From clear tech to voice tech, we’re spotlighting one other batch of early stage startups making strikes in Seattle.
An enormous because of Austin Guyette, associate at Seattle enterprise capital agency Voyager Capital, who offered the “VC View” investor perspective for every startup.
Learn extra to be taught in regards to the firms, and take a look at previous startup radar spotlights right here. E mail me at taylor@geekwire.com to flag startups to characteristic.
Based: 2024
The enterprise: AI supertool for sound. Goals to detect matches between songs, layers inside songs, and totally different audio parts — a self-described “sensible, semantic copyright detection” software. Audiori is making ready for a restricted beta launch later this month. Aiming to associate with studios, rights organizations, and media platforms.
Management: CEO and co-founder Remya Nair Stephen has a background in tech and inventive industries, and was a VP of operations at gaming startup CropBytes. Co-founder Ian McCann has experience in deep studying and sign processing; he was an information scientist at Conversica and CTO at Steno.ai.
VC View from Austin Guyette: “Rights enforcement and fraud detection is a scorching subject given the rise of GenAI (Seattle-based Loti can also be on this class). For prime-profile artists, there’s a world the place this can be a no-brainer! Nevertheless, it’s an open query if many of the worth on this market accrues to legislation companies or to merchandise like Audiori.”
Based: 2024
The enterprise: Motorized electrical trailers that assist EV drivers cut back vary loss. Additionally goals to offer gas financial savings for inside combustion engine fleets throughout towing. Focusing on business trailer fleets, municipal utilities, last-mile supply providers, and others. The corporate gained a prize on the UW’s latest Environmental Innovation Problem.
Management: Founder and CEO Frank Lin is a former realtor and restaurant proprietor, and earned a masters diploma in entrepreneurship this summer time from the UW. Co-founders Julisa Cruz and Lillian Mitchell additionally graduated from the UW this 12 months.
VC View from Austin Guyette: “We’re seeing a push to affect business transport however this market is hotly contested. The worth right here appears to be in {hardware} patents and an exit to an incumbent who desires to accumulate the expertise is definitely potential.”
Based: 2024
The enterprise: Voice-powered onboarding agent that integrates into current software program merchandise and interacts by way of pure dialog. The concept is to exchange static tooltips or prolonged product excursions. The startup has just a few clients and not too long ago added almost 90 firms to check its newest launch.
Management: CEO and co-founder Jose Kuttan beforehand began and offered retail tech firm WeavedIn to Paytm. His co-founders — Dilip Prasad, Jeph Alapat, and Jibin Scaria — additionally labored at WeavedIn.
VC View from Austin Guyette: “Martech and CX are being re-imagined with GenAI and this can be a good instance of these tendencies. I’d encourage of us to talk with the agent on their web site — if you happen to extrapolate a bit this could possibly be a very cool product! The indicators coming of interactions with brokers like this could possibly be gold for firms — the billion-dollar query is how merchandise like Fluidworks evolve from level options into broader platforms with incumbents and opponents already taking part in in adjoining areas.”
Based: 2025
The enterprise: Building tech startup that use AI to assist enhance communication for small and mid-sized groups. Goals to streamline updates, cut back rework errors and keep aligned throughout stakeholders — without having to undertake mission administration software program. The corporate is working with a number of design purchasers.
Management: CEO Jonathan Madamba has almost three many years of expertise in tech, together with management stints at Software program AG and T-Cell, and has business experience in development. Co-founder Jez Zapata makes a speciality of gross sales and in addition labored at SADA, a cloud consultancy.
VC View from Austin Guyette: “Building is under-penetrated from a expertise standpoint so there could also be a possibility right here. That mentioned, I signed up for this alpha product, performed round with it, and nonetheless don’t know what it does or what worth it offers. An awesome first-mile product expertise is vital for SMB go-to-market so my hope is that their beta product improves on the present model.”
