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Augmeta, founded by former Opendoor and Amazon leaders, raises $3M seed to deploy AI agents for each KPI
Augmeta, founded in 2025 by former Opendoor and Amazon leaders Salman Jamali, Nitin Bhaskaran and Arslan Jamali, assigns AI "operator" agents to monitor and investigate individual business metrics around the clock. The Redmond startup raised $3 million in seed funding led by Depth Ventures to accelerate customer deployments and expand agent capabilities, with Tractor Supply as an anchor customer.
Footprint Raises $25M Series B Led by QED to Expand Agentic AI Financial-Crime Compliance Platform
Footprint raised $25 million in a Series B led by QED to expand its agentic AI financial crime compliance platform and investigative infrastructure, aiming to automate compliance workflows for financial institutions. The company will use the funds to double engineering and sales teams and accelerate R&D.
Temporal Technologies Raises $550M Series E at $12.55B Valuation Led by Lightspeed to Scale Durable Execution
Temporal Technologies raised $550 million in a Series E at a $12.55 billion valuation to expand adoption of its Durable Execution technology, which lets long-running applications resume after failures; the round was led by Lightspeed with co-leads Wellington Management, Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ Growth Equity and Tiger Global. CEO Samar Abbas — formerly CTO and a longtime distributed-systems engineer who swapped roles with co-founder Maxim Fateev in April 2024 — said the funding addresses growing demand for reliable infrastructure for complex software and AI.
Temporal raises $550M Series E at $12.55B valuation as agentic AI demand lifts revenue past $250M ARR
Temporal raised $550 million in a Series E at a $12.55 billion valuation as demand for agentic AI systems drives rapid growth; its annualized revenue run rate recently surpassed $250 million, up over 200% year-over-year. The Bellevue-based open-source platform, co-founded by Samar Abbas and Maxim Fateev, doubled headcount to 570 to support major customers like OpenAI, NVIDIA, Netflix and JPMorgan Chase using its durable execution engine for multi-step AI workflows.
Ineffable Intelligence Hires Six Cofounders from Google DeepMind, InstaDeep and Flying Fish
Ineffable Intelligence hired six cofounders from Google DeepMind, InstaDeep, and Flying Fish; the move and related funding could accelerate AI innovation and influence industry and ethical AI discussions.
Immersive Gamebox opens first Pacific Northwest location at Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila; grand opening Friday
Immersive Gamebox, a UK-founded interactive group gaming company, opens its first Pacific Northwest location this week at Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila, offering controller-free, body-tracked games for groups of 2–6 with bookings already available and a grand opening celebration Friday.
Fierce Biotech Tracker: InduPro raises $77M Series B; Vaderis nets $152M Series B to advance cancer and rare-disease candidates
Fierce Biotech's fundraising tracker lists biotech venture rounds of $50M+ for August, highlighting InduPro's $77M Series B to advance its bispecific ADC IDP-001 into a phase 1 trial and Vaderis Therapeutics' $152M Series B to fund a phase 3 study of AKT inhibitor engasertib for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Brinc Raises $125 Million to Replace Chinese Drones in U.S. Policing, CEO Blake Resnick Leads Effort
Brinc, led by Forbes Under 30 cover star Blake Resnick, raised $125 million to replace Chinese-made drones in U.S. policing.
BRINC Raises $125 Million Led by Motorola to Put Autonomous 911 Drones on U.S. Police and Fire Station Roofs
BRINC raised $125 million in a round led by Motorola Solutions to deploy autonomous 911 response drones on U.S. police and fire station roofs and expand U.S. manufacturing. The Seattle startup, founded in 2019 by Blake Resnick, plans to scale production, grow staff, integrate drones with 911 dispatch and move into a larger 60,000-sq-ft facility.
Motorola Solutions Leads $125M Round in BRINC as Startup Aims to Put 911 Drones on 80,000 U.S. Police and Fire Stations
Seattle startup BRINC raised $125 million in a round led by Motorola Solutions with participation from Index Ventures and Figma CEO Dylan Field, taking total funding above $280 million. The company plans to deploy 911 response drones to the roughly 80,000 U.S. police and fire stations, citing rapid revenue, production, and contract growth amid shifting U.S. rules favoring domestic drones.
Index Ventures announces Blake Resnick-led BRINC Drones has closed a $125M funding round
Index Ventures congratulates Blake Resnick and BRINC Drones on raising $125 million, noting they originally invested because of belief in the company's drone technology.
Motorola Solutions Leads $125 Million Funding Round for BRINC’s Emergency Drone Expansion
Seattle-based public safety drone company BRINC has raised $125 million in a funding round led by Motorola Solutions to expand its manufacturing and product lineup, aiming to deploy 911 response drones on the roof of every U.S. police and fire station.
BRINC Raises $125M Led by Motorola Solutions to Deploy 911 Drones at 80,000 U.S. Public Safety Stations
BRINC, a Seattle-based public safety drone maker, raised $125 million in a funding round led by Motorola Solutions to deploy drones to 80,000 U.S. police and fire stations. The investment will support expanding manufacturing, launching new products, and scaling operations to meet growing demand.
BRINC Raises $125M Led by Motorola Solutions to Deploy 911 Response Drones Nationwide
Seattle-based public safety drone company BRINC raised $125 million led by Motorola Solutions to scale manufacturing and deploy 911 response drones nationwide. The funding will support expanding their Seattle factory, increasing production, and rolling out a 24/7 drone network for emergency services.
Motorola Solutions Leads $125M Round for Brinc to Expand 911 Drone Manufacturing and HQ
Seattle-based emergency-response drone maker Brinc raised $125 million in a round led by Motorola Solutions to expand manufacturing, bring new products to market, and move into a larger Seattle headquarters and factory later this year. The funding comes amid U.S. restrictions on Chinese-made drones; Brinc’s valuation has nearly doubled from $480 million a year ago, bringing total funding to over $280 million.
Blake Resnick announces Brinc, founded 2019, more than tripled 2025 revenue and expanded production capacity
Brinc, founded in 2019 by CEO Blake Resnick, more than tripled its revenue in 2025 and expanded production capacity, according to a first‑party post by Resnick.
BRINC Raises $125M Led by Motorola Solutions to Deploy 911 Response Drones to Police and Fire Stations
BRINC announced a $125 million financing round led by Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and Dylan Field, aiming to deploy 911 response drones to police and fire stations; the raise brings the company’s total funding to over $250 million. The news was released July 14, 2026 from Seattle via PR Newswire.
Zoom Acquires Seattle AI Startup Common Room to Enhance Sales Signal Tracking in Zoom Revenue Accelerator
Zoom has acquired Seattle-based startup Common Room, which developed an AI-powered platform for sales and marketing teams to track buyer signals, in a move to enhance its Zoom Revenue Accelerator platform with deeper buyer intelligence. Common Room, founded in 2020, had raised $52 million in funding and was named Startup of the Year at the 2022 GeekWire Awards.
TwelveLabs Secures $100M Series B Led by NEA and Naver Ventures to Expand Video AI Platform
TwelveLabs raised $100 million in a Series B round to expand its enterprise video AI platform, which helps organizations analyze and monetize large video archives through natural language processing. The funding round was co-led by NEA and Naver Ventures, reflecting a trend of increased investment in specialized vertical AI solutions.
Whatnot's Sellers Surpass One Billion Orders Amid $11.5 Billion Valuation and $225 Million Series F Raise
Whatnot, valued at $11.5 billion after a $225 million Series F raise in October, has experienced rapid growth, with its sellers surpassing one billion orders and a significant increase in new users and first-time buyers. The live commerce platform began with selling Funko Pops in 2020 and now hosts diverse sellers offering products from collectibles to fresh seafood.
Starcloud Raises $170M, Pioneers AI GPU Satellite in Race for Space-Based Data Centers
Starcloud, a startup valued at $1.1 billion, has launched a GPU-powered satellite into orbit and raised $170 million in Series A funding, aiming to build an 88,000-satellite constellation for AI data centers in space. The company leads a competitive race against giants like Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin to establish orbital AI infrastructure before launch costs decrease.
Twelve AI Labs Valued at Nearly $130 Billion Raise $29 Billion Without Commercial Products
Twelve AI startups dubbed 'Virgin Unicorns' have raised over $29 billion with a combined valuation nearing $130 billion despite having no commercial products. These companies, backed by top investors, reflect a high-stakes bet on AI's future commercialization potential.
Moment raises $78M led by Index Ventures to build AI operating system for Edward Jones, LPL and Hightower
Moment, founded by former Citadel quants, raised $78 million led by Index Ventures (with a16z and Avra participating) to build an AI operating system that lets wealth managers like Edward Jones, LPL Financial, and Hightower deploy regulated AI agents for trading.
Cowboy Space Raises $275M at $2B Valuation, Plans 40-60 Hires for Seattle Satellite and Rocket Hub
Cowboy Space Corp., founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, raised $275 million in a Series B round valuing the company at $2 billion and is hiring 40-60 employees for its new Seattle satellite and rocket engineering hub. The company develops solar-powered satellites that function as data centers and builds integrated rockets to launch them, competing for talent in Seattle's aerospace sector.
Rec Room, Seattle Social Gaming Platform Valued at $3.5B, Shuts Down June 1 Amid Profitability Challenges
Seattle-based social gaming platform Rec Room, once valued at $3.5 billion, will shut down on June 1 after a decade in operation due to difficulties in achieving profitability. This ends the run of one of Seattle's most notable startup unicorns.
