Startups – Page 7 of 285

Tech Moves: iSpot’s new CTO; VMWare exec returns to Microsoft; Expedia CFO to resign

— Nipun Dureja is now chief technology officer for iSpot, a Bellevue, Wash., company that measures the impact of advertising… Read More

Startup radar: 5 early stage companies in Seattle that are raising cash and gaining traction

We’re back with another spotlight on startups making moves in Seattle. The latest batch includes: Govstream.ai, Integrate, Sound Games, Tamnoon,… Read More

As the AI era heats up, this startup has generated a novel way to cool data center microprocessors

The founders of GemaTEG Inc., a startup based in Bellevue, Wash., didn’t intend to make a system for precisely controlling… Read More

Taskrabbit takes over on-demand moving service Dolly in latest twist for former Seattle startup

Taskrabbit has quietly absorbed the operations of Dolly, a Seattle-based on-demand marketplace for moving services. Dolly’s hiring page says the… Read More

Carbitex, makers of carbon fiber materials for footwear, raises $3.3M

Carbitex, a Kennewick, Wash.-based maker of flexible carbon fiber composites for footwear and luggage, raised $3.3 million in a recent… Read More

Former Intellectual Ventures exec named CEO of startup destroying PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

After five years, four in-the-field clean-up demos, and more than a dozen lab tests, the “forever chemical” destruction startup Aquagga… Read More

Outreach cuts 9% of workforce in latest layoffs at Seattle sales automation startup

Outreach is trimming its headcount, laying off 9% of staff in another cost-cutting move. A company spokesperson confirmed the latest… Read More

Longtime Seattle engineering leaders raise $4.3M for new business automation AI startup Logic

A pair of veteran Seattle engineers raised $4.3 million for Logic, a new startup that aims to help companies integrate… Read More

Seattle breaks into top 3 in new ecosystem ranking for early stage software startup funding

A new ranking of top U.S. ecosystems based on early stage funding data reflects Seattle’s continued strength in software-related innovation.… Read More

‘Uber for ocean intelligence’ startup wins Bellingham Angel Investors pitch competition

Astraeus Ocean Systems, an ocean data startup that plans to field a fleet of autonomous boats to gather and analyze… Read More

Former Gates Foundation leader lands $1.8M for engineered bamboo building materials startup

Launching one’s first startup — maybe a domestic software company, for example — could certainly be daunting. But creating a… Read More

Tech Moves: Qualtrics taps Microsoft vet as CFO; F5 names innovation chief

— Qualtrics appointed Microsoft veteran Rachita Sundar as its chief financial officer and member of the executive leadership team. Sundar… Read More

Want a house in a neighborhood that matches your politics? Flyhomes releases tool sharing voting info

Seattle real estate startup Flyhomes has released a feature called NeighborVote that lets house hunters add politics to their search… Read More

The winning ideas at the UW computer science school annual research showcase

Some of the top computer science engineers at the University of Washington showed off their latest work this week at… Read More

Ex-Zipwhip leaders back Ambassador, a ‘conversational commerce’ software startup

Ambassador, a Seattle startup that helps brands acquire customers via “conversational commerce” software, recently added former Zipwhip leaders to its… Read More

Seattle home-inspection services startup Inspectify raises $5.3M

Seattle-based home-inspection services startup Inspectify raised $5.3 million in new funding. Founded in 2019, the company provides inspection software and… Read More

Archon Biosciences co-founders James Lazarovits and George Ueda

Archon Biosciences emerges from stealth with $20M to create tiny ‘Antibody Cages’

Three weeks after University of Washington biochemist David Baker won a Nobel Prize, the latest venture to spin out from… Read More

Pizza robot maker Picnic raises $5M as Seattle investor Andy Liu joins board

Picnic, the food automation startup known for its pizza-making robot, has raised $5 million and attracted backing from Unlock Venture… Read More

‘I really want to fix this’: Microsoft vet launches Seattle startup to transform work visa applications

Priyanka Kulkarni loved her decade working at Microsoft. She believed she was contributing to meaningful projects, but they weren’t hers.… Read More

Inside the ‘Stranger Things’ house that a Seattle real estate startup bought and turned into an Airbnb

Want to spend a few nights in Hawkins, Ind., circa 1983? You can get there via the Atlanta area, 2024.… Read More

Seattle startup Moondream, led by AWS vets, raises $4.5M for vision language model software

Moondream, a new Seattle startup building a large language model for visual-related use cases, raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon grocery exec will join Marc Lore’s Wonder; AI2 Incubator adds venture partner

Tony Hoggett, the Amazon senior vice president overseeing the company’s worldwide grocery stores business, is joining Wonder, a delivery- and… Read More

Electric boating insiders react to Pure Watercraft’s demise as court documents reveal sell-off details

More than three months into the process of liquidating the assets of Seattle-based electric boat company Pure Watercraft, the firm… Read More

Potato’s AI research assistant digs through publications for science experiment inspiration

Science can reward its practitioners with thrilling eureka moments — with an emphasis on “moments.” A lot of research is… Read More

Seattle startup Read AI raises $50M to fuel ‘copilot everywhere’ vision for enterprise software

Read AI is on a roll. The Seattle startup, which sells enterprise productivity software tools fueled by generative AI, is… Read More

Startup radar: Early stage tech companies making moves in Seattle

There’s a lot of action happening in Seattle startup land. New companies are sprouting up every week, and it can… Read More

Microsoft signs deal with ocean carbon removal project operating on Washington’s coast

Microsoft today announced a deal with a marine carbon removal startup on the northern edge of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula to… Read More

Seattle’s Electric Era deploys EV chargers at Costco after opening big, new HQ – take a look inside

When EV charging startup Electric Era moved this summer to a spacious location south of downtown Seattle, the team was… Read More

Virtual assistant for HR: Google’s AI-focused venture fund invests in Seattle startup Cascade AI

Trying to find answers to HR-related questions can be a time-consuming and stressful process for employees. A Seattle-based startup is… Read More

Crypto startup Coinme alleges Coinstar misused trade secrets for competing product at kiosks

Coinme, a Seattle-based startup that lets consumers buy and sell crypto with cash or a debit card, filed a lawsuit… Read More