Amazon
Facts
- HQ
- SEATTLE
- Sectors
- E-commerce, Cloud computing, Aerospace/Satellites, Media/Streaming, Advertising, Consumer devices
- Founded
- 1994
- Type
- Corporation Seattle business license
- Employees
- 1600000
- Registered name
- Amazon.Com Inc Seattle business license
- Stage
- Public
Remitly launches Remitly Global Card — Visa debit account with preferred FX, USD/USDC balances, instant P2P and 0% APR line
Remitly launched the Remitly Global Card, a Visa debit card and linked account that lets cross-border customers get paid, spend, save, and send money across countries with direct deposits, fee-free local spending, and global ATM access. The card, issued via Lead Bank with a Stripe wallet and funds held at Fifth Third Bank, includes preferred FX rates, support for USD or USDC balances, instant P2P transfers between Remitly cards, and a US 0% APR open-end line of credit for eligible users.
AI House Co-founder Jacob Colker Delivers Rallying Cry for Seattle’s Tech Community at Showbox Market
AI House co-founder and managing director Jacob Colker delivered a passionate rallying speech at a Seattle Tech Week event, urging Seattle to reconnect around community and recognize its outsized impact on technology. He praised local institutions and companies like Boeing, Amazon, Microsoft and the University of Washington while warning that residents have grown numb to the city’s achievements.
Nikesh Parekh: VC Has Split — AI Winners Capture Record Capital While Most Founders Struggle; Explore Alternatives
Seattle investor Nikesh Parekh argues venture capital has bifurcated: outsized AI-focused winners capture record funding while most founders face tougher fundraising. He recommends founders consider alternatives — angel rounds, venture debt, revenue-based financing, and bootstrapping — to reach profitability.
ABC Fitness Acquires Seattle Gym AI Startup Replify, Co-Founded by Zillow Alum Spencer Rascoff
Seattle gym-AI startup Replify, co-founded in 2023 by Spencer Rascoff and Zillow veterans, was acquired by Sherwood, Arkansas–based ABC Fitness; financial terms were not disclosed.
Dopl Technologies raises $6.3M to commercialize remotely operated robotic ultrasound platform while pursuing FDA clearance
Seattle-area startup Dopl Technologies raised $6.3 million to advance a remotely operated robotic ultrasound system as it pursues FDA clearance, aiming to expand access to ultrasound exams in rural and underserved communities.
Dopl Technologies closes $6.3M seed round led by SpringTide Ventures, total funding tops $8M to push telerobotic ultrasound toward FDA clearance
Dopl Technologies closed a $6.3 million seed round led by SpringTide Ventures, bringing total funding to over $8 million to advance its proprietary telerobotic ultrasound toward FDA clearance, funding product development, clinical evaluation, and pilot deployments.
Dopl Technologies raises $6.3M seed from SpringTide Ventures to advance Traverse telerobotic ultrasound toward FDA 510(k) clearance
Dopl Technologies raised $6.3 million in seed funding led by SpringTide Ventures to advance its Traverse telerobotic ultrasound platform toward FDA 510(k) clearance, aiming to let sonographers remotely perform diagnostic exams in rural hospitals and reduce patient wait times. The company — founded in 2022 by a former Nvidia medical AI engineer and practicing cardiologists/radiologists — will use the funds for verification, validation, FDA submission, and pilot deployments while operating an interim traveling-sonographer service called CareBridge.
Dopl Technologies raises $6.3M seed round led by SpringTide Ventures, total funding tops $8M to push robotic ultrasound toward FDA clearance
Dopl Technologies closed a $6.3 million seed round led by SpringTide Ventures, bringing total funding to over $8 million to advance its remote robotic ultrasound platform toward FDA clearance. The funds will support product development, clinical evaluation, regulatory submission, and initial pilot deployments of its Traverse, Dopl Connect, and SonoFlex offerings.
Rad Power Bikes — once a $1.65B e-bike unicorn — files Chapter 11 after CPSC battery-fire recall and January 2026 warehouse blaze
Rad Power Bikes grew rapidly to a $1.65 billion valuation and dominant North American market share but collapsed after leadership exits, executive turnover, layoffs, a CPSC battery-fire recall in November 2025, Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 2025, and a Huntington Beach warehouse fire in January 2026.
WTIA launches 2026 Washington Tech Universe Map detailing 625 companies and founder lineages — first update since 2015
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) released the 2026 Washington Tech Universe Map on July 27, 2026 — the first update since 2015 — visualizing 625 notable Washington tech companies and the founder lineages linking Microsoft, Amazon, the University of Washington, and new hubs. The wall-sized map organizes companies by founder origin to highlight how major organizations act as launchpads for successive generations of local tech founders.
What's going on with Seattle startup funding, a Kalshi setback, Impinj's long game, and a smartphone detox
This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Seattle startup funding drops 40% in the first half of the year while AI money floods everywhere else. We dig into the numbers and the implications for the region. Plus: a Seattle judge deals Kalshi a setback, Impinj marks a decade on the Nasdaq after a 26-year climb, and nearly 40 Seattleites trade their smartphones for flip phones for five weeks. Related Stories Venture funding drops in Seattle area as AI boom reshapes startup world Helion raises $465M at $15.5B valuation as it aims to commercialize fusion UK data center startup Nscale bets big…
Ascend series: Seattle’s ‘Third Act’ — physical AI startups on Lake Union signal a shift toward software-enabled hardware
The piece reports from Lake Union to argue Seattle is entering a third industrial era—'physical AI'—where hardware-enabled intelligent machines mix with legacy maritime and aerospace industries, exemplified by startups like Overland, Anduril, Brinc, and Endurance Energy. The authors say Seattle has the talent, infrastructure, and institutions to lead but needs more risk-taking, investor capital for hardware, and pro-innovation policy to fully capitalize on this shift.
AIM Intelligent Machines retrofits bulldozers and excavators with AI to automate earthmoving from Redmond HQ
AIM Intelligent Machines is retrofitting existing bulldozers and excavators with an AI-driven platform that can take control for earthmoving operations, developing the technology at its Redmond, Washington headquarters. The startup focuses first on terrestrial construction and mining applications while keeping longer-term ambitions for lunar and Martian terraforming.
AIM Intelligent Machines, led by founder Adam Sadilek, retrofits excavators and bulldozers for full autonomy from its Redmond HQ
AIM Intelligent Machines, founded in 2021 by former Google engineer Adam Sadilek, is developing a physical AI platform to retrofit existing excavators, bulldozers and other heavy equipment for fully autonomous operation from its Redmond, Washington headquarters and nearby proving grounds. The company aims to transform construction, mining and hauling work on Earth—and eventually enable similar autonomous heavy machinery for off‑planet tasks on the Moon or Mars.
PitchBook and Madrona host live Founded & Funded podcast at Seattle Tech Week on July 23, 2026 to debate AI funding concentration
PitchBook will co-host a live recording of Madrona’s Founded & Funded podcast at Seattle Tech Week on July 23, 2026, featuring PitchBook EVP Nizar Tarhuni and Madrona Partner Sabrina Albert to discuss AI, funding concentration, and private-market trends.
Impinj CEO Chris Diorio rings Nasdaq bell as RFID chipmaker marks 10th IPO anniversary after growing to $4.2B market cap
Impinj, maker of tiny battery-free RFID chips embedded in over 160 billion items, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its IPO as CEO Chris Diorio rang the Nasdaq bell; the Seattle company commands about two-thirds of its market, grew from a $250 million IPO valuation to a $4.2 billion market cap, but has reported only one profitable year and carries a $400 million accumulated deficit.
Kavian Mojabe - Founder and CEO of MediScan AI
Kavian Mojabe is the Founder and CEO of MediScan AI, the AI back office for independent medical evaluators. These are the licensed physicians whose opinions decide the outcome of workers' compensation, personal injury, and disability cases. MediScan's best-in-class record review engine does in minutes what used to take weeks, helping physicians optimize chart reviews to help patients faster and more effectively. Before MediScan, Kavian was a founding engineer at two startups acquired by Amazon and Adobe. But this one is personal—his father is an independent medical evaluator in Southern California, and Kavian grew up watching the toll the busy work…
Madrona celebrates Impinj’s 10th IPO anniversary, remembering founders Carver Mead and Chris Diorio and their low-power transistor breakthrough
Impinj marked the 10th anniversary of its IPO, and Madrona celebrates its long partnership with the company dating back to its founding in 2000 by Carver Mead and Chris Diorio. The piece highlights Mead's influential contributions to semiconductor industry and neuromorphic computing and explains that Impinj originated from their work on low-power, low-cost field-tunable transistors.
Nscale Raises $2B at $14.6B Valuation, Opens Bellevue Engineering Hub and Hires Ex‑Microsoft AI Lead
British startup Nscale opened a 24,000 sq ft engineering hub in Bellevue, Washington, hiring AI infrastructure president Nidhi Chappell as it expands GPU cloud services after raising $2 billion at a $14.6 billion valuation; the company faces industry-wide power constraints that are forcing reliance on on-site generation. The Bellevue office, opening January 2027 and planned to house 250 staff, strengthens ties with Microsoft as Nscale deploys NVIDIA Vera Rubin GPUs across Europe.
Auger, led by ex-Amazon exec Dave Clark, raises $50M Series B (part of $150M) to deploy AI agents that run supply chains
Dave Clark, founder of Auger and former Amazon operations lead, raised a $50 million Series B as part of $150 million total to build AI agents that execute routine supply-chain operations across existing ERP, WMS, TMS and demand-planning systems for customers including Meta Reality Labs, Fanatics and Kimberly-Clark.
Seattle Startups Raise $2.7B in H1 2026 — Down 40% Year‑Over‑Year While U.S. VC Hits Record $412.7B
Seattle-area startups raised $2.7 billion across 163 deals in H1 2026, a roughly 40% drop from $4.5 billion a year earlier, as national venture funding surged to a record $412.7 billion driven largely by AI mega-rounds that Seattle’s pure-play AI companies did not capture.
Augmodo Raises $21M at $350M Valuation to Expand Smartbadge Spatial AI from Retail into Warehouses and Factories
Seattle startup Augmodo raised $21 million at a $350 million valuation to expand its AI-powered Smartbadge technology from retail shelves into warehouses, factories, delivery, and other parts of the physical workforce.
Jeff Bezos Drafted Amazon Business Plan During 1994 Cross-Country Trip While MacKenzie Scott Drove
Jeff Bezos wrote Amazon's original business plan during a 1994 cross-country road trip while his wife MacKenzie Scott drove, marking the start of the company that evolved into a trillion-dollar global enterprise. At the time, Bezos left a lucrative Wall Street career to pursue his online retail vision.
Article Debunks Jeff Bezos’s 1994 Road Trip Myth, Highlights Data-Driven Roots of Amazon
The article debunks the popular myth that Jeff Bezos's 1994 road trip, where he drafted Amazon's business plan, was a spontaneous, passion-driven gamble, revealing it was instead a calculated move backed by data, capital, and strategic execution. It argues that modern entrepreneurship myths overlook the importance of preparation, institutional support, and risk management.
Bellevue AI Startup Auger Secures $50M Series B, Total Funding Hits $150M
Bellevue AI startup Auger raised $50 million in Series B funding, increasing its total capital raised to $150 million.
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