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Lime is bringing the latest generation of its electric bikes to Seattle, adding the option to use a throttle rather than just pedal-assist to power the machines. Seattle is one of the first cities in the world to get the new model, the company said Thursday...

After about three years at Amazon working on Alexa voice services, Pierson Marks listened to his own internal dialogue and left to launch a startup.
A Southern California native who studied computer science at UCLA, Marks stayed in Seattle to create Jellypod, an AI-powered service that turns daily newsletters into personalized podcasts....

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a climate stalwart who based his past presidential run on the issue, traces his passion for clean energy in part to a trip he made to Stockholm decades ago.
He recounted that visit in his keynote presentation at the Nordic Innovation Summit, held this week in Seattle. In his travels to the Swedish capital, he discovered double-paned windows, which at the time were a cutting-edge technology not yet popular...

GoodShip raised a $8 million Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners that will boost its software platform that helps companies get a better handle on their shipping logistics data.
Customers including KBX Logistics, Kellanova, Mark Anthony Services, and Simmons Foods use GoodShip to manage their finance and analytics needs related to shipping goods across the country....