Plug and Play has selected the 10 startups that will take part in its third Seattle-area accelerator cohort as the program marks its one-year anniversary in the region.
The companies — nine of which are Seattle based — are participating in a 12-week program running through mid-June. Cohort participants are innovating across enterprise software, biotech, physical AI, robotics, and health tech.
“Seattle has one of the deepest pools of technical talent in the world, and this cohort reflects that,” said Jack Callaghan, director of Plug and Play Seattle, in a news release Monday.
Each startup receives one-on-one guidance to refine business models, strengthen go-to-market strategies, and build strategic partnerships. The program also supports the development of proof-of-concepts, pilot projects, and commercial relationships.
Here are the 10 startups, with descriptions of their work provided by Plug and Play:
- Ally AI, Seattle. An AI-powered customer engagement platform built specifically for auto dealerships, offering 24/7 intelligent virtual agents across multiple communication channels.
- Clockwork Bio, Seattle. Developing the data engine to power the AI revolution in drug discovery by leveraging AI at every step of the Experimental Biology Loop.
- ElastixAI, Seattle. Developing a novel AI inference infrastructure that co-designs machine learning optimizations, the inference software stack, and the compute backend together in real time.
- Glacis, Seattle. Building the trust infrastructure for production AI by providing a cryptographically verifiable layer that independently attests every AI decision in real time.
- ImYoo Health, Sunnyvale, Calif. A direct-to-consumer single-cell transcriptomics company aiming to deliver personalized, biology-driven health insights by connecting people with similar immune profiles.
- Reflection Robotics, Seattle. Building robot foundation models that make it dramatically faster and cheaper to automate physical tasks in manufacturing without requiring custom hardware or bespoke machines.
- Sigma Genetics, Seattle. Building a non-invasive device that can deliver charged molecules, such as DNA, RNA, and proteins into patient cells to treat the most challenging diseases.
- Strum AI, Seattle. Building an AI-first platform designed to lower the barrier for any enterprise to adopt algorithm-driven decision-making for supply chain excellence.
- Tibbling Technologies, Seattle. A research-driven AI and scientific discovery company focused on developing advanced multimodal AI systems to solve complex problems in health tech and neuroscience.
- Vicino AI, Seattle. A multi-agent GenAI platform for text/image-to-3D generation, enabling stepwise, personalized, and accurate asset generation for gaming, AR/VR product prototyping, and e-commerce.
A majority of the programming will take place virtually, but startups will have access to Plug and Play’s Seattle office inside the University of Washington’s CoMotion Labs. Plug and Play also has space at SNBL Global Gateway in Everett, Wash.
Plug and Play Seattle will host its Expo on June 5 at UW’s Kane Hall, where the cohort will showcase its progress.
Silicon Valley-based Plug and Play first announced it was coming to Seattle in November 2024, adding to its more than 60 locations worldwide.
In addition to startup accelerators, Plug and Play runs corporate innovation programs and has an in-house venture capital fund that has backed companies such as Dropbox, Gurdant Health, Honey, Lending Club, and PayPal.
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