A wall-sized portrait of 625 Washington tech companies and the founder lineages that connect them. The first update in eleven years.
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Why and Numbers behind
The Tech Universe Map is a wall-sized portrait of Washington's tech ecosystem — organized not by industry, but by the people who built it. Each company sits in a constellation around the parent organization its founders came from, so Microsoft, Amazon, and the University of Washington each anchor dense networks of the startups their alumni went on to launch, with smaller hubs orbiting in turn.
Updated for the first time since 2015, the 2026 edition traces eleven years of new founder pipelines, engineering centers, and emerging companies — revealing what statistics alone cannot: that Washington's strength lies in how deeply its tech ecosystem is connected to itself.
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Washington tech companies on the map
Companies whose founders came from Microsoft
Companies whose founders came from Amazon
Companies connected to the University of Washington
Years since the last edition
The map is built from founder lineages — connections between parent organizations and the companies their alumni went on to launch.
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The 2026 Analysis
A deeper look at what the data tells us about how Washington's tech ecosystem keeps making itself.
The Story of the 2015 Map
The original GeekWire feature on the 2015 edition — the predecessor to the 2026 map.
See the whole universe on your wall!
The map is meant to be seen at full resolution. Hang it in your office, your studio, or your home — and trace the constellations yourself.
Dimensions: 24x36 inches
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