As the birthplace of Amazon, Microsoft and Boeing, it makes sense that Seattle has one of the most highly regarded universities in the world. Here are 10 tech startups that trace their origins to the University of Washington.

December was an interesting month for leadership hires in Puget Sound, with a number of startups bringing in key experience to head up marketing, engineering and legal teams, among others. Here are the five big leadership hires you should know about for December.

A startup’s name needs to stand out from piles of other names that already stand out, and somehow convey elements of the company’s technology, mission and culture in just a few syllables. We picked a handful of the more unusually named companies on the Seattle tech scene, and asked them to explain themselves.