Seattle’s history of hardware heartbreak: Big raises, high hopes, hard landings
November 13, 2025
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as posted by the channelSeattle’s consumer-hardware ambitions are once again colliding with economic reality. The struggles of Glowforge and Rad Power Bikes echo a long regional history of big raises, high hopes, and hard landings — shaped by the pandemic, VC, and the unforgiving nature of building real products.
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