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Irrigation tech startup led by farming experts blossoms with revenue growth and new cash
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Cap Hill Brands, which buys e-commerce companies, merges with product developer Juvo+
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AI2 Incubator secures $200M in AI compute resources for portfolio companies
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Amazon-backed AI startup Anthropic is growing its Seattle workforce
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Seattle startup lands $6.4M to build AI medical model using smartphone and wearable data
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Alliance of Angels raising new fund to back more startups in Seattle and beyond
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Phase Genomics gets $1.5M grant from Gates Foundation to fight cow burp methane
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Glowforge releases Spark, another low-priced 3D laser engraver to attract more home crafters
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Enzzo, a PSL spinout led by Seattle startup vet, raises $3M to use AI for hardware development
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Peer-to-peer laundry startup Loopie acquires Bidbud, a gig economy job-bidding platform
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Why India’s thriving software talent base is important for the Seattle innovation ecosystem
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Protein design pioneer David Baker on why sharing code is key to building biotech startups
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Seattle vanlife gurus see tech and AI’s potential as a copilot, to boost human connections on road trips
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5 days in the office? Some tech startups are bringing workers together all week, every week
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