From clear tech to voice tech, we’re spotlighting one other batch of early stage startups making strikes in Seattle.
A giant because of Austin Guyette, associate at Seattle enterprise capital agency Voyager Capital, who supplied the “VC View” investor perspective for every startup.
Learn extra to be taught in regards to the corporations, and take a look at previous startup radar spotlights right here. E-mail me at taylor@geekwire.com to flag startups to characteristic.
Based: 2024
The enterprise: AI supertool for sound. Goals to detect matches between songs, layers inside songs, and completely different audio elements — a self-described “good, semantic copyright detection” device. Audiori is getting ready for a restricted beta launch later this month. Aiming to associate with studios, rights organizations, and media platforms.
Management: CEO and co-founder Remya Nair Stephen has a background in tech and inventive industries, and was a VP of operations at gaming startup CropBytes. Co-founder Ian McCann has experience in deep studying and sign processing; he was an information scientist at Conversica and CTO at Steno.ai.
VC View from Austin Guyette: “Rights enforcement and fraud detection is a sizzling subject given the rise of GenAI (Seattle-based Loti can be on this class). For top-profile artists, there’s a world the place it is a no-brainer! Nevertheless, it’s an open query if a lot of the worth on this market accrues to regulation corporations or to merchandise like Audiori.”
Based: 2024
The enterprise: Motorized electrical trailers that assist EV drivers cut back vary loss. Additionally goals to supply gas financial savings for inside combustion engine fleets throughout towing. Focusing on industrial trailer fleets, municipal utilities, last-mile supply companies, and others. The corporate gained a prize on the UW’s latest Environmental Innovation Problem.
Management: Founder and CEO Frank Lin is a former realtor and restaurant proprietor, and earned a masters diploma in entrepreneurship this summer season from the UW. Co-founders Julisa Cruz and Lillian Mitchell additionally graduated from the UW this yr.
VC View: “We’re seeing a push to affect industrial transport however this market is hotly contested. The worth right here appears to be in {hardware} patents and an exit to an incumbent who needs to accumulate the expertise is definitely potential.”
Based: 2024
The enterprise: Voice-powered onboarding agent that integrates into current software program merchandise and interacts by means of pure dialog. The thought is to interchange static tooltips or prolonged product excursions. The startup has a couple of prospects and not too long ago added almost 90 corporations to check its newest launch.
Management: CEO and co-founder Jose Kuttan beforehand began and bought retail tech firm WeavedIn to Paytm. His co-founders — Dilip Prasad, Jeph Alapat, and Jibin Scaria — additionally labored at WeavedIn.
VC View: “Martech and CX are being re-imagined with GenAI and it is a good instance of these tendencies. I’d encourage of us to talk with the agent on their web site — if you happen to extrapolate a bit this might be a extremely cool product! The indicators coming of interactions with brokers like this might be gold for corporations — the billion-dollar query is how merchandise like Fluidworks evolve from level options into broader platforms with incumbents and rivals already enjoying in adjoining areas.”
Based: 2025
The enterprise: Building tech startup that wishes to assist enhance communication for small and mid-sized groups. Goals to streamline updates, cut back rework errors and keep aligned throughout stakeholders — while not having to undertake challenge administration software program. The corporate is working with a number of design shoppers.
Management: CEO Jonathan Madamba has almost three many years of expertise in tech, together with management stints at Software program AG and T-Cellular, and has trade experience in development. Co-founder Jez Zapata makes a speciality of gross sales and likewise labored at SADA, a cloud consultancy.
VC View: “Building is under-penetrated from a expertise standpoint so there could also be a possibility right here. That mentioned, I signed up for this alpha product, performed round with it, and nonetheless don’t know what it does or what worth it gives. An amazing first-mile product expertise is vital for SMB go-to-market so my hope is that their beta product improves on the present model.”
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