Quick-growing startups reshape the GeekWire 200 with improvements in AI, robotics, power and extra

There’s numerous startup exercise in Seattle and the broader Pacific Northwest. Some firms are rising quickly amid the AI increase, whereas others are chopping prices and navigating challenges.

The GeekWire 200, our quarterly rating of the highest privately held expertise startups within the Pacific Northwest, is a good useful resource to assist hold monitor of the area’s up-and-coming firms, together with established leaders.

Offered by JPMorganChase, the GeekWire 200 combines goal information and editorial perception to supply a broad view of the area’s startup panorama. The rating, which dates to 2013, has lengthy served as a useful resource for traders, job seekers, service suppliers, and others monitoring the Pacific Northwest tech scene.

Right here’s the brand new high 10. See the full GeekWire 200 ranking here.

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The listing displays the longtime power of the area’s enterprise software program sector, with firms like Highspot (No. 1), Truveta (No. 4), and iSpot (No. 6) among the many high 10.

However there are additionally startups making strikes in numerous different industries — highlighting the rising variety of firms cropping up in Seattle and past.

• Power: Fusion firms Helion (No. 2) and Zap Energy (No. 12); battery maker Group 14 (No. 20)
• Robotics/{hardware}: Drone firm Brinc (No. 7); weed-zapping startup Carbon Robotics (No. 9); surgical tech producer Proprio (No. 16)
• Shopper: Good house gadget firm Wyze Labs (No. 11); clothes rental startup Armoire (No. 44); microbiome testing agency Viome (No. 45)
• Area/protection: reusable rocket firm Stoke Space (No. 10); autonomous army automobile producer Overland AI (No. 14); radar maker Echodyne (No. 65)

Earlier this yr, we changed the way we calculate the rating to higher mirror present traits.

Learn on to study which firms moved up the listing and which startups joined the GeekWire 200 for the primary time.

A number of Seattle-area startups are new to the GeekWire 200.

• Clarify, which raised $15 million in June to develop its AI-powered CRM software program platform designed to automate busy work.
• Tin Can, the brand new startup behind a viral landline-style phone product for youths that not too long ago raised $3.5 million.
• Augmodo, a startup creating wearable tech for retail retailer staff that raised $37.5 million in July.
• Hubble Network, which raised $70 million this month to speed up the expansion of its satellite-powered Bluetooth community.
• Gone, which raised $6.3 million this summer time to develop its logistics-driven market reimagining the secondhand items financial system.
• Different new firms embody Electric Era, TeamSense, GoodShip, Nuance Labs, NewDays, Aurelian, Caddi, Pokee AI, Adventure Tripr, Clearbrief, Envive, NomadGo, and Ravenna.

Some firms moved up the listing.

• Oregon-based Agility Robotics (as much as No. 5) is reportedly elevating extra cash for its Digit bipedal humanoid warehouse robotic.
• Seattle cybersecurity startup Dropzone AI (No. 21) raised $37 million in a Collection B spherical.
• Cloud infrastructure startup Pulumi (No. 22) simply released its new AI agent Neo.
• Yoodli, which helps gross sales groups observe their pitches, is No. 25 after its $13.7 million round.

Others dropped down the rankings or got here off the listing.

• Rec Room is now No. 40 following substantial layoffs on the gaming startup.
• LevelTen Energy is No. 50 after shedding 60 staff.
• Nectar Social, beforehand No. 174, relocated to Silicon Valley.

And a few firms “graduated” attributable to acquisitions.

• Software program testing startup Statsig, ranked No. 5, announced its $1.1 billion blockbuster acquisition to OpenAI.
• Well being tech startup Kevala, ranked No. 185, was acquired by Residex.

Notes on the GeekWire 200

Our listing is just not scientific, by any means, and the particular rankings must be taken with a grain of salt. However it has confirmed to be a extremely great tool. We hear often from readers who use the GeekWire 200 to search for jobs, prospect for patrons, mine for potential investments, and get a high-level view of the tech group.

We additionally use the listing as a helpful insights instrument, gathering survey information to spotlight traits amongst fast-growing startups.

• GeekWire 200 survey: CEOs cautious about hiring as AI boosts productivity for Seattle startups
• How AI is transforming Seattle-area startups: Insights from GeekWire 200 CEOs

To verify your Pacific Northwest expertise startup is eligible for the GeekWire 200, first verify it’s included within the broader GeekWire Startup List. In that case, there’s no have to submit it individually. In case your startup isn’t among the many firms on that bigger listing, you can submit it for inclusion here, and we’ll crunch the numbers to see if your organization makes the following GeekWire 200 replace. Electronic mail us at tips@geekwire.com with any questions.