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Anoop Gupta is stepping down as CEO of SeekOut, the Bellevue-based recruiting startup he co-founded in 2017, handing the reins to enterprise software veteran Sean Thompson. Co-founder Aravind Bala will remain as CTO. Read More
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Armada's customers include the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, which uses its technology for wildfire connectivity, and oil and gas companies operating in remote locations. The company has also expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Read More
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Tech company billboards are a big part of the landscape in Silicon Valley. Summation CEO Ian Wong said the Seattle/Bellevue area "has world-class technical talent, but the scene here has always been understated." Read More
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Seattle startup Iridius, founded by former Microsoft and AWS leaders, is building software that embeds regulatory compliance into AI systems as they run. Accenture is both an investor and a strategic partner. Read More
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Brev, a startup with roots in Seattle's tech scene, has raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding for AI tools that automatically track how companies are performing against their goals. The company's AI agents join meetings, update goals, flag risks, and track follow-through on action items. Read More
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Convexus is a mother-daughter led civic technology platform designed to help local governments, nonprofits, and community groups move past fragmented debate and toward coordinated action. Read More
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"Lean Startup" author Eric Ries previewed his new book "Incorruptible" at Seattle Flow Startup Day, challenging founders to rethink how they define profit and structure their companies. Read More
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BBC News
As the jury deliberates, this is what we found out during the weeks-long trial with two tech titans at its heart.
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A senior director of AI at Microsoft left to join OpenAI; a former AI2 leader has taken a role at Meta and other Pacific Northwest tech moves. Read More
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New data from Seattle startup Boundless shows how H-1B visa reforms are favoring high-earners while creating a $100,000 barrier for startups and rural employers. Read More
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Wednesday's launch comes as parents across the country have been organizing collective efforts to delay smartphone adoption — a movement built on the idea that individual decisions only go so far. Read More
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Amazon VP Yunyan Wang is now Chewy's CTO; Smartsheet names new CFO; and a longtime Microsoft exec joins NetApp's C-suite, among other tech moves. Read More
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Angus Norton, a former exec from Microsoft and Amazon, is CEO of IP transfer company Inteum, while Veeam and mpathic name two new leaders and Peter Hamilton shares details on his tech move. Read More
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Fusion startup Zap Energy is adding fission to its quest for nuclear power, naming Zabrina Johal as CEO to lead the new dual-purpose effort. Read More
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Jimmy Kimmel casually referenced Tin Can's screenless phone for kids during his monologue last week, shortly after the startup landed a glowing NYT Wirecutter review. The company has grown to 30 employees and sold hundreds of thousands of phones. Read More
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Expedia Group named Derek Andersen as its new CFO; Peter Hamilton left Roku for an upcoming CEO role; and more tech moves. Read More
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After eight years as managing director at Pioneer Square Labs, serial entrepreneur T.A. McCann is becoming CEO of Lev, an AI-powered co-founder platform for early-stage founders. PSL is spinning out Lev as a standalone company with McCann at the helm. Read More
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Sniffies, a Seattle-based meetup platform for gay, bisexual and sexually curious men, has landed a $100 million investment from Match... Read More
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XBOW, the cybersecurity startup founded by GitHub Copilot creator Oege de Moor, added $35M from NVIDIA, Samsung, SentinelOne, and others, bringing its Series C to $155M. The billion-dollar company lists Seattle as its HQ — but its address is a mailbox at a Pioneer Square coworking space, and its founder lives in Malta. Read More
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For three decades, Seattle’s tech industry has been an extraordinary economic engine, transforming the region into a global center for cloud computing, e-commerce and artificial intelligence. But are cracks beginning to form in that foundation? Read More
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Speakers at the Women in Tech Regatta in Seattle said AI is at risk of repeating longstanding patterns of exclusion, from biased hiring tools to gaps in who's shaping AI strategy. Read More
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Quantexa, a financial data platform, won the £175m contract to spot fraud and tax return errors.
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University of Washington students pitched 20 startups at Demo Day for DubHacks Next, a 16-week incubator that has produced 68 startups since 2022. Projects range from a manufacturing design automation tool already live in three plants to an AI audio plugin builder and a web accessibility suite. Read More
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Longtime Microsoft exec and former quantum lead Jeff Henshaw takes a role at IonQ while Heptio co-founder Joe Beda joins Stacklok. Read More
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It can take a decade to bring a new orchid to market, so breeders keep their hi-tech processes secret.
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The biggest tech firms are set to sell millions of smart glasses despite growing privacy concerns.
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Ars Technica
Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app.
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By combining massive floating power generators with onsite AI hardware, Panthalassa turns the ocean into a self-sustaining computing powerhouse — all without needing a single mile of underwater power cables. Read More
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The government said its in-house IT system was "more flexible" while meeting "high standards" of security.
