Startups

Funding for digital health startups and initiatives soared during the pandemic as entrepreneurs and consumers increasingly embraced telehealth, remote monitoring, and a suite of devices from sleep trackers to exercise… Read More

Venture capitalists slowed investments this year in response to the cooling economy. But some startups were still able to secure large sums of cash. The top 10 funding rounds across… Read More

When Seattle startup Uplevel adopted a four-day week in January, it was betting on the fact that employees would get the same amount done in less time. “We were interested… Read More

William Canestaro has nurtured a lot of startups. As managing director of Washington Research Foundation and WRF Capital, the foundation’s investment arm, Canestaro helps oversee a portfolio of 40 companies.… Read More

— Claudiu Bulai is now chief innovation officer at Bellevue, Wash.-based startup Quantarium. Bulai previously spent five years at Meta, most recently leading engineering for the tech giant’s Reality Labs… Read More

Plenty of founders have been known to regard a new startup as their “baby.” Some are even influenced by a child or the needs of one to create a product… Read More

Seattle legal tech startup Lexion is the latest company to take advantage of GPT-3, the language model from OpenAI that drew widespread interest following the recent release of ChatGPT. Lexion’s… Read More

For more than a decade, Todd Schwartz and Evan Richman have been sitting directly across from each other in the same office as co-chief executives of SkyKick. When they started… Read More

Protect AI, a Seattle startup that sells cybersecurity tech tailored to code that powers artificial intelligence and machine learning programs, emerged from stealth mode and announced $13.5 million in seed… Read More

— Karat, a Seattle-based startup that helps companies conduct technical interviews, hired two new executives. Karat raised a $110 million Series C round at a $1.1 billion valuation in October 2021. Its software… Read More

AFour Technologies, a Redmond, Wash.-based software engineering services company founded in 2007, was acquired by ACL Digital, another software services firm that’s part of IT giant ALTEN. AFour Technologies has… Read More

Two longtime Seattle-area tech leaders are teaming up on a new startup that sells NFT-based customer engagement tech to consumer-facing companies. Former Starbucks exec Adam Brotman and startup investor Andy… Read More

U.S. physicists have accomplished a feat the world has pursued for more than 60 years: producing more energy from fusion than required to create the reaction. Called energy’s “holy grail,”… Read More

— The Allen Institute named two new executives: Helen Protheroe as executive director of global partnerships and philanthropy, and Arden Yang as vice president of innovation. Protheroe previously worked at… Read More

Instead of throwing out used baby shoes, a Portland, Ore., startup want you to boil them. Woolybubs founders Jesse and Megan Milliken felt guilty about how frequently they threw away… Read More

Can artificial intelligence strengthen human connections by improving public speaking? That’s the ambition of a new partnership between Toastmasters International and Yoodli. Toastmasters this week rolled out the Seattle startup’s… Read More

Banzai, a Seattle marketing software startup, announced Thursday that it will go public after it agreed to merge with a special-purpose acquisition company. The company also said that it will… Read More

Rad Power Bikes is conducting its third round of layoffs this year, citing an effort to reduce costs amid the broader market downturn. The Seattle-based e-bike company confirmed the cuts to… Read More

Seattle-based Cabana is fueling up on cash to service growing demand, announcing Thursday that it landed $3 million to boost production of its luxury travel vans. “We booked over 8,000… Read More

— Maureen Ezekwugo is now CEO of Oggvo, which develops customer review management software for small- to medium-sized businesses. Ezekwugo was previously at Seattle-based cosmetic treatment review platform RealSelf, most… Read More

Seattle health benefits startup Pebble publicly launched Wednesday and announced $17.3 million in total funding, including a $12 million second seed round it recently closed. The 15-person company uses AI… Read More

A deal to take Seattle biotech company Intrinsic Medicine public via a SPAC merger has fallen apart. The SPAC deal, announced in October, would have taken the startup public via… Read More

Keyplay emerged from stealth mode Wednesday, announcing $3 million in funding and the launch of its subscription-based platform that aggregates and identifies sales leads. The round was led by MHS… Read More

Holdings company GTY Technologies acquired DemandStar, a Seattle startup that offers a public sector bidding marketplace. “We’ve had quite a bit of inbound interest as the tech sector as a… Read More

“Extremely impressive.” “Incredibly rich.” “Super exciting.” That’s how tech leaders are describing ChatGPT, the new conversational chatbot model released last week by OpenAI. The bot builds on existing GPT natural… Read More

Pier 70 Ventures, a new healthcare-focused venture firm led by managing partners with deeper expertise in nurturing startups, is placing an emphasis on funding diverse teams and women entrepreneurs. “We… Read More

Give InKind, a Tacoma, Wash.-based startup that helps people create giving platforms to support their friends and family, was acquired by Wolfe, a Pittsburgh, Pa-based gift card company. Terms of… Read More

— Online clothing rental startup Armoire added three new hires. Founded in 2016, Armoire has experimented to find the right balance of online and in-person perks. Earlier this year it… Read More

A new Seattle startup is jumping into the nascent world of NFTs in an attempt to build a search and discovery platform for the digital tokens. Thred recently raised $3.5… Read More

Bellevue, Wash.-based Kurvv, which sells AI tools that predict equipment failure, is being acquired by Aizen, an AI-focused fintech startup based in Singapore. “The economic downturn that started during the… Read More