Startups

Oct 15, 2025, 6:00 AM

LinkedIn’s list of top 50 U.S. startups includes three emerging companies from Seattle area

The list is based on metrics such as employee growth, job seeker interest, attraction of top talent, and engagement with the company’s LinkedIn page. Read More

Oct 15, 2025, 6:00 AM

Seattle startup led by brothers launches AI platform that lets workers query company data

Seattle entrepreneur Connor Folley has teamed up with his brother Maxwell Folley to build out Alkemi, an AI platform that aims to let employees query their organization’s data in plain English — without technical skills or risk to proprietary information. Read More

Oct 14, 2025, 4:41 PM

New frontier for Seattle startups: Space, fusion, and battery companies buoy region’s VC activity

Companies developing rockets, fusion energy, and next-generation batteries account for a large share of total venture capital raised in the Seattle region over the past several months, according to GeekWire’s regularly updated fundings list. Read More

Oct 14, 2025, 9:25 AM

LinkedIn’s list of top 50 U.S. startups includes three emerging companies from Seattle area

Seattle startup led by brothers launches AI platform that lets workers query company data

New frontier for Seattle startups: Space, fusion, and battery companies buoy region’s VC activity

Tech Moves: Microsoft taps former British PM as advisor; Airtable hires OpenAI leader as new CTO; Oumi adds exec

Seattle recruiting tech startup Humanly acquires 3 companies to expand AI hiring platform

Between hype and hope: Seattle biotech leaders size up AI’s real impact on drug development

NewDays raises additional $4.5M for platform that uses generative AI to treat people with dementia

Seattle startup’s FDA-approved, virus-neutralizing mask lands on Amazon

Tech Moves: Amazon leaders depart; Starbucks, Acumatica, Yoodli add execs; Seattle Children’s new CEO

Aarden AI emerges from stealth with $4M to help landowners navigate data center, clean energy deals

Stoke Space raises a whopping $510M to accelerate work on its fully reusable Nova launch system

Fresh off $30M round, Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience adds Microsoft vet Jeff Raikes to board

Seattle tech vets Marco Matos and Kabir Shahani rethink marketing for big brands with new AI startup

Seattle startup Membrion raises $20M to deploy industrial wastewater treatment units

Stoke Space reportedly raising another massive round of funding for its Nova rocket program

How a scrappy biotech startup backed by Microsoft’s co-founders set the stage for two Nobel winners

AI2 Incubator launches $80M fund as it doubles down on real-world AI applications in Seattle and beyond

Fresh off $50M round, this Seattle startup cuts data center cooling energy and eyes a bigger prize

Startup Radar: Seattle founders build AI tools for leadership training, spatial reasoning, vibe coding

Boundless Immigration cut staff days before it announced acquisition of European competitor

Remitly co-founder ready to build next ‘big company’ — helping leverage AI in sports and live events

Pure Watercraft founder resurfaces with Seattle startup focused on autonomous craft for the military

Tech Moves: Truveta co-founder joins GeneDX; Auger hires another Amazonian; Microsoft board change

Tech Vets: Motivated by the mission, ex-Army officer’s startup draws on military and gaming experience

How to avoid getting squashed by OpenAI, and other startup insights from the company’s strategy chief

Fertile ground for innovation: A list of agriculture tech startups in Seattle and Washington state

Seattle startup introduces ‘Juno,’ a digital assistant to handle admin tasks for mental health clinicians

Washington state port town becomes testing ground for ocean carbon removal technology

Seattle startup Temporal hits $2.5B valuation after $105M secondary round

Opendoor co-founder brings Seattle-area startup Summation out of stealth with $35M in funding