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Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Published on March 04, 2025

Amazon Launches Its $2B Fund to Create Thousands of Affordable Homes

This commitment will allow Amazon to help preserve or create over 20,000 affordable housing units across Arlington, Nashville and the Puget Sound region.

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 04, 2025

Qualtrics Is Looking to Go Public After Spinning Off From Parent Company SAP

This cloud-based software company is looking to its future as an independent entity. Qualtrics just filed its S-1 paperwork indicating it is aiming for an IPO that would bring its valuation to more than $14 billion.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

These 10 Seattle Tech Companies Raised $1.1B+ in 2020

Here are the Seattle tech companies that raised the most funding in 2020, indicating big plans for 2021 and beyond.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

These Are Built In Seattle’s Most-Read News Stories of 2020

2020 was a wild and often traumatic year, but many Seattle tech companies embraced innovation and creativity in response to everything the year served up. These were the stories that got you, our readers, clicking.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on March 04, 2025

Peloton Wants to Buy This Seattle-Area Fitness Equipment Maker for $420M

Precor is one of the largest commercial fitness equipment providers in the world, with a significant manufacturing presence here in the U.S. This deal will help Peloton get its equipment out to customers faster amid a surge in demand brought on by the pandemic.

Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on March 04, 2025

Group14 Raises $17M to Scale Production of Its ‘Revolutionary’ Battery Tech

“Lithium-silicon technology really will change the world,” says Group14 Technologies CEO and co-founder Rick Luebbe. “This is not a tomorrow technology. This is a today technology. And we’re moving very fast.”

Ashley Bowden Ashley Bowden
Updated on March 04, 2025

Tanium Moves to Kirkland, Zenoti Raised $160M, and More Seattle Tech News

From virtual reality to cleaner airplane power, read more to find out what’s new on the Seattle tech scene. This is the Built In Seattle weekly refresh.

Gordon Gottsegen Gordon Gottsegen
Updated on March 04, 2025

VR Gaming Space Rec Room Raises $20M, With Plans to Grow Team

The virtual hangout space surpassed 10 million members this year.

Adrienne Teeley Adrienne Teeley
Updated on March 04, 2025

Sales Is Competitive. Here’s How One Team Doesn’t Let That Stand In the Way of Teamwork.

Competitive yet collaborative — how does Barn2Door’s sales team pull it off? To find out, Built In Seattle spoke with Pappas, Fenton Conlon and Lehman to see what makes their team tick and why working together makes for a more meaningful sales career. 

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