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Startup Spotlight: Ex-Amazon employees draw inspiration from Bezos, apply lessons from retail powerhouse at e-commerce marketing upstart

Working for a tech giant has its perks. But for Connor Folley, “there’s something about the passion and the hustle… Read More

Amazon Alexa accelerator expands, will host up to 3 startups in London for 2nd cohort

Amazon is now accepting applications for its second Alexa Accelerator cohort. The 13-week program, which launched last year and is run… Read More

Trump travel ban prevents Techstars Seattle entrepreneur from entering U.S. for startup program

In late November, Saba Mohebpour arrived in Los Angeles from his home in Canada on a temporary visa. He was there… Read More

Techstars Seattle unveils next cohort of 10 startups, calls it ‘our most diverse mix of founders ever’

Techstars Seattle has unveiled the ninth class of startups to go through its three-month accelerator program, a group the organization… Read More

Geek of the Week: Teen entrepreneur Angela Lin aims to get adults to take her and her peers seriously

OK, let’s be serious. This teenager is worth taking seriously — all you have to do is read some of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Can a machine learn to laugh? Botnik crosses a comedian with AI to find out

If the game Cards Against Humanity and those refrigerator poetry magnets had a digital baby bestowed with machine learning, it… Read More

Amazon and Techstars host first-ever Alexa Accelerator Demo Day — here are the top pitches

Part of Amazon’s strategy to get Alexa everywhere in the world is to encourage entrepreneurs to test the boundaries of… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Comet is building a GitHub-like management system for machine learning

Gideon Mendels has spent the past three years in machine learning research, studying at Columbia University, building hate speech detection… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Aspinity helps voice-enabled tech products save battery power

Voice-activated products require constant power as they “listen” for wake words. Now one startup is helping manufacturers reduce the power… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Pulse Labs makes it easy for voice developers to test their Alexa apps

Voice-controlled devices, like the Amazon Echo, are driving what Abhishek Suthan calls a “tectonic shift” in computing — and he… Read More

Startup Spotlight: This sensor-infused ball from Play Impossible encourages kids to be active

Playing with a ball can be a lot of fun when you throw sensors and computer chips into the mix.… Read More

How this father-daughter founding team landed a spot in Techstars with their automotive startup

Jere Lansinger needed some business advice. After spending more than four decades working as an automotive engineer for Chrysler, Lansinger was… Read More

Microsoft’s Twitch rival Mixer sees ‘crazy awesome’ growth, aims to maintain its focus on community

Almost a year ago, Microsoft acquired the Seattle-based Beam game streaming service, a member of the TechStars Seattle 2016 class,… Read More

Techstars grad Stackery raises cash from Voyager, aiming to disrupt DevOps cloud infrastructure market with serverless toolset

Before even graduating from the Techstars Seattle 2017 class, Stackery CEO Nate Taggart had a check in hand — and not… Read More

‘Failing, frustrated, and asking for help.’ How Techstars Seattle ended up with a male-dominated class — and what they’re doing about it

It’s no secret that tech has a diversity problem. In fact, the lack of gender equity at tech events has… Read More

Techstars Seattle Demo Night: Our favorite pitches from 9 up-and-coming startups

After three months of intense work on their products, business models, and pitches, the Techstars Seattle 2017 class was finally… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Swym wants to help e-commerce companies better compete with Amazon

It’s not an easy time to be in the e-commerce business. Tech titans, like Amazon and Walmart, are able to… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Hazel wants to help managers be better leaders using software

As Wisam Abdulla and his co-founders were building Canadian payroll startup Rise, they encountered a common complaint from customers again… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Valid8 takes the complexity out of analyzing financial records

The idea for Seattle startup Valid8 came from a Ponzi scheme — but not in the way you might think.… Read More

Startup Spotlight: CuePath Innovation’s IoT device helps seniors stay on top of medications

After witnessing his grandmother’s trying health scares caused by mismanaging her pills, Victor Lesau decided to put his engineering background… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Stackery envisions a server-less future with ‘functions-as-a-service’ platform

Nate Taggart and Chase Douglas believe that server-less applications will become more popular than traditional apps over the next decade. What… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LevelTen Energy makes it easier for corporations to buy clean power

Big companies are increasingly seeking out renewable energy to cope with carbon emissions caps and keep their budgets more stable,… Read More

This startup preserves your cells for the future, to capitalize on medical breakthroughs yet to come

Silene Biotech wants to help you grow a new heart or liver, in case those organs fail when you get… Read More

Shelf Engine raises $800K to help food retailers use artificial intelligence for optimized ordering

As his fresh salad and sandwich business started taking off a few years ago, Stefan Kalb realized he had a problem.… Read More

Here are the 9 startups in Techstars Seattle’s newest class

Here comes another round of Techstars Seattle startups. The 3-month accelerator announced its 2017 cohort on Thursday. The group, which marks the… Read More

How this reluctant Fitbit investor almost missed a $1.6 billion windfall

Tech investor Brad Feld remembers his first call with Fitbit CEO James Park. It was in 2010, during a major… Read More

Amazon partners with Techstars for new Alexa accelerator at University of Washington

Amazon is looking for startups that can build innovative technologies using the company’s Alexa artificial intelligence platform. The tech giant today… Read More

Techstars Seattle graduate Leanplum, led by former Google engineers, raises $29M

Techstars Seattle graduate Leanplum has raised $29 million in a Series C round, led by Canaan Partners with participation from Kleiner… Read More

Maveron, Joe Montana, and others invest $6M in TrueFacet’s online jewelry marketplace

TrueFacet today announced a $6 million funding round led by Seattle-based venture capital firm Maveron. The New York-based startup, which graduated from… Read More

LiveStories raises $3M to help governments and non-profits visualize data

Seattle-based startup LiveStories today announced a $3 million funding round led by True Ventures. Founders’ Co-op, Social Leverage, Urban.us, the Knight Foundation… Read More