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End of the road for Cabana: Seattle travel startup shuts down camper van rental business
Cabana, the Seattle-based startup that rode the pandemic-fueled “vanlife” travel craze to more than $16 million in funding, shut down at the end of 2023 as economic and manufacturing conditions stalled the company’s ability to raise more funding and scale.
First Vulcan rocket launches commercial moon lander with a boost from Blue Origin
Powered by Blue Origin engines, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket launched Astrobotic's moon lander on a lunar odyssey.
Warehousing and logistics startup Flexe cuts 38% of workforce in latest layoffs
Flexe is trimming its headcount again in another round of layoffs.
Astound Broadband outage impacts Seattle-area customers
Astound Broadband customers in the Seattle area were left without internet over the weekend after the company said power pole damage impacted its fiber network.
Washington vs. Michigan: Which university takes the title in tech?
Nothing like a little tech investor college football trash talk before the big game.
NanoString Technologies to cut 9% of workforce, gets delisting notice from Nasdaq
Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company NanoString Technologies said in a filing Friday that it plans to cut about 50 positions, or 9% of its workforce.
Seattle startup Recurrent raises $16M, aims to be standard for scoring used EV batteries
Recurrent, a platform providing shoppers and car dealerships with information about used electric vehicle batteries, raised $16 million in a Series A round.
Microsoft and PNNL make a better battery, and show AI’s potential to supercharge science
A prototype battery developed by Microsoft and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory uses lithium and sodium to cut the lithium content.
Cybersecurity company ExtraHop raises $100M, names new execs
Cybersecurity company ExtraHop announced $100 million in new funding from existing investors, as well as the hiring of two C-suite executives.
Tech Moves: Activision names new CTO; HP exec leaves F5 board; Athira medical chief departs
— Natalya Tatarchuk, a gaming industry veteran who was most recently a VP at Unity, joined Activision Publishing as chief technology officer.
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