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Startup funding news: Inflection.io, Xemelgo, Joule Case, others raise fresh cash

The Inflection.io team, including co-founders Dave Rigotti (front, left), Vic Davis (fourth from left), and Aaron Bird (fifth from left). (Inflection.io Photo) Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. Inflection.io New funding: Inflection.io, a Seattle marketing automation startup, officially came out of stealth and announced a $5 million round…

How a former Microsoft researcher used AI to grow award-winning lettuce from 5,000 miles away

Koidra’s Chief Business Officer Soojung Smith (left) and Kenneth Tran, founder, CEO and chief technology officer, outside of their Seattle WeWork office. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) It’s pretty impressive to grow award-winning lettuce in a greenhouse competition against 42 teams from nearly two dozens countries. It’s even more remarkable when you do it from…

Seattle startup and U.S. universities land $3.77M USDA grant to develop AI tech for indoor farming

The Koidra team in Vietnam, where its second office is located. (Koidra Photo) The news: Seattle-based indoor agriculture startup Koidra will share a $3.77 million research grant with Ohio State University, Rutgers University, Cornell University and the University of Arizona. The four-year grant was awarded to Ohio State University by the U.S. Department of Agriculture,…