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Certivo, a new PSL spinout led by Seattle tech vet, brings AI to compliance management

Longtime Seattle tech leader Kunal Chopra is heading up a new spinout from Pioneer Square Labs called Certivo, which is… Read More

Julie Sandler, managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, will shift to venture partner role

Longtime tech startup investor Julie Sandler plans to transition away from her role as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs,… Read More

Not just another coding bot: Pioneer Square Labs releases JACoB AI agent as open-source project

Would it be possible to build an AI summer intern? Kevin Leneway, principal software engineer at Pioneer Square Labs, had… Read More

Enzzo, a PSL spinout led by Seattle startup vet, raises $3M to use AI for hardware development

Building hardware is hard. It can be especially challenging in the early part of product creation, when designers need to… Read More

Seattle’s Pioneer Square Labs and Silicon Valley stalwart Mayfield form AI co-investing partnership

Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) and esteemed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Mayfield are teaming up to fund… Read More

Ex-Amazon Pharmacy manager leads new startup aiming to help contractors save on medication

A new startup born out of Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle wants to help independent workers — including those who don’t… Read More

Forbes ’30 under 30′ entrepreneurs raise $3M for remote work productivity startup backed by Meta

After more than a year of remote work, Devin Ajimine and his friends could not find a productivity tool that… Read More

Tech layoffs at big companies could be a boon for startups and entrepreneurship

A wave of layoffs at tech companies is flooding the job market with fresh talent. The trend is sparking questions… Read More

OpenAI’s ChatGPT bot sparks excitement and concern from investors, entrepreneurs, researchers

“Extremely impressive.” “Incredibly rich.” “Super exciting.” That’s how tech leaders are describing ChatGPT, the new conversational chatbot model released last… Read More

Expedia and Weyerhaeuser vets land $5M for Seattle-based lumber marketplace Yesler

The news: Yesler, the Seattle-based startup creating an Expedia-like experience for the volatile lumber markets through a software-enabled platform, raised… Read More

Seattle compliance filing startup SingleFile raises additional $2.1M and adds new CEO

SingleFile, the Seattle startup that simplifies filing and compliance workflow, has added $2.1 million in additional funding to its seed… Read More

Genba, the latest spinout from PSL-Fortive studio, raises cash for industrial work voice app

New spinout: Genba came out of stealth mode Thursday, revealing its software built for the industrial workforce. The company is… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

— Startup Haven, a community for entrepreneurs founded by Seattle startup vet Bob Crimmins, launched an investment fund called Startup… Read More

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Why this venture capitalist thinks LGBTQ+ and women’s health is the next big investment frontier

Women make the vast majority of healthcare decisions and on average spend 30% more than men on healthcare. And yet… Read More

How Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs spun out 25 ideas in 5 years — with more on the way

The flywheel is spinning at Pioneer Square Labs, the Seattle startup studio formed five years ago by a cadre of… Read More

Seattle startup Attunely raises $6M to help debt collection agencies collect payment

Attunely is raising more cash to support increasing demand for its machine learning platform used by debt collection agencies. The… Read More

Digital bank startup Copper raises $4.3M to help teens learn how to spend and save money

Can tech help teens spend money smarter? That’s the bet Copper and its investors are making. The Seattle-based digital bank… Read More

PSL, Fortive unveil first company out of new studio: COVID-19 symptom tracking startup TeamSense

It didn’t take long for a new Seattle innovation studio run by Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) and Fortive to pump… Read More

This haircare startup uses algorithms to craft custom shampoo sent directly to consumers

A Seattle startup is using algorithms and a direct-to-consumer model to take a slice of the U.S. haircare market. Gemma… Read More

Seattle startup NextStep raises $3.6M to train displaced workers for healthcare jobs

Seattle startup NextStep raised an additional $3.6 million to help fuel growth of its tech platform that recruits and trains… Read More

Female Founders Alliance and Pioneer Square Labs launch challenge to help entrepreneurs test ideas

Leslie Feinzaig knows how hard it is to let go of a failed startup idea. In 2016 she launched Venture… Read More

SingleFile spins out of Pioneer Square Labs, raises $3.3M to automate compliance filings

The process by which companies stay compliant hasn’t changed much over the past century. Now a Seattle startup says it… Read More

Can your podcast make money, after all? Pioneer Square Labs spinout Glow debuts tech platform for podcast memberships

It’s a common problem for podcasters: you’ve got a passionate, loyal audience, but at a time when it seems everyone… Read More

The Playbook: Limited tickets available for GeekWire’s entrepreneurial speaker series

Building a startup venture from scratch can be a daunting and lonely experience. That’s why we created The Playbook, a… Read More

NextStep raising more funds to train and place healthcare workers with companies that need them

NextStep is raising more cash to build out its platform for recruiting and training healthcare workers and funneling them to… Read More

Vulcan leads $3.5M round in PSL spinout Sigma IQ, which automates manual accounting processes

Finance executives everywhere know all about the pain, expense, and time that can come from the manual accounting process of… Read More

High-tech hair care: Custom shampoo startup is the latest spinout from Pioneer Square Labs

Companies that spun out of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs over the past few years dabble in industries such as… Read More

Former MIT and Google researchers raise $5.3M for ‘artificial intelligence compiler’ startup Canotic

Canotic is a new artificial intelligence startup based in Seattle and Berlin that today announced a $5.3 million seed round… Read More

Led by ex-Amazon advertising leader, Gradient raises $3.5M to help brands optimize presence on Amazon

Bobby Figueroa knows what brands should do to optimize their presence on Amazon’s marketplace, perhaps better than almost anyone. The product… Read More

NextStep Interactive raises $3M to help people displaced by AI and automation find healthcare jobs

A new startup called NextStep Interactive has spun out of Seattle startup studio Pioneer Square Labs and raised $3.15 million… Read More

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