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Guardrails AI, a startup co-founded by Seattle tech vet Diego Oppenheimer, raises $7.5M
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‘We don’t want to be left behind’: Tech leaders bullish about generative AI amid the hype
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Techstars Seattle startup Planette raises $2.4M for AI-boosted climate prediction tech
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Meet Seattle’s newest seed fund: Breakwater Ventures emerges to back early stage startups
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Seattle game studio Threshold Games shuts down
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Tech accelerator for Washington and Oregon startups encourages underserved applicants
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ProfoundBio raises $112M to support clinical-stage oncology pipeline
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