Technology
Amazon Plans to Launch 3,000 Satellites as New Space Race Heats up
Seattle company joins a host of players seeking to provide internet service from space
E-commerce giant Amazon is joining the race to build a space-based internet powered by satellites. The company confirmed a plan, dubbed Project Kuiper, to launch a network of some 3,000 small satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO) to provide high-speed broadband internet service globally, according to reports in Reuters and CNBC based on federal filings….
Bothell-based Ventec Launches $15M Private Offering
Life-sciences company has developed a unique, multifunction life-support device
Ventec Life Systems Inc. has launched a new equity offering seeking to raise some $15 million, which, if successful, would up the companys fundraising tally to date to some $55 million. Since March 7, when the recent offering went live, the company has raised about $4 million of the total sought from 16 investors, according…
Seattles Spaceflight Set to Blast 21 Small Satellites Into Space
Company is helping to fuel a global surge in private-sector small-satellite launches
Theres a new global space race underway, playing out among dozens of private companies worldwide working to deliver small satellites into orbit that will open the door to a whole new range of Earth-based services, including global internet service and on-demand global imaging, and Seattle companies like Spaceflight are leading the charge. The space company,…
Boeing Is Back in the Race to Build a Space-Based Internet
Company is one of nearly a dozen vying to offer internet service from space
Despite industry reports last year that Boeing Co.s plan to build a space-based, satellite-powered internet was stalled, it appears the plan is back in orbit. Boeing spokesman Jerry Drelling told Seattle Business magazine that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has placed the Boeing application for authority to launch and operate 147 satellites into the public…
Seattle Startup Boundless Raises a Big Chunk of Cash to Help Immigrants Get Into the U.S.
Tech-based service company has now raised a total of $9.5 million
Xiao Wang, founder of Seattle startup Boundless Immigration Inc., went against the rising tide of anti-immigrant sentiment afflicting the nation by launching a tech-based business some three years ago that tries to make it easier for immigrants to apply for green cards or go through the naturalization process. And his bet seems to be paying…
Seattle Startup Igneous Is Attracting Investors With Its Ingenious Data-Management Solution
Recent $25 million capital injection will help the company expand its technology reach
A Seattle tech company called Igneous Inc. has developed a leading-edge unstructured data service to address runaway data growth in the business world and has raised nearly $50 million from investors since 2014 to propel its business model including $25 million this week in a Series C funding round led by Kirkland, Washington-based investment firm…
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Agrees to Test Alien Technology
Shipyard is partnering with robotics firm to evaluate exoskeleton suit designed to augment human performance
Sarcos’ Guardian XO full-body exoskeleton suit enables human operators to lift loads of up to 200 pounds over an extended period of time.
Joint Effort Proves Marijuana Tech Is Becoming a Big Deal
Seattle-based cannabis-data firm Headset teams up with global-analytics giant Nielsen
Move over Woodstock, marijuana is no longer the exclusive domain the counterculture. Its moving out of the shadows of the grey market and onto Main Street, with a big assist from the corporate world. In a sign of the continued mainstreaming of pot sales in the U.S., Seattle-based cannabis-technology company Headset has formed a strategic…
Redmond’s Pattern Computer Capitalizes on Synthesizing Big Data
A promising Redmond startup is working on a supercomputer designed to jump to conclusions. It could revolutionize everything from finance to health care
This article appears in print in the March 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Five years ago, Larry Smarr and his colleagues at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) used an unimaginable amount of time on one of the worlds fastest supercomputers the equivalent of running your laptop continuously for 25 years…
New York Leaders Revive Amazon HQ2 Bid
Their support of the deal is trumpeted in an open letter published in the New York Times
Amazons decision last month to abandon efforts to develop another headquarters, or HQ2, in Long Island City, Queens, has gotten the full attention of some New York City power brokers who are hoping to convince the Seattle company to reconsider its decision. Those Big Apple movers and shakers made public their desire to bring Amazon…
Bellevue Online-Game Company ArenaNet Terminating 143 jobs
Layoffs are due to the cancellation of unannounced projects, company spokesman says
Online video-game company ArenaNet, based in Bellevue, is laying off 143 employees permanently starting March 1, according to a notice filed with the state of Washington under the federal WARN Act. The company, launched in 2000, became a subsidiary of Seoul, South Korea-based NCSOFT in late 2002 and released its first online, multiplayer title, Guild…
Former Hockey Player Hired to Ramp Up Digital Game for Seattle’s New NHL Franchise
Executive hire will lead fan-experience and outreach strategy for the fledgling team.
Seattle’s new NHL franchise is set to take to the ice in the 2021-22 season at the new Seattle Center Arena (formerly Key Arena), which was redeveloped by Oak View Group.