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Payscale acquires CURO, another compensation data provider

Payscale is hopping on the M&A train again. The Seattle-based compensation data company today announced the acquisition of CURO Compensation… Read More

Avalara nabs nearly $1B in debt securities to fuel growing tax compliance software business

Seattle-based Avalara is getting a large cash infusion as its business continues to benefit from the e-commerce boom and increasing… Read More

Agtech startup Dewey Scientific raises $3.2M to further advance cannabis industry innovations

Dewey Scientific, the Pullman, Wash.-based agtech startup that is leveraging genomics, data science and more to improve the quality and… Read More

T-Mobile confirms data breach, but unclear if hackers accessed customer info

Update: T-Mobile on Monday confirmed that “unauthorized access to some T-Mobile data occurred” but it has not determined if personal customer… Read More

Gates offers $1.5B for carbon-cutting innovation if lawmakers enact public-private program

Bill Gates has pledged to invest $1.5 billion on joint projects with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to remove… Read More

Expedia Group pushes back its full return to the office to January 2022

This is starting to look like a trend: Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, has told employees that it’s… Read More

Nasdaq finalizes new board diversity rules — and some companies may have some explaining to do

The Nasdaq stock exchange this month received approval for new rules that encourage companies to appoint more diverse boards of… Read More

Rover’s business continues to bounce back in first earnings report as public company

Issuing its first earnings report as a public company, Rover reported gross bookings of $134 million in the second quarter,… Read More

Newly public, Rover pays off $8M PPP loan that helped pet-sitting company survive pandemic

Updated on Monday Aug. 9 with additional details. Not that long ago, Rover was on a very short leash. In… Read More

Seattle investment bank that helps buy and sell companies forms new SPAC to target ‘industry 4.0’

For the past 22 years, Cascadia Capital has helped dozens of healthcare, retail, technology and other companies find buyers. Now,… Read More

Expedia Group results improve but CEO sees ‘bumpy’ road ahead for global travel recovery

Expedia Group, the Seattle-based online travel giant, posted improved results for the second quarter, but cautioned that the resurgence of… Read More

Redfin revenue soars 121% in second quarter as net loss grows on RentPath acquisition

Seattle real estate brokerage Redfin on Thursday posted second quarter revenue of $471 million, a jump of 121 percent over… Read More

Bill Gates calls meeting Jeffrey Epstein ‘huge mistake,’ addresses his past conduct at Microsoft

In a new interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Wednesday night, Bill Gates called it a “huge mistake” to meet… Read More

Social media manager Hootsuite acquires conversational AI-platform Heyday for $48M

Hootsuite, the Vancouver, B.C.-based social media management platform, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Heyday, a conversational AI platform, for… Read More

From hackathon to IPO: Pet sitting marketplace Rover is Seattle’s newest public company

It started as a simple pitch at a Seattle hackathon for a marketplace to facilitate matches between pet owners and… Read More

How Dance Church made a pandemic pivot and created a new online fitness subscription business

On a foggy Saturday morning earlier this month, I was among hundreds of people gathered at the Seattle Center lawn,… Read More

Washington state universities will lead AI research institutes funded by National Science Foundation

The University of Washington and Washington State University are adding artificial intelligence research institutes thanks to $40 million in funding… Read More

Google requires vaccines for employees as rising COVID-19 cases alter back-to-office plans

Google announced Wednesday that it require U.S. employees to get vaccinated before returning to campus as tech companies alter their… Read More

PAX gaming event in Seattle will now require proof of vaccination or negative COVID test for entry

The organizers of the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, also known as PAX West, have announced that the event… Read More

Alan Corwin, 1946-2021: Anchor Computer founder was an early pioneer in PC sales and Seattle tech

Seattle’s tech history is populated with pioneering figures such as Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Jeff Bezos, whose work on… Read More

Shares of F5 Networks rise 5% after earnings beat expectations with $652M in revenue

F5 Networks earnings: The Seattle-based company reported $652 million in revenue, up 12% year-over-year, for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30.… Read More

Jeff Bezos gives away $200M and thanks Amazon customers after Blue Origin’s big launch

On the heels of what some critics have called the world’s most expensive midlife crisis, Amazon founder and Blue Origin… Read More

ZoomInfo will pay $575M to acquire conversation intelligence startup Chorus.ai

ZoomInfo has agreed to acquire Chorus.ai for $575 million in cash, adding conversation analysis capabilities to the Vancouver-Wash.-based company’s offerings.… Read More

Seattle’s Barokas Communications acquired by NY’s Finn Partners after 23 years as indie tech PR firm

Barokas Communications, an independent public relations firm that has become a mainstay of Seattle’s technology community over the past two… Read More

Tech helps reduce overcrowding at Washington state trails via new recommendation feature

Seattle-area hikers know that on weekend mornings, popular trails such as Mt. Si are bound to be packed. The Washington… Read More

How Bumble BFF helped this Kentucky transplant find friends and break The Seattle Freeze

“The Seattle Freeze.” The phrase is used so often, yet I’d never heard it before I landed in Seattle in… Read More

Connected car company Xevo, owned by Lear, hit with layoffs in Seattle area

Bellevue, Wash.-based Xevo has laid off 97 workers, according to a new filing with the state of Washington. The company,… Read More

Amazon elevates two more execs to its senior leadership team under new CEO Andy Jassy

Amazon bolstered its senior leadership team in the final days of Jeff Bezos’ tenure as CEO last week, making a… Read More

‘This is real’: Electric aircraft maker Eviation set to fly battery-powered plane this year

Seattle-area electric aircraft builder Eviation revealed Thursday that it has begun assembling the first production of Alice, its nine-passenger, battery-powered… Read More

Housing boom: 4,000 Seattle homes sold for at least $100K more than asking price this year

A new report from Seattle-based real estate brokerage Redfin found that 4,078 houses in the Seattle region sold this year… Read More