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How parking app SpotHero is preparing for an era of driverless cars
On-demand parking app SpotHero wants to be ready for the day when autonomous vehicles are ubiquitous. Its strategy: target the…
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Algorithmia raises $25M Series B for its AI automation platform
Algorithmia, a Seattle-based startup that offers a cloud-agnostic AI automation platform for enterprises, today announced a $25 million Series B…
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Canoo, the electric vehicle startup formed from Faraday Future’s ashes, seeks $200 million
Less than a month after rebranding as Canoo, the startup electric vehicle company formerly known as Evelozcity is on the…
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Search marketing company Botify raises $20M
Botify, a search engine optimization company that works with customers like Expedia and Nike, announced today that it has raised…
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Microsoft pledges $500M to create affordable housing around Seattle
At a time when tech companies are being blamed for creating housing shortages in cities across the country, Microsoft told…
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Clusterone raises $2 million for its DevOps for AI platform
Clusterone today announced the close of a $2 million funding round to help data scientists and businesses automate and optimize…
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Cities that didn’t win HQ2 shouldn’t be counted out
Scott Andes is the program director for the National League of Cities City Innovation Ecosystem program. The more than year-long…
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Amazon’s HQ2 decision reinforces an antiquated expansion model
You turned a corporate expansion — usually a routine, boring business decision — into a 14-month-long North American beauty contest…
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7-Eleven is bringing cashier-less payments to its stores
Since Amazon opened its first cashier-less Amazon Go store in late 2016, other retailers have been forced to grapple with…
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Pulumi raises $15M for its infrastructure as code platform
Pulumi, a Seattle-based startup that lets developers specify and manage their cloud infrastructure using the programming language they already know,…
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