There’s a new No. 1 on the GeekWire 200 as AI and hardware reshape our Pacific Northwest startup index

Companies building software for the AI boom and advanced machinery for space, energy and defense are remaking the Pacific Northwest’s tech economy, and both trends are showing up in full force on the GeekWire 200 , our ranking of the region’s top privately held tech startups. The Fall 2026 update, released Wednesday morning, features a new No. 1: Temporal, the Bellevue, Wash., company whose software keeps AI agents running reliably.