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GeekWire’s startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and venture capital directory.

Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers

Seattle startup Carbon Robotics raised $70 million in the latest vote of confidence from investors in the company’s agriculture technology… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Yahoo CMO joins Starbucks; Shape Therapeutics’ CEO steps down; Read AI grows team

Tressie Lieberman is Starbucks’ new executive vice president and global chief brand officer. Lieberman is coming to the coffee company from… Read More

Chirping smoke detectors light a fire in startup founder to build ultimate online guide to the devices

The middle-of-the-night chirp from a smoke detector might be the most unsettling sound a homeowner has to deal with. Where’s… Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names new CTO; F5 adds board members; Humanly hires sales exec

Ramana Thumu has taken the role of chief technology officer for Expedia Group. Thumu will oversee engineering operations at Seattle-based… Read More

Phone spam-fighting startup Hiya rolls out Chrome extension that detects deepfake audio content

Seattle-startup Hiya is joining the growing list of companies using AI against AI to detect misinformation. Hiya announced the launch… Read More

Seattle startup Live Aware raises $4.8M for new AI-powered game developer feedback system

Seattle-based startup Live Aware Labs raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round to continue work on its self-titled feedback… Read More

Seattle startup raises $1.25M for electric bike used on golf courses

Seattle-area startup Fairway Bikes raised a $1.25 million seed round to fuel development of its unique electric bike built for… Read More

Pacific Northwest tech startup deals: The top 15 funding rounds during Q3

Venture capital funding to Pacific Northwest startups saw signs of positive momentum in Q3. Privately held tech companies in the… Read More

Tech Moves: OpenAI nabs top Microsoft AI researcher; Lime taps Amazon VP as CTO

Sebastien Bubeck, a top researcher from Microsoft who was most recently vice president of AI and a distinguished scientist, is… Read More

Univ. of Washington unveils plans for lab space dedicated to battery innovation

Entrepreneurs and academics worldwide are trying to figure out how far innovation can stretch the power and performance of batteries.… Read More

Tech Moves: Meta leader for Pacific NW steps down; Phase Genomics adds to C-suite

Paresh Rajwat this summer stepped down from his role as the Pacific Northwest head of office for Meta, which has… Read More

Zap Energy confirms $130M round, shares progress on its demo power plant system

Fusion company Zap Energy today shared news on progress with its power plant system demo and gave details on the… Read More

Wokelo raises $4M for AI-driven due diligence, sees customer traction in M&A, investing and consulting

Seattle-area AI startup Wokelo raised $4 million to fuel the development and growth of its technology that generates detailed due… Read More

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Startup Trek: Blue Origin vets go to the frontiers of space and tech with new studio

Two former employees of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space company are striking out on their own with Actuate Ventures, a… Read More

CleanTech Alliance awarded $2.5M to create carbon-focused business hub in Washington state

Washington state’s CleanTech Alliance announced it’s receiving a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to launch… Read More

Former Amazon exec Dave Clark is back in Seattle with a startup of his own — and $100M in funding

Dave Clark, the former Amazon Worldwide Consumer CEO and Flexport CEO, is launching a new supply-chain technology startup called Auger,… Read More

Siteimprove to acquire content marketing strategy firm MarketMuse

Siteimprove, a platform that helps companies improve website functionality, agreed to acquire MarketMuse, a Boston-based content planning and optimization software… Read More

As Americans lose billions of dollars to digital scams, startups turn to AI for solutions

It was a scam you may have heard of. The caller claimed to be a relative in trouble — in… Read More

Seattle Kraken owner Samantha Holloway leans on tech startup experience to lead NHL franchise

You can’t exactly grow an up-and-coming professional hockey franchise in the same way that you’d scale an early stage software… Read More

How venture capital could ‘fundamentally change’ over the next decade

Venture capital as we know it today may look quite different in the near future. “I think venture capital, over… Read More

Former SeaChange investors form new angel group in Seattle backing early stage startups

A trio of Seattle-area angel investors recently launched a new group called VentureUs that aims to make pre-seed and seed… Read More

Seattle startup Vieu raises $11M to reimagine B2B sales outreach, with help from AI

Goodbye, cold calls. Hello, warm introductions. That’s the promise of Vieu, a Seattle startup that wants to help companies boost… Read More

Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs

Nearly a decade ago, radio chemists at the nuclear power startup TerraPower saw a promising opportunity in radioactive waste from… Read More

Inventory-tracking startup Augmodo raises $5.3M to monitor store shelves via wearable tech

Augmodo, the Seattle-based startup that wants to make it easier for retailers to keep track of inventory, raised $5.3 million… Read More

Dementia care startup Rippl lands $23M to expand virtual services into more states

Rippl, a Seattle startup providing virtual health care for patients with dementia, announced $23 million in new funding. The company… Read More

As stolen bikes are hawked online, cyclists call out digital marketplaces and run crime-fighting efforts

On a fall day in 2021, Erin Dallin locked his cherished baby blue bicycle to a rack near the University… Read More

This new ‘business performance OS’ startup uses AI to manage productivity, automate reporting

Chris Pitchford, a Seattle tech veteran who previously co-founded Shyft and was vice president of sales at Ally, is leading… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexe taps new CTO; Talus adds head of biology; Vouched names a sales VP

— Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer. Thiyagarajan in… Read More

This $250 wearable head device aims to train your brain with games

Consumers use all types of wearable gadgets to monitor physical activity. But what about measuring our brains? A Seattle-area startup… Read More

Deepfake detection startup Loti raises investment from Khosla Ventures

Seattle startup Loti announced that it raised new investment from Silicon Valley mainstay Khosla Ventures. Founded in 2022, Loti helps public figures… Read More

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