Technology
Pacific Science Center Puts Virtual Reality Startups in Front of the Public
VR developers receive space to work and in turn get a chance to 'play test' their products.
This article appears in print in the January 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. The Pacific Science Center has some of the resources especially workspace that bootstrapping virtual-reality developers dream of. A year and a half ago, executives at the center saw this opportunity and launched What is Reality?, an experiment in which…
Amazon Launches Robot Delivery Service in Snohomish County
The device, called Amazon Scout, is the size of a small cooler.
Amazon is launching a new fully-electric delivery system in Snohomish County. The system, called Amazon Scout, is the size of a small cooler, and will roll along sidewalks at a walking pace, the company wrote in a blog post. The robots will initially be accompanied by an Amazon employee. The Seattle company the worlds largest…
Microsoft, Walgreens Boots Alliance Launch Digital Health Care Project
The companies will focus on connecting people virtually to Walgreens stores.
Microsoft Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. have established a strategic partnership to develop ways of delivering health care through digital devices. The seven-year agreement will begin as a pilot project in 12 Walgreens stores with digital health corners, which will feature the sale of health-care related hardware and devices. The companies will also explore…
Past Experience: The Boeing Clipper Has a Special Place in Aviation History
Seattle | 1941
This article appears in print in the January 2019 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Boeings Model 314 had a limited production run only 12 aircraft were built between 1938 and 1941 but the Boeing Clipper, as it became known, has a special place in aviation history. By the mid-1930s, airplane travel was popular…
Integris Software Addresses the Challenge of Data Privacy
The local startup tracks data going in and out of a company.
KEY TO SUCCESS. Kristina Bergman started Integris Software to help other companies keep their data secure. This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. As a venture capitalist with Ignition Partners, Kristina Bergman looked for patterns that suggest emerging needs, and then tried to find companies that…
DigiPen Celebrates Its 30th Birthday
Still playing games; still leading the way.
DRAWING A CROWD. DigiPens first graduating class numbered 17. Last year, DigiPen conferred 166 undergraduate and graduate degrees. This article appears in print in the November 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. It doesnt field a football team, but DigiPen Institute of Technology loves to play games. And it may have as great…
The Top 10 Tech Towns in America
Where does Seattle land on this list?
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. Each year, JLL Research ranks the top office markets for tech, creating a weighted score based on factors like market momentum, level of education and transit-oriented workforce. The second column shows the top cities for tech wages. Seattles average…
Merger of T-Mobile and Sprint Highlights Seattle’s Presence in Wireless Communication
"As industry lines blur and we enter the 5G era, consumers and businesses need a company with disruptive culture and capabilities to force change on their behalf."
HEIR APPARENT. T-Mobile CEO John Legere will become CEO of the combined T-Mobile and Sprint if the merger of the telecom companies wins regulatory approval. This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. For a place that was never home to a major legacy telephone company or…
Madrona’s Next Challenge: Making Seattle a Financial Technology Hub
Building a fintech sector could be equally challenging. Seattle has a minuscule share of the $1.45 trillion financial services generated in the United States.
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. Click here for a free subscription. At a recent open house in Madrona Venture Groups new Create33 space, among the guests sipping wine and checking out the incubators Puget Sound-view boardrooms were a representative of the Singapore Economic Development Board, responsible for enhancing that city…
Cybersecurity’s Banner Year Keeps Rolling with Tanium’s $200M Fundraise
Cybersecurity is experiencing a boom locally and nationally.
This story originally ran on PitchBook. Tanium, which provides cybersecurity services for large companies and government organizations including the US Armed Forces, has raised $200 million at a post-money valuation of $6.7 billion. That makes Tanium the 12th most valuable VC-backed company in the US, per PitchBook data. The funding comes in what has been…
2018 Tech Impact Awards, SaaS: Avalara
Plus: Silver Award winner Skilljar
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. See more about the winners of the 2018 Tech Impact Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. AvalaraLocation: SeattleEmployees: 450 Transaction taxes, notes Avalaras cofounder and CEO, Scott McFarlane, built ancient Egypt. Anger over them founded the United States. Yet compliance across the more…
2018 Tech Impact Awards, Financial Technology: Remitly
Plus: Silver Award winner Pushpay
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. See more about the winners of the 2018 Tech Impact Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. RemitlyLocation: SeattleEmployees: 200 While launching mobile and internet banking for Barclays in Nairobi, Kenya, Matt Oppenheimer caught sight of how the $574 billion in remittances sent annually…
2018 Tech Impact Awards, Enterprise: Tableau Software
Plus: Silver Award winner Cray
This article appears in print in the October 2018 issue. See more about the winners of the 2018 Tech Impact Awards here. Click here for a free subscription. Tableau SoftwareLocation: SeattleEmployees: 1,800 The company that strives to help people see and understand their data saw the story its own numbers were telling, that its future…