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Return to the ‘mother ship’: Seattle startup studio Madrona Venture Labs absorbed by Madrona

Madrona Venture Labs is being absorbed into Seattle’s Madrona venture firm after operating for more than 10 years as an… Read More

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Seattle Space Week: Find out how artificial intelligence is taking over the final frontier

Will intelligent AI agents take on the job of capsule communicator in future missions to the moon, Mars and other… Read More

Enterprise AI company Xembly abruptly ends service for users, says it’s working on ‘new chapter’

Enterprise artificial intelligence company Xembly told users that it’s discontinuing its “customer-facing services,” which included an AI assistant that automatically… 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

Investors share tips for startups in the climate tech sector looking for cash

Climate tech investors and entrepreneurs met Monday evening in downtown Seattle to network and gather insights from each other. The… Read More

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Startups, AI, and productivity: The quest for real value, with Xembly CEO Pete Christothoulou

How can startups truly differentiate themselves in the new era of AI? We’ve been discussing that question recently on the… Read More

Meta and Microsoft vets land $2.2M for startup building ‘shared brain’ developer platform

A new artificial intelligence startup wants to help software development teams capture, store, and query their company data and knowledge.… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout raises cash to help game developers with AI-powered tools

Charmed, a Seattle startup that specializes in creating AI-powered video game development tools, raised $400,000 from Madrona Venture Labs. The… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M for fifth fund as studio doubles down on AI startups

Madrona Venture Labs (MVL) announced Wednesday it raised $11 million for its fifth fund, providing fresh fuel for the Seattle… Read More

Goodbye, Ctrl+F: AI startup aims to help financial analysts scour corporate filings with chatbot tool

A new startup wants to make financial analysts more efficient with its chatbot tool that uses artificial intelligence to search… Read More

Tech Moves: Lumen taps former Microsoft exec as CEO; Seattle Children’s hires research officer

— Kate Johnson will become the new CEO of Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink. She was also appointed president and… Read More

Seattle startup raises $13.5M to help developers build AI-driven applications on the blockchain

From movie recommendations to chatbots, artificial intelligence-powered applications are deeply ingrained in the modern web experience. But building those same… Read More

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker leads new startup that wants to help brands grow Web3 communities

The possibilities created by Web3, hailed as the next iteration of the internet, are attracting various early stage companies such… Read More

Seattle startup Stack wins $100K top prize in Madrona Venture Labs’ Launchable Web3 event

Stack, a Seattle startup intent on making cryptocurrency and modern finance accessible for Gen Z, took the top prize at… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Glassdoor CTO will lead Auth0 engineering; Flyhomes hires CRO; and more

— Bellevue, Wash.-based identify authentication software company Auth0 named former Glassdoor CTO Bhawna Singh as SVP of engineering. She will be… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs raises $8M, unveils plan to turn its investors into co-founders of spinouts

The news: Madrona Venture Labs, the startup studio associated with Madrona Venture Group, has raised $8 million for its fourth… Read More

Pendulum, a new Madrona Venture Labs startup, aims to combat misinformation on video platforms

Misinformation is a big problem. Tech giants including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube — which deleted 500,000 COVID-19 misinformation videos —… Read More

Madrona teams up with Advancing Women in Product to boost female tech leadership

Advancing Women in Product (AWIP), a nonprofit organization with more than 16,000 members internationally, is partnering with Seattle’s Madrona Venture… Read More

Cybersecurity compliance startup StrikeGraph is the latest Madrona Venture Labs spinout

Madrona Venture Labs is churning out startups. The Seattle startup studio created by venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group helps… Read More

Ex-Docker CFO heads up new Seattle finance startup Stratify, with Concur founder as chairman

Former Docker executives Brian Camposano and Steve Singh are behind a stealthy new Seattle-based fintech startup called Stratify. The company… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Simplata aims to protect sensitive company data in cloud apps

A new spinout from Seattle-based startup studio Madrona Venture Labs wants to help companies protect data flowing through their various… Read More

Tech Moves: GE Healthcare exec joins Microsoft; Puppet names new CTO; Adaptive Biotech expands

— Microsoft named former GE executive Tom McGuinness corporate vice president of healthcare. At GE, McGuinness was president and CEO… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs launches ‘Founders Unite’ community group to help company leaders

Building a startup is never easy, but doing so during a global pandemic and economic crisis makes it even harder.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-BMW ReachNow CEO Steve Banfield joins Madrona Venture Labs; Starbucks hires sustainability chief; and more

— Former BMW ReachNow CEO and INRIX executive Steve Banfield has joined Seattle-based “startup studio” Madrona Venture Labs as founder-in-residence.… Read More

Spruce Up pairs AI and stylists to create a curated, online home-decorating experience

Spruce Up founder and CEO Mia Lewin has a vision for what she calls “the next generation of commerce.” She… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs raises $11M fund to launch a new group of AI-focused startups

Madrona Venture Labs (MVL), a Seattle-based “startup studio” formed by venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, just landed $11.3 million… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile’s TV lead departs; Madrona Venture Labs adds Seattle startup marketing vet; and more

— T-Mobile‘s head of home and entertainment, Jeffrey Binder, has left the company. Binder was the CEO of television technology… Read More

Tech Moves: Madrona Venture Labs staffs up; Washington State Opportunity Scholarship executive director departs; and more

— Naria Santa Lucia announced that she’ll be stepping down from her role as executive director of the Washington State… Read More

Stripe for ID verification: Investors bet on new Madrona Venture Labs accelerator startup Vouched

Vouched, a Seattle startup using AI to verify people’s identities online, has joined the Madrona Venture Labs accelerator. The 3-month… Read More

After rough week on Wall Street, Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff shares leadership tactics for getting through tough times

Taking part in an on-stage interview in front of 200 people from the Seattle startup community on Thursday afternoon was… Read More

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