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The new funding nearly triples what the Vancouver, Wash.-based semiconductor startup had raised when it came out of stealth last year. Powerlattice says its tech can cut AI chip energy use by more than half. Read More
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Seattle startup Strella raised $4.25 million to expand its technology that tracks how fruit is ripening as it moves from growers to grocery stores. The goal is to help businesses spot potential spoilage and waste less food. Read More
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HumanTronik, an AI startup co-founded this year by Icertis co-founder Monish Darda, has acquired tech consultancy CloudMoyo, which Darda helped spin out of Icertis in 2015 with Manish Kedia, who remains CloudMoyo's CEO. The family of the late Samir Bodas, a CloudMoyo co-founder and the longtime CEO of Icertis, sold its stake in CloudMoyo as part of the deal. Read More
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Seattle space startup Kapta Space landed $24M in Series A funding to scale production of its low-cost metamaterial radar payloads for defense satellites. Founded by former Echodyne engineers Milton Perque and Adam Bily, the spinout uses proprietary software-defined radar to track dynamic targets across air, sea, and land—adding fuel to the Pacific Northwest's booming commercial space ecosystem. Read More
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With diesel prices up sharply and digital plants speeding up training, the Redmond, Wash., startup is taking on new crops and new customers for its solar-powered weeding robots. Read More
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Seattle startup Eluum wants to rebuild social media around something more lasting than the next post or feed: your life story. Its app uses AI to pull scattered photos, videos and posts into one evolving record, a feature it calls MyLifeStory. Read More
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Reliable Robotics is opening a new engineering hub in Bothell to advance autonomous flight technology, tapping Seattle’s aerospace talent as the California startup raises $115 million and surpasses a $1 billion valuation. Read More
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Seattle startup TriMagnetix has $1 million in new funding to build semiconductors that use electrical pulses to process data, drawing a fraction of the energy needed by traditional chips. The two-person team is setting its sights on space, where satellite companies need radiation-resistant, efficient hardware. Read More
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The Bellevue-based defense tech startup, co-founded by a former Marine special operations officer and two longtime Microsoft engineering leaders, is building AI and simulation software to help military planners anticipate logistics needs. Read More
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The company did not disclose the total number of layoffs, but confirmed that the cuts affected employees across multiple departments both in the U.S. and internationally. Read More
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Satellite communications company Kymeta added a former CIA deputy director to its C-suite; Alaska Airlines named its first chief information technology officer; and Microsoft saw three departure and the return of a former leader. Read More
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Entire, the startup led by former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke, launched a platform for hosting and reviewing code that it's pitching as an alternative to GitHub. The company says its Trails feature, which replaces the pull request, uses AI agents to score each code change so developers can merge without reading every line. Read More
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Shares in Intel continue to fall while the tech-heavy Nasdaq opens at its lowest level in more than two months.
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Group14 has raised $169 million and plans to build a battery materials factory in Spain as it expands beyond Washington and South Korea. Meanwhile, the Seattle-area startup now expects to bring the first module of its delayed Moses Lake factory online in mid-2027. Read More
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Hilco Global is marketing 17 patents and applications from the defunct Seattle homebrew startup on behalf of Pico Craft Group, which bought the assets in 2024. Read More
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Seattle startup Emerald Nuclear is leading a Norwegian project backed by a $2.1 million award to develop nuclear power for ships and offshore uses. The team is starting with a non-nuclear prototype, with its first commercial deployment targeted for 2031 and financing, fuel supplies and regulatory approvals still ahead. Read More
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Xbox COO Helen Chiang has suddenly left Microsoft after 21 years and just months in the new role; SeekOut has shaken up its leadership; Fred Hutch has named a vice president and other personnel moves. Read More
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Rosie, founded by two Amazon veterans, sells monthly memberships that families use to book vetted caregivers for childcare and household work. The company says it reached seven-figure annual recurring revenue within eight months of launch. Read More
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Zeacon uses AI to personalize website content, analyze visitor behavior and identify bot traffic, helping businesses understand what turns website visits into sales. Read More
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Brinc Drones, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Acumatica and Convera add to their C-suites. A former Smartsheet CMO joins Motive; a LinkedIn director departs; and other Pacific Northwest personnel changes. Read More
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Bellevue, Wash.-based Temporal is expanding its security capabilities for AI agents following a $550 million funding round last month that... Read More
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The conditional financing would help the Kent, Wash.-based startup build infrastructure for Nova Block 2, a bigger rocket due to debut in 2029. Read More
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Seattle startup Endurance Energy put a small power plant on the ocean floor off Oregon and briefly generated more electricity than the system used. The run lasted just 8.7 seconds, but it gives the company a starting point for testing whether undersea geothermal power can become a practical energy source. Read More
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The Seattle-based defense startup's latest vehicle carries a 2,000-pound payload and provides onboard compute and export power for frontline counter-drone operations. Read More
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The Seattle startup says bookings grew nearly fivefold over the past year as employers look for ways to rein in rising health care costs. Read More
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Ars Technica
Survey of 2,018 IT heads at big firms points to a lack of leverage.
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Booking Holdings is launching a new Seattle-based travel startup called Vayo, led by serial entrepreneur Mike Fridgen, betting that AI agents built for travel can do a better job of planning and managing trips than general-purpose assistants from the likes of OpenAI and Meta. Read More
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Ofcom says photo and digital ID, banking checks or facial age estimation can help prove someone is 16 or over.
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Loomerang works by handling everything but the art on T-shirts. Artists open storefronts for free, set their own prices, and get 60% of what’s left after manufacturing costs. The company prints, inspects and ships every order. Read More
