What’s going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj’s long game, and a smartphone detox

Seattle startup funding fell about 40% in the first half of 2026 as AI reshaped the venture market — plus a Kalshi court setback, Impinj's 10 years on the Nasdaq, and could you go without your ...

Amazon confirms it’s closing key AI site in San Francisco but says work on its top models continues

Amazon is closing its San Francisco AGI site as part of the layoffs it made this week in its artificial general intelligence ...

‘The Odyssey’ isn’t on IMAX 70mm in Seattle — is it worth a journey for the summer’s biggest film?

Want to see "The Odyssey" as director Christopher Nolan intended? Here is how formats and theaters compare across 70mm, IMAX, and digital — and why a road trip may be needed.

Defense tech giant Anduril eyes new funding at $100B valuation as Seattle expansion draws protests

Defense tech giant Anduril is reportedly seeking a new funding round that would value the company at about $100 billion, ...

Beyond AI Chat: How SparkRizz Is Building the Next Generation of Social Networking Through AI Clone

If you’ve ever wanted to know what someone is really like before sending them a follow request, a DM, or… Read More ...

Amazon cuts jobs in AGI group as it puts more focus on customer-facing AI

Amazon confirmed layoffs in its artificial general intelligence organization, the group behind its Nova models, as the ...

Earth first, Mars later: Inside AIM’s grand vision for physical AI and autonomous bulldozers

From a Redmond, Wash., headquarters space formerly occupied by SpaceX, AIM Intelligent Machines founder and CEO Adam Sadilek ...

Tech Moves: Agility Robotics gets CFO; Microsoft security departure; Zap’s legal officer; new KEXP CPTO

Agility Robotics names a CFO ahead of its plans to go public, moving its current CFO/COO into an operations-focused role.
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Truveta launches AI research tool to get quick insights from big database of U.S. clinical data

Chronicling the Seattle and Pacific Northwest startup scene. SEE MORE by Todd Bishop on Apr 28, 2026 at 9:00 am April 28, 2026 at 9:02 am Screenshots of Truveta Intelligence, showing the query ...

The little chips that could: How Impinj has survived 26 years in a market that’s ‘just getting going’

More than a quarter-century after Impinj was founded, CEO Chris Diorio and team rang the Nasdaq opening bell Tuesday to mark ...

BioLife Solutions to be acquired by Repligen in $1.5B cell therapy deal

BioLife Solutions, a Bothell, Wash.-based company developing tools for cell and gene therapy, is being acquired for $1.5 ...

Microsoft 2.5: New security business chief Hayete Gallot on the company’s push into the agentic era

Hayete Gallot, who rejoined Microsoft in February to lead its security business, is pushing the company toward "agentic ...