WTIA honors 40 years of boosting Washington’s tech sector as new CEO aims for more impact

WTIA CEO Michael Schutzler (left), and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell speak at the WTIA’s 40th anniversary event on Tuesday in Seattle. Schutzler is retiring after leading the nonprofit trade association…

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Taskrabbit takes over on-demand moving service Dolly in latest twist for former Seattle startup

(Dolly Photo) Taskrabbit has quietly absorbed the operations of Dolly, a Seattle-based on-demand marketplace for moving services. Dolly’s hiring page says the company “joined the Taskrabbit family in April of…

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Bill Gates-backed TerraPower Isotopes produces rare, radioactive ingredient sought for cancer drugs

Bill Gates visiting TerraPower Isotopes, the subsidiary of the nuclear power company TerraPower that he helped found. Gates recently visited the startup’s facilities in Everett, Wash. (TerraPower Photo) Nearly a…

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Can AI cure cancer? New alliance unites tech giants and big research orgs in quest for breakthroughs

Fred Hutch President Thomas Lynch announces the Cancer AI Alliance at the Madrona Intelligent Applications Summit 2024 in downtown Seattle on Wednesday morning. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) An unprecedented…

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Inventory-tracking startup Augmodo raises $5.3M to monitor store shelves via wearable tech

(Image via Augmodo.com) Augmodo, the Seattle-based startup that wants to make it easier for retailers to keep track of inventory, raised $5.3 million in seed funding. Axios reported Wednesday that…

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This new ‘business performance OS’ startup uses AI to manage productivity, automate reporting

Brev co-founders Chris Pitchford (left) and Vic Hu. (Brev Photos) Chris Pitchford, a Seattle tech veteran who previously co-founded Shyft and was vice president of sales at Ally, is leading…

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Tech Moves: Flexe taps new CTO; Talus adds head of biology; Vouched names a sales VP

Pirasenna Thiyagarajan, chief technology and product officer at Flexe. (Flexe Photo) — Pirasenna Thiyagarajan joined Seattle warehousing logistics and shipping startup Flexe as its chief technology and product officer. Thiyagarajan…

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