A wall in the new University of Washington CoMotion offices includes logos for some of the 285 companies that have spun out of the program. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) The fintech incubator at the University of Washington is back. […]
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From left: Freightmate co-founders Jason Zhao, Bryan Lacaillade, and Rishab Gadroo. (Freightmate Photo) A new lawsuit filed by logistics giant Flexport alleges that two of its former employees stole thousands of confidential files before leaving and launching their own Seattle-area
Curevo CEO George Simeon. (Curevo Photo) Curevo, a Seattle-based biotech startup developing a vaccine against shingles, raised $110 million in a Series B round. The fresh cash will help Curevo advance Phase 2 trials of amezosvatein, its shingles vaccine built
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From left: Reza Khaj, director at Plug and Play Ventures; Tim Porter, managing director at Madrona; James Newell, managing director at Voyager; and Shohei Yamada, partner at SBI Holdings. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Tech startup founders should ignore the
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Team “Stimma” pitches at Pioneer Square Labs on Wednesday in front of Seattle venture capitalists. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Best class ever? That was my thought after watching eight teams pitch their startup ideas on Wednesday in Seattle, the
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Kathi Lentzsch. (Rad Photo) Seattle-based e-bike maker Rad Power Bikes named Kathi Lentzsch as its new CEO. Lentzsch previously ran Bartell Drugs as CEO before the company sold to Rite-Aid in 2020. She also led companies including Gump’s and Elephant
(Read AI Image) The ability to search across a corpus of internal enterprise data is not a new phenomenon. But to do it with the latest AI technology brings about a shift in how workers find information across emails, meeting
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From top left, clockwise: Zuper CEO Anand Subbaraj; Highspot CEO Robert Wahbe; Ai2 CEO Ali Farhadi; Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio; and Read AI CEO David Shim. Get close to your customers. Hire the right people. And stay optimistic. These are
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Venice CTO Jesse Proudman. (Venice Photo) Seattle tech entrepreneur Jesse Proudman is taking another startup leap with Venice.ai, a new AI app focused on privacy and uncensored interactions that is positioning itself as an alternative to mainstream generative AI services
Seattle venture capital firm Founders’ Co-op is raising another fund, according to new SEC filings. Two filings show nearly $23 million raised. The firm declined to comment. Founders’ Co-op raised $50 million for its fifth fund in 2021. The firm, led
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