Seattle’s public-private partnership ‘AI House’ grows to 21 startups in first year

(The Center Square) – Seattle’s Office of Economic Development is calling the first year of its artificial intelligence public-private partnership a major success after growing its number of startups from 15 to 21.

The partnership, titled “AI House” is run out of Pier 70 on the Seattle waterfront, with the space intended to be used as a de facto AI town hall, allowing talent – entrepreneurs, investors, students and community leaders – to work together.

The public-private partnership includes the Seattle Office of Economic Development, the nonprofit AI research institute AI2 Incubator and Ada Developers Academy.

Seattle used $210,000 in funding from the Office of Economic Development and $400,000 from a Washington State Department of Commerce grant to lease the waterfront space to...