Articles about Defined.ai®

Here are the ten most-funded tech companies in the Seattle region that happen to have a woman working as CEO.

These local employers are looking for talented teammates to join their ranks. 

Companies like BMW and Mastercard use DefinedCrowd to train their AI-powered virtual assistants.

There were a handful of sizeable fundings around Puget Sound in July, including a huge round by one of Bellevue’s best-known edtech exports. Read on to find out how much they landed — plus the rest of the region’s largest funding rounds this past month.

DefinedCrowd has raised $11.8 million for its AI-enabling platform, the company announced today. New York and Zurich-based Evolution Equity Partners lead the round, along with existing contributors Sony, Portugal Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund and Busy Angels. The round also added Mastercard, Kibo Ventures and Energias de Portugal to the company’s list of investors.

The Seattle area is poised to lead the latest iteration of the ever-changing big data industry. We’ve listed several of the players to watch in the coming years, from established industry leaders to the nimble up-and-comers.

These four Seattle companies are using a variety of business challenges and opportunities to push the limits of how much a computer can actually understand human methods of communication.

The founders assembled here walk a trail blazed by the likes of Moz co-founder Gillian Muessig, Smartsheet co-founder Maria Colacurcio and PicMonkey co-founder Lisa Conquergood. In doing so, they widen the path for those who will come after them.