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Blokable

Blokable expands to California in new chapter for the innovative multi-family housing developer

After building its foundation in Washington state, Blokable is scaling in California. The Seattle startup that takes a novel approach… Read More

Modular smart-home startup Blokable raises $23M, plans new California manufacturing facility

Blokable, the Seattle-based startup aiming to transform how housing is developed, raised $23 million to expand its manufacturing capabilities as… Read More

Paul Allen-backed Blokable delivers first unit as part of housing project in Seattle suburb

Blokable, the Seattle startup looking to transform how housing is developed, delivered its first unit as part of a larger… Read More

TLDR: Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Chicago transit system, housing development as a service, Death Cab sings about Amazon

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check… Read More

Blokable aims to solve housing affordability crisis with ‘housing development as a service’ model

Blokable has set its sights on fixing what its leaders deem a broken U.S. housing market. The Seattle startup pulled… Read More

Vote for Hardware of the Year: 5 high-tech products nominated at the GeekWire Awards

There’s something cool about getting to touch, feel, and use a high-tech hardware product, perhaps more so today than in… Read More

Surging ‘Seattle 10’ startups show off their strategies on supersized cocktail napkins

The idea of sketching business plans and ideas on cocktail napkins dates back decades. You quickly draw out the core… Read More

Seattle 10 napkins

Meet the Seattle 10: Hot startups transform everything from housing to food production

An innovative way to buy homes. Virtual reality that allows you to feel. And a high-tech football helmet that’s designed… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon Studios loses three more execs; Blokable adds new VP of technology; and more

Amazon Studios, which produces the tech giant’s award-winning original TV series and movies, parted ways with three more executives this week,… Read More

Paul Allen’s Vulcan backs ex-Amazon manager’s modular housing startup Blokable in $4.8M round

Investors are taking note of Blokable, a Seattle startup founded by a former Amazon manager that aims to cut costs for builders… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s modular, smart housing startup Blokable is raising cash

Blokable, a Seattle startup focused on manufactured housing, with goals of speeding up production, cutting costs for builders and making… Read More

Ex-Amazon manager’s new startup mixes smart home tech with modular construction to make housing more affordable

Aaron Holm was an important player in Amazon’s physical retail push. As a product manager, he worked on the company’s… Read More

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