Kirkland-based Wave Broadband has extended its gigabit-speed Internet broadband services across all of its West Coast regions, saying it now will offer up gigabit access across the Seattle, San Francisco, Sacramento, and Portland markets....

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Seattle-based venture investor Madrona Venture Group has named the winner of its annual "Madrona Prize", giving a team at UW developing a large-scale, crowdsourcing platform for behaviorial studies with the top prize....

Amazon and grocery chain Whole Foods Market said on Wednesday that it will offer up special discounts on grocery items for Amazon Prime Members, as Amazon continues to work on integrating Whole Foods into its empire....

Redmond-based satellite antenna developer Kymeta is kicking off the launch of its own, wireless Internet services unit, KALO, with a tour across 7,000 miles of the United States, the company said on Wednesday....

Seattle-based Donuts Inc., the top level Internet domain registrar, been named to the number one spot in Deloitte's annual Technology Fast 500 rankings, a very rare spot for a Pacific Northwest company to take....

Seattle-based supercomputer developer Cray said on Monday that it has rolled out its first supercomputer based on ARM processors, using Cavium's ThunderX2 processors....

Seattle-based financing provider Lighter Capital has launched a new fund, specifically targeted at third party software developers developing app for Intuit, and its popular QuickBooks platform, the company said on Monday....

Seattle-based Amazon said this morning that it has acquired the rights to The Lord of the Rings, and will produce a series of prequels for Amazon Prime....

Ahead of Veteran's Day, Seattle-based Amazon says it now employes more than 17,500 veterans and military spouses at the company, across the United States. Amazon said it is also expecting to hire over 10,000 more by 2021....

Seattle-based Redfin reported its third quarter results on Thursday, saing that its revenues for the quarter rose to $109.5M in the quarter, up 35 percent year-over-year. Redfin said it had net income of $10.6M for the quarter. Among the highlights, Redfin said had revenues of $3....

Seattle-based Amazon is making its first big push to tap into the large retail footprint of its newly acquired grocery store chain, Whole Foods Market, saying this morning that Whole Foods will begin selling Amazon's full line of devices nationwide....

Portland-based Vault, a startup developing services which had automatically helped users save for retirement when they were paid, has been acquired by fintech startup Acorns, the companies said on Tuesday. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced....

The satellite Wi-Fi effort--powered by antennas developed by Redmond-based Kymeta--has helped FEMA officials submit more than 1,800 applications for federal aid, according to numbers released by telecom provider Liberty Global this week....

Seattle-based venture investor has seen an exit in its portfolio, with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Cloudmark. Cybersecurity software developer Proofpoint, which is also based in Silicon Valley, said it would pay $110M in cash for Cloudmark....

Bellevue-based Microsoft has acquired Swing Technologies, a developer of the photo app SWNG, the companies said on Monday. Financial details of the buy were not announced. According to the companies, Swing's employees will join Skype's team at Microsoft....

Zymergen, a company which develops molecular technology, said last week that it has opened up a new office in Seattle, to help it expand its hiring in the city. According to Zymergen, it has had a small team in Seattle since late 2015, and now hopes to grow in Seattle....

In a surprising move, given Amazon's recent acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon is shutting down access to its grocery delivery service, Amazon Fresh, across a swath of the United States....

Everett, Washington-based toy maker Funko has its IPO on Thursday, raising $125M--but saw a surprising plummet in its shares after its debut. Funko, which priced at $12.00 on Wednesday night, closed Thursday on its first day as a public company down $4.93 at $7.07....

Bellevue-based flexible workspace provider ExtraSlice said on Thursday that it has raised $1M in a funding round, to help it with infrastructure and space expansion, plus sales and marketing. The new funding came from oth angel investors, as well as Benaroya Capital....

Seattle- and Menlo Park, California-based Frazier Healthcare Partners, which invests in life sciences companies, said on Wednesday that it has raised $419M in a new fund, Frazier Life Sciences IX, L.P.. The company said it exceeded its funding target on the new fund....

Seattle-based Internet and IT-service provider Colocation Northwest said it is expanding its footprint in Seattle, with a new data center deployment at the Centeris South Hill data center campus....

Seattle-based medical device startup LumiThera, which is developing medical devices to treat age-related macular degeneration (AMD), has raised $5.5M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by WaterStone Capital, and also included RPR Ventures....

Watch out, Tony Stark! Bellevue- and Salt Lake City, Utah-based robotic suit developer Sarcos Robotics has scored a contract from the United States Air Force, to develop a robotic exoskeleton, the company said on Wednesday....

Seattle-based online insurance quoting service QuoteWizard said it has acquired insurance marketing and rate comparison site operator RateElert, including RateElert's online insurance technology rate comparison platform, RATEKICK.com. Financial details of the buy were not announced....

Wonder Workshop, the developer of educational, robotic toys that help kids to learn programming skills--which is backed by Seattle's Madrona Ventures--has raised $41M more, in a Series C funding....

Seattle-based overseas remittance provider Remitly is raising a massive, $115M funding round, the company said today, in its Series D funding....

Seattle-based REI is again skipping the busiest shopping day of the year--Black Friday--and is instead encouraging its members to go explore the great outdoors....

Microsoft is switching direction on its Outlook.com Premium service, and has shut down ability to sign up for the service, according to a report. Outlook.com Premium had offered up personalized email addresses, ad-free email, along with other features....

Amazon Studios, the content production arm of Seattle-based Amazon, is fully embracing its move into Hollywood, with plans to move into a historic studio originally developed in the silent movie era--and which was the filming location for Citizen Kane....

Seattle-base coding school operator Coding Dojo is now turning out more graduates than any Computer Science program in the U.S., the company said yesterday, including more graduates out of its Seattle location than the University of Washington....

Seattle-based Amperity, a developer of software which helps global consumer brands personalize the experience of their customers, has raised $28M in a Series B funding round. The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Madrona Venture Group....

Amazon wants the keys to your house--literally....

Seattle-based Drift, which operates an online, energy marketplace which connects energy users with renewable energy sources, has raised $7M in a funding round, the company disclosed this week....