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    Sturdy.ai CEO Steve Hazelton. (Sturdy.ai Photo)Portland-based Sturdy.ai, a startup whose platform uses AI to analyze customer communications across multiple channels to help minimize churn, raised $6 million in a seed funding round led by Seattle-based firm Voyager, the company announced Tuesday.Wha

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  • Tech Vets: Former Amazon leader taps her military chops in new role as maternal-care entrepreneur,Lisa Stiffler

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    Stephiney Foley, CEO and founder of Yuzi. (Anna Nodolf Photo)When Seattle entrepreneur Stephiney Foley was an undergraduate at West Point, she had a literal lesson in “to sink or swim” that helped shape her as a leader.Though only a sophomore at the elite military academy, Foley was required to supp

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  • Tiger Global leads $146M round for Seattle-based developer tools startup Temporal,Taylor Soper

    Tiger Global leads $146M round for Seattle-based developer tools startup Temporal

    Temporal co-founders Samar Abbas (left), CTO, and Maxim Fateev, CEO. (Temporal Photo)Temporal, a Seattle startup that helps companies write and run cloud applications, raised $146 million. The company is now valued at $1.72 billion — up slightly from 2022, when it raised $103 million at a $1.5 billi

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