Enzzo, a Pioneer Square Labs spinout, raised $3M to use AI to define hardware products
The four-person Seattle startup sells a subscription that turns uploaded data into hardware requirements, personas and risk lists.
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2,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDEnza, from two ex-Network International execs, raised a $6M seed for African bank payments
Two ex-Network International executives founded Enza in 2022 to sell payments infrastructure to African banks; it reports 10M+ monthly contracted transactions.
Read the caseEli Lilly put discounted Zepbound vials into Walmart pharmacies for in-store pickup
From mid-November 2025, cash-paying patients could pick up Zepbound vials at $349-$499 at Walmart's ~4,600 pharmacies.
Read the caseDatanomik spun out of AstroPay with a $6M a16z-led seed for LatAm open finance
An AstroPay product lead built an internal bank-data aggregator, then left to found Datanomik with AstroPay's co-founder and a $6M seed led by a16z.
Read the caseCVS piloted HealthHUB stores in Houston to make drugstores health-care sites after Aetna
Three redesigned Houston CVS stores swapped greeting cards for dietitians, labs and yoga rooms to cut chronic-care costs for Aetna.
Read the caseCoupang ended its 10-minute Tokyo pilot and left Japan for Korea and Taiwan
Coupang Japan's pilot — 10-minute delivery in Meguro and Setagaya from nearby stores — ended 21 March 2023; Korea and Taiwan became the priorities.
Read the caseCopper ended teen banking in 24 hours when Synapse failed, pivoting to its 'Earn' app
Seattle teen-banking startup Copper said on May 12, 2024 it would drop its debit card and accounts within a day after its middleware vendor Synapse failed.
Read the caseCogni, a lifestyle neobank, pivoted to web3 with a $23M round as crypto became a lifestyle
Cogni, a Barclays-accelerator neobank for 18-to-35s, raised $23M in April 2022 to add a crypto wallet, exchange access and DeFi savings to its banking app.
Read the casePipe co-founder's CapStack raised $6M pre-product for a bank-to-bank loan marketplace
After leaving Pipe, Michal Cieplinski raised $6M pre-product for CapStack, saying 60+ banks agreed to join a shared loan-portfolio platform.
Read the caseBrex cut off non-VC-backed startups to chase enterprise — the fallout (interview)
Co-founder Henrique Dubugras recounts the June 2022 decision to drop most small-business customers, the backlash, and what he would do differently.
Read the caseBlock Party put its Twitter anti-harassment tool on hiatus and bet on Privacy Party
Twitter's paywalled API made Block Party's flagship unworkable; it paused it on 31 May 2023 and moved to a proactive privacy extension.
Read the caseBabylist handed its CEO role to Rent the Runway founder Jenn Hyman ahead of an IPO
Babylist founder Natalie Gordon became executive chair and chose founder Jenn Hyman as CEO from Sept 9, 2026, with the baby-registry firm nearing an IPO.
Read the caseBosch's Azena ended external business for its AI camera app store after heavy investment
Bosch's Azena, an app store and OS for AI cameras it started in 2018, shifted to Bosch-internal work in December 2022 and stopped selling externally.
Read the caseEx-Google duo's Automat turns screen videos into automations, undercutting RPA on price
Two Google Creative Lab alumni left for YC W23 betting LLMs could replace low-code RPA: record a task, Automat builds it at 1/10th the price.
Read the caseAutodesk acquires Wonder Dynamics to put AI-driven VFX inside Maya's artist pipeline
After a Maya plug-in in 2023, Autodesk bought the AI mocap and masking startup, taking its founders and full staff; terms were not disclosed.
Read the caseAtomic Machines spent six years in stealth building a compiler for micro-machines
Jeff Holden's $250M startup says its Matter Compiler turns code alone into working micro-machines — starting with a 50-microsecond switch.
Read the caseAstrumU shut down after raising $50M+ for a skills data platform that came 'too early'
AstrumU, a Bellevue startup that valued people's skills for colleges and employers, closed in July 2025 after raising over $50M and employing 70 at peak.
Read the caseArcimoto made board member Chris Dawson CEO after cutting about 200 jobs
The three-wheeled EV maker ended 2022 with under $500K, raised $18M, cut about 200 jobs and changed CEO again in April 2023.
Read the caseAnthropic acquires Vercept, a computer-use agent startup, and shuts its Vy product
Anthropic bought the Seattle startup after a co-founder left for Meta, taking three founders; Vercept's customers got until 25 March.
Read the caseAnthropic gives qualifying startups a free year of Claude Team and $1,000 in credits
Announced at SF Tech Week: five premium seats free for a year, API credits, Marketplace access and Applied AI office hours for young startups.
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