Google, Meta, Yahoo, Tinder and LinkedIn, is… Read More

Fortive invests in Glue, a startup led by former Tektronix exec that automates hardware testing

Glue announced a $2 million pre-seed round led by industrial giant Fortive that will help the new Seattle startup bolster… Read More

‘The best AI has the best data’: Highspot, new GeekWire 200 leader, taps AI to boost sales teams

Highspot CEO Robert Wahbe believes AI will accelerate the value proposition for some sales tech companies and dilute the value… Read More

Here’s how AI graded President Trump’s inauguration speech

President Trump had clear messaging and a well-paced delivery during his inauguration speech Monday, but he could have been 36%… Read More

Tech Moves: ExtraHop’s new CEO; Gates Foundation shuffles its C-suite; Amazon vet joins CreatorsAGI

— Rob Greer is now CEO of Seattle cybersecurity company ExtraHop. Greer is ExtraHop’s third CEO since Patrick Dennis took… Read More

Meet the Seattle-based CEO leading Mozi, a new social app she launched with Twitter co-founder  

Bucking the conventional wisdom around most new products, Molly DeWolf Swenson‘s goal with her new app is for people to… Read More

Fuse Space Program mission patch

Seattle-area firm launches program to back new space ventures with million-dollar bets

Seattle-area venture capital firm Fuse wants to light a spark for entrepreneurs focusing on the final frontier, and it’s willing… Read More

Augmented writing startup Textio lays off more employees, will invest in ‘different mix of roles’

Textio laid off 15 employees on Wednesday, the company confirmed, citing a restructuring at the Seattle augmented writing startup. The… Read More

AI2 Incubator moving offices to Seattle waterfront at the former home of MTV’s ‘Real World’ show

The AI2 Incubator is getting new digs. The startup incubator is moving from its current space near Gas Works Park… Read More

Canadian startup giving EV batteries a second life lands $15M from Amazon and others

Moment Energy, a startup turning used batteries from electric vehicles into energy storage systems, announced a $15 million round co-led… Read More

Technical talent evaluation startup Karat makes third acquisition, swooping up Byteboard

Seattle startup Karat is boosting its technical talent platform with the acquisition of Byteboard, a San Francisco-based company that also helps companies… Read More

Beanless coffee maker Atomo raises $7.8M to fuel collaborations with new partners

Seattle-based beanless coffee maker Atomo raised $7.8 million in new funding to expand sales efforts and fuel expansion of the… Read More

WellSaid’s new AI voice tech will introduce ‘emotional directing’ for inflection and tone

A new AI model from WellSaid Labs will let users guide the emotions, pitch, and pace of AI-generated voice clips… Read More

Tech Moves: Outreach adds CMO and CRO to C-suite; AWS vet joins Synthesia; and more

— Seattle sales automation company Outreach added two leaders to its C-suite: Chief Revenue Officer Nadia Rashid and Chief Marketing Officer… Read More

Stoke Space rocket engine hotfire

Stoke Space brings in $260M for further development of its fully reusable rocket

Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space says it’s raised $260 million in a new founding round to finish the development of its… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet and Zillow add VPs; Zenoti hires CFO; Meta taps product leader

Eva Schoenleitner joined enterprise software giant Smartsheet as vice president of partner. Schoenleitner has extensive experience working in Europe and… Read More

Seattle immunotherapy startup Umoja Biopharma raises $100M

Another Seattle-area health startup is raising a big new round of funding. Umoja Biopharma announced a $100 million Series C… Read More

Seattle startup SDF Labs acquired by dbt Labs in data warehousing deal

Philadelphia-based data development company dbt Labs announced the acquisition of SDF Labs, a Seattle startup that helps companies manage their… Read More

Seattle startup Overland AI lands $32M to help U.S. military with off-road autonomous driving tech

Seattle startup Overland AI raised $32 million in a new Series A round to help the U.S. military and other… Read More

Seattle’s newest unicorn: Truveta lands $320M to fuel creation of massive new genome project

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced $320 million in fresh funding and an ambitious new initiative to create a giant genomic… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Tune Therapeutics lands $175M to support clinical research

Tune Therapeutics, a biotech company with headquarters in Seattle and Durham, N.C., raised $175 million in one of the largest… Read More

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AI in 2025: A solopreneur software developer’s take on where things stand, and what’s next

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, Seattle-area software developer and AI entrepreneur Patrick Husting of Ghostwriter AI and the Equestrian… Read More

Heavily funded Pandion delivery startup closes abruptly in latest logistics industry fallout

Pandion, a Bellevue, Wash.-based delivery startup that launched during the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom, has become the latest company to fall… Read More

E-commerce logistics startup Pipe17 lands $15.5M and hires its first COO

Pipe17, a Seattle startup that built a platform to manage e-commerce operations, announced today that it has raised a $15.5… Read More

Gaming industry outlook: What’s ahead for Microsoft, Amazon, Valve, and startups in 2025

It’s been a long, strange year for video games. We’ve seen some great releases, like Balatro, Astro Bot, and Pacific… Read More

Tech veterans from Meetingflow and EnergySavvy launch custom AI app startup in Seattle

A trio of seasoned, Seattle-area entrepreneurs has teamed up to create AZX, a startup pitched as a boutique company creating… Read More

Seattle VCs invest in Kamiwaza, a new enterprise software startup helping companies adopt AI

AI adoption in the enterprise continues to grow but many companies face hurdles in figuring out how to take advantage… Read More

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