Seattle startup co-founder Matt Bencke was ‘a force of nature’ | The Seattle Times

Mr. Bencke, the popular co-founder of Seattle startup Mighty AI and a former Microsoft manager, died in his Bellevue home late Wednesday night after his battle with cancer. In the weeks after learning he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Matt Bencke diligently put together photo albums for his two daughters with nearly a decade’s worth of pictures. He also worked with a videographer for nearly an hour each day, recording advice for them on college, careers and love, as well as stories of his life. Mr. Bencke, the popular co-founder of Seattle startup Mighty AI and a former Microsoft manager, died at his Bellevue home late Wednesday night from cancer. He was 45. “We are all so fragile. Each day is precious.” Mr. Bencke wrote these words in a post on national tech news site Wired in late August. He chronicled the days, less than a month before, when he found out he had pancreatic cancer and that his life was “hanging by a thread.” Since then, a public Facebook group with updates on his cond

Mr. Bencke, the popular co-founder of Seattle startup Mighty AI and a former Microsoft manager, died in his Bellevue home late Wednesday night after his battle with cancer. In the weeks after learning he had stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Matt Bencke diligently put together photo albums for his two daughters with nearly a decade’s worth of pictures. He also worked with a videographer for nearly an hour each day, recording advice for them on college, careers and love, as well as stories of his life. Mr. Bencke, the popular co-founder of Seattle startup Mighty AI and a former Microsoft manager, died