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Walking through Sea-Tac International Airport this week, I noticed a self-driving, electric wheelchair, on its way back through the concourse after taking a passenger to a gate. Recalling from GeekWire’s prior coverage that it was part of a test deployment...

A new ranking of top U.S. ecosystems based on early stage funding data reflects Seattle’s continued strength in software-related innovation.
Seattle was third in the software-as-a-service category among cities ranked by seed and Series A funding data, pulled from companies that use Carta’s equity management platform....

Some say artificial intelligence will be humanity’s greatest helper. Others warn that AI will become humanity’s most dangerous rival. But maybe there’s a third alternative — with AI agents achieving the status of personhood alongside their human brethren...

Astraeus Ocean Systems, an ocean data startup that plans to field a fleet of autonomous boats to gather and analyze information on environmental conditions, won the Bellingham Angel Investors’ Startup Pitch Competition.
The contest — awarding a total of $10,000 in prize money — was anticipated by its organizers to likely be the first annual pitch event highlighting entrepreneurs in Northwest Washington state. Another objective: spur the visibility and effectiveness...