Nick Pasion
Nick Pasion is a reporter at the Puget Sound Business Journal who joined after graduating from George Washington University in 2024 and covers Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, other Seattle-area tech companies, airports, and air travel.
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Cowboy Space signs 291,035-sq-ft Kent lease to build orbital AI data centers, adding ~300 jobs
Cowboy Space signed a 291,035-square-foot lease in Kent to build hardware for orbital AI data centers, marking the Puget Sound area's largest industrial lease of 2026 and expected to create about 300 jobs. The 2023-founded aerospace firm plans its first Nova Pathfinder rocket launch in early 2027 and has offices in San Carlos and Seattle.
Founders' Co-op raises $50M to back ~30 Pacific Northwest early-stage tech startups with up to $1.5M each
Seattle venture capital firm Founders' Co-op raised a $50 million fund to invest up to $1.5 million each in about 30 early-stage Pacific Northwest tech startups, with a focus on enterprise software. The firm aims to shore up local founders amid uneven regional investment compared with San Francisco while local startup funding showed volatility in 2025.
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Puget Sound Business Journal Reporter · current
