The internet is the Wild West of our age. The Seattle companies featured here are today’s equivalent of the crews deputized to protect honest businesses trying to survive life on the frontier.

We asked Seattle tech leaders to describe how they’re giving back to their communities during the coronavirus pandemic, and the responses offer a fine example of this region’s wealth of ingenuity.

Seattle cybersecurity startup CI Security — formerly known as Critical Informatics — just raised $9.6 million in Series B funding led by East Seattle Partners.