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CardSight AI Helps Trading Card Businesses Speed Up Graded Slab Workflows With No New Hardware or Subscriptions
CardSight AI, Inc. Logo Graded trading card labels are now returned by CardSight AI CardMagic takes a standard picture of a graded trading card from any camera or cell phone and creates a clean, listing-ready image CardSight now reads every line of text on a graded slab label, and CardMagic now turns a phone photo of a slab into a listing-ready image. Milliseconds matter when your business is processing hundreds or thousands of trading cards per day.
CardSight AI Crosses 10,000 Identifiable Trading Card Sets With Soccer Launch and Industry-Leading Speed & Transparency
CardSight AI Crosses 10,000 Identifiable Trading Card Sets With Soccer Launch and Industry-Leading Speed & Transparency CardSight, the company's identification product, adds soccer and graded slab certificate numbers while responding in under 400 milliseconds. Most trading card identification systems get slower and more expensive with every set they add.
CardSight AI Launches CardMagic, Turning Any Phone Into a Listing-Ready Trading Card Studio With No Hardware Required
CardSight AI Launches CardMagic, Turning Any Phone Into a Listing-Ready Trading Card Studio With No Hardware Required Apps built on CardSight AI can now turn one phone photo of up to nine raw trading cards into clean, centered listing images plus detailed corner close-ups. A buyer should see the trading card they are paying for, not a reflection off a top loader.
CardSight AI Delivers Release-Day Support for Pokémon's 30th Anniversary Set
As Pokémon TCG launched its first simultaneous worldwide release, apps built on CardSight AI could identify the new set from day one. When a new stock lists, nobody expects their brokerage app to wait weeks before showing a quote. Collectors deserve the same from their trading card apps, and that starts on release day” — Eric Nusbaum, Co-Founder and CEO of CardSight AI.
CardSight AI Expands Trading Card Infrastructure to MMA, Surpassing 8,250 Supported Sets
CardSight AI Expands Trading Card Infrastructure to MMA, Surpassing 8,250 Supported Sets Thirty years of MMA trading cards join the API-first platform where builders launch trading card apps in a weekend, not months. Nobody should have to apply for permission to build a trading card app. Sign up, grab an API key, and ship.
CardSight AI Joins Northeastern University's Roux Institute to Build the Trading Card Industry's Infrastructure
CardSight AI Joins Northeastern University's Roux Institute to Build the Trading Card Industry's Infrastructure The Portland area company is one of 10 startups selected for the seventh cohort of the Roux Institute's Founder Residency, from across the US and the world.
CardSight AI Adds Japanese Pokémon, One Piece, and 8-Language Magic Identification
Pokémon, One Piece, and Magic identification now report a card's printed language, so apps stop silently returning Japanese cards as their US versions. If your product hands someone the US record for a Japanese card and says nothing, that is not identification. That is a guess. Telling people what they are holding is the least we owe them.” — Eric P.
CardSight AI Adds One Piece Card Identification, Trading Card Database, and Market Data for Platforms
Developers can now identify One Piece cards from a single photo, one card or a full page at once, and build on CardSight AI's structured catalog and market data We custom-train our AI for One Piece so identification holds up in the real world, one card or many at a time, wherever collectors happen to be shooting.” — igne Bone, Founding Engineer at CardSight AI PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, July 13, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- CardSight AI, the trading card infrastructure platform, today...
CardSight AI Launches "Break Out of the Box" Campaign, Spotlighting One-Shot, Multi-Card Trading Card Recognition
CardSight AI Supports Identifying Multiple Cards in One Image Custom-trained computer vision meets collectors where they are — identifying card a full binder page, while legacy tools still scan one card at a time We train our identification for the real-world conditions collectors actually shoot in, not lab conditions, and our AI is built to read several cards in a single image.
An Incomplete History of Pro Sports in Seattle
Crowd at victory parade for NBA Champions the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979. Seattle Sports have been a vital part of the city since its inception. From the rainy shores of Elliott Bay, we've been hitting balls and keeping score for well over a century. Sometimes, we even win. Rainier Baseball Club scorecard, 1906 1903 The Rainiers (Sort Of) The Seattle Siwashes were founding members of the Pacific Coast League. The nickname didn’t last long.
CardSight AI Brings AI-Powered Identification to Magic: The Gathering, Expanding Its Trading Card Game Lineup
CardSight AI adds full Magic: The Gathering identification to its trading card API, giving developers the infrastructure to build new innovative TCG apps They get to focus on the features their users actually want, instead of spending years and millions of dollars solving the recognition problem first.” — Eric P. Nusbaum, CEO CardSight AI PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, June 17, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- CardSight AI, Inc.
Guide to the World Cup in Seattle
As the World Cup arrives in Seattle this summer, it’ll be part of a groundbreaking version of the event, the first to be stretched across three countries—Mexico, the US, and Canada. We join 15 other cities from Vancouver to Guadalajara in hosting games, capturing some of the wild energy that always erupts for the truly global competition. Seattle World Cup Matches June 15 The first-ever World Cup game in Seattle will feature two teams from Group G that showcase big-time superstar players.
Hanging Out with Seattle Sports Mascots
There is no technical term for a group of mascots. Like, for example, a school of fish. A murder of crows. But perhaps there should be—and it ought to capture the manic energy generated by, say, a half dozen furry-suited characters running wildly through an empty stadium concourse, even without fans to interact with. Maybe a chaos of mascots. A tumult of mascots. That energy was on display before a recent game at T-Mobile Park, as the Mariner Moose prepared to celebrate his 36th birthday.
Seattle Is Truly a Great Sports City
From left: Rhubarb (Tacoma Rainiers), Humpy (Mariners), Harry the Husky (University of Washington), Mariner Moose, Doppler (Storm), Buoy (Kraken), Lincoln (Everett Silvertips), Sammy the Sounder. The rest of America doesn’t tend to think of Seattle as a capital-letter Sports Town like, say, Boston or Philly.
The 25 Greatest Seattle Athletes
No disrespect to the mid-’90s (seriously, just read on), but we’re in the middle of the greatest sports era Seattle has ever seen. The city is loaded with superb women’s and men’s pro teams. The Seahawks just won the Super Bowl. The World Cup is coming. But any Seattle sports fan can also tell you that the experience of loving the game here has always come with a lot of heartbreak. The good news? It’s also always come with a lovable cast of characters.
Guide to the World Cup in Seattle
As the World Cup arrives in Seattle this summer, it’ll be part of a groundbreaking version of the event, the first to be stretched across three countries—Mexico, the US, and Canada. We join 15 other cities from Vancouver to Guadalajara in hosting games, capturing some of the wild energy that always erupts for the truly global competition. Seattle World Cup Matches June 15 The first-ever World Cup game in Seattle will feature two teams from Group G that showcase big-time superstar players.
CardSight AI Launches Pokémon Trading Card Identification, Expanding Catalog to over 9 Million Trading Cards
Pokémon identification spans every era from the 1999 Base Set through Scarlet & Violet, with raw and graded slab support across the full CardSight AI platform. Pokémon is one of the most beloved and historically significant trading card games ever made, and serving Pokémon collectors meant we had to do it right.” — Eric P.
CardSight AI Launches Industry-First Real-Time Video Streaming Identification for Trading Cards
New capability brings continuous trading card identification to live video streams, with support for all major streaming protocols. Video is becoming central to how trading cards are shown, traded, and sold, and the businesses operating in that environment need infrastructure built for it” — Eric P.
CardSight AI Deploys Full Slab Grade Identification Across Five Grading Companies, Launches Market Pricing Data in Beta
Platform now identifies grading company and grade for PSA, Beckett, SGC, CGC, and TAG slabs; new pricing endpoints deliver raw market data to developers Builders deploying our technology can now point a camera at a graded card and instantly know the card, the grading company, and the grade, in the blink of an eye.” — Eric P. Nusbaum PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, April 2, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- CardSight AI, Inc.
CardSight AI Completes Coverage of All Four Major Sports with Hockey Card Identification Launch
Platform delivers on Q1 promise; enhanced MCP server brings full trading card data access to AI assistants and builders When we launched Football identification earlier this year, we said our goal was all four major sports by the end of Q1. Today we're delivering on that promise.” — Eric P. Nusbaum PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, March 17, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- CardSight AI, Inc.
CardSight AI Launches Basketball Card Identification, Expanding Platform to Three Major Sports
CardSight AI adds close to 1 million Basketball cards spanning 1957-2026. Platform now covers three major sports with Hockey expected by end of Q1 2026. Basketball is one of the fastest-growing segments in sports card collecting and investing, and we're thrilled to bring full support to our platform” — Eric P. Nusbaum PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, February 23, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- CardSight AI, Inc.
CardSight AI Launches Football Card Identification, New Ultra Tier for Growing Apps
AI-powered platform adds Identification Support for 1M+ Football Cards to 4M Baseball Catalog; adds $199.95 Ultra tier. Basketball and hockey coming Q1 2026. We built CardSight AI to level the playing field, giving anyone with an idea the same infrastructure that would otherwise require millions of dollars and years of development to create.” — Eric P. Nusbaum PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES, February 9, 2026 / EINPresswire.com/ -- CardSight AI, Inc.
There’s No Place in Seattle like Pioneer Square Habitat Beach
You can keep your Golden Gardens and your Alki. My favorite beach in Seattle would be a terrible place for a bonfire or for launching a stand-up paddleboard. You definitely don’t want to let your dog run around off-leash there either. Because my favorite beach is the tiny little pocket of paradise tucked just south of the Colman Dock ferry terminal at the foot of Yesler Way.
How Pull-Tabs Make Dive Bar Gambling Cheap and Easy
When Patrick Files’s dad bought the Sloop Tavern in 1999, the Ballard bar earned enough money selling pull-tabs to pay its rent every month. That’s no longer the case. But even now, decades later, when you walk up to the bar at the Sloop, you can still buy some pull-tabs with your beer. What are pull-tabs? This is a question that many a transplant has asked upon their first visit to a dive bar in Washington. It’s one that Files says he still gets “constantly” at the Sloop.
How Pull-Tabs Make Dive Bar Gambling Cheap and Easy
Pull-tabs aren’t as popular as they used to be at the Sloop, but owner Patrick Files says they are still part of the bar’s culture. When Patrick Files’s dad bought the Sloop Tavern in 1999, the Ballard bar earned enough money selling pull-tabs to pay its rent every month. That’s no longer the case. But even now, decades later, when you walk up to the bar at the Sloop, you can still buy some pull-tabs with your beer. What are pull-tabs?
The Weirdest Seattle News of 2025
Image: Courtesy FBI and Seattle Met Composite One of the perks of being an REI co-op member is the store’s generous return policy. If you don’t like a water bottle, or a jacket, or a pair of hiking boots, you have 365 days to bring it back—or at least most of you do. The retailer recently sent notice out to a small fraction of its members (less than 0.02 percent) who, REI says, abused the company’s generosity, returning the vast majority of their purchases, often after having used them.
CardSight AI Launches Invite-Only Beta for AI-Powered Trading Card Identification & Infrastructure Platform
CardSight AI Launches Invite-Only Beta for AI-Powered Trading Card Identification & Infrastructure Platform Maine-based startup opens early access to developers and strategic partners, delivering accurate trading card identification API with baseball card coverage We're placing our bet on the belief that with today's advancements in AI, anyone with a great idea is now enabled to be a builder—and we want to provide the infrastructure that makes that possible.”PORTLAND, ME, UNITED STATES,...
Taken by ICE | Seattle Met
There is a 12-foot chain-link fence separating the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma from the world outside. But you barely notice the fence. The facility, which opened in 2004 and is operated by the for-profit GEO Group, blends naturally into its surroundings: drab and gray and low-slung. Just another warehouse in an area full of them, tucked behind the Port of Tacoma. This is a quiet and lonesome stretch. Family members idle in their cars, waiting for visiting hours.
A Beautiful, Heartbreaking Mariners Season
The heartbreaking logic of sports dictates that for all but one team, a great and memorable season must end in painful defeat. The pain came last night for the 2025 Seattle Mariners, who were great, if not always good; loveable, if not always logical; and packed a decade’s worth of memories into a single beautiful, absurd, and very frustrating season. They were this close to going where no Mariners team has gone before. There are so many ways it could have ended differently.
This Is the Most Mariners Mariners Team Ever
Think back to late March. It wasn’t that long ago. The Seattle Mariners entered the 2025 season with typical Mariners-ish expectations: Maybe they’d compete for a playoff spot, or maybe after yet another underwhelming offseason with no major free agent acquisitions, they’d fall short. They won just three of their first 10 games. Cal Raleigh hit two home runs in that span, both in losses, neither feeling very significant at the time.
The Seattle Met Book Club Is Back
The best book recommendations don’t come from algorithms. They don’t come from influencers, either. The best book recommendations come from friends. In this case, that friend is Thomas Kohnstamm, the author of Seattle Met’s first ever book club selection, Supersonic. Thomas reached out earlier this year to suggest that we consider the book that has now become our second selection: Moira Macdonald’s Storybook Ending.
How a Seattle Kraken Bobblehead Is Born
Every Seattle Kraken bobblehead tells a story. Not literally. After all, no matter how skilled they are in nonverbal communication, bobbleheads are still just polyresin dolls with their heads held on by springs. But figuratively? Most definitely. Nicole Shabaz wouldn’t have it any other way. Shabaz, who goes by Shabz, works on in-game entertainment and runs promotions for the Kraken.
Inside the Life of an Instacart Shopper
It’s not hard to identify an Instacart shopper at your local supermarket: Look for the people alternately staring at their phones and examining labels to make sure they got the exact right brand of canned beans. I spotted Lucas De Monnin, 30, flying through the Tacoma Costco with a loaded cart. Recently laid off from his job in digital marketing, he is Instacarting for some supplemental income while looking for a full-time job. What made you pick Instacart as opposed to, say, Uber Eats?
PREMIERE: Watch Tomo Nakayama's New Video for "Ocean"
Last time we checked in with Tomo Nakayama, the Seattle singer-songwriter was sharing his favorite spots around town, and reminiscing about his time working at the Neptune Theatre. This time, he's sharing a brand-new music video, which we're premiering here at Seattle Met. Nakayama's new single, "Ocean", is the first track off his new album, also called Ocean, out November 7 from Porchlight Records.
The Washington State Fair Is Too Expensive
This morning at our editorial meeting, my colleague Naomi Tomky told us about her family's trip to the fair over the weekend. They had a great time. But an expensive one. Which reminded me of this story originally published in 2023. Even these prices from two years ago now feel like a thing of the distant past. (Parking, for example, is now $22 on weekends.) A few years back, somebody asked me if I was a “fair person.” At first, I didn’t really know what the question meant. Fair in what sense?
Things to Do in Washington Before You Die (or Move Away)
When we set out to make our bucket list of Washington experiences (like what to see and what to eat), we had to set Seattle aside. After all, Seattle Met itself is one big, ever-evolving bucket list for the greater Seattle area. But we had to jot down the biggies, so here are the top Seattle experiences you should achieve before leaving. Get on it.
Cal Raleigh Wins the Home Run Derby
What’s more Mariners to you? Scenario A: An electrifying young player goes to the Home Run Derby at Major League Baseball’s All-Star break and puts on an astonishing display of power only to lose because the arcane rules of the game have left him tired out before the final round.
Florida Man Collects Ichiro Baseball Memorabilia
This weekend, longtime Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki will travel to Cooperstown, New York, for his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Lots of televisions in Seattle and of course Japan will be tuned into the broadcast. But so will at least one in Leesburg, Florida, a small city about an hour from Orlando. For 15 years, Ray Gerkey has been amassing what is almost certainly the world’s biggest collection of Ichiro baseball cards and memorabilia.
Microsoft’s Move to Redmond Reshaped the Eastside Forever
“Bellevue is big,” wrote Carolyn Casey of The Seattle Times in a story published November 28, 1984, “but it isn’t big enough for the rapidly growing Microsoft Corp., which has announced plans to move from its cramped location straddling Highway 520 in Bellevue to a much larger site in Redmond.” That much larger site has now been Microsoft’s headquarters for nearly 40 years.
The Meaning of a Microsoft Blue Badge
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, even in the heavily subsidized cafés on Microsoft’s Redmond campus. But that doesn’t mean employees have it bad. After all, they might still qualify for a free plate at Dough Zone, a separate line for check-in at Sea-Tac, and a discounted stay at Suncadia.
Secret Spots in Seattle’s University District
Any good college town has a few odd corners and special spots known only to locals. Given that the University District is home to a giant campus, it has a lot of those things. We found our favorite tucked-away treasures (plus one parking hack). Duck into an alley for Cafe Allegro, which claims to be the city’s oldest espresso bar and still roasts its beans on-site.
Longtime Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki Is Going to the Hall of Fame
Once up on a time, not that long ago, I was a baseball writer. And before that, I was a baseball fan. But it doesn't take much of a writer, or even much of a fan, to know that Ichiro Suzuki, who was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday afternoon, was more than deserving.
What a La Niña Winter Could Mean for Snow in Seattle, Washington
It’s still a novelty when it snows in Seattle. Seemingly mature grown-ups bound around among the flakes and ride trash can lids down newly formed sledding hills. But it doesn’t take long for our steep, icy streets to turn into something a lot less fun. Here’s how local agencies manage the snow—and how citizens are supposed to help.
Beloved Gardening Expert Ciscoe Morris Shares His Seattle Favorites
Ciscoe Morris hitchhiked to Seattle from Wisconsin in 1971 after getting out of the military. “I never had any idea I’d ever be doing TV and radio and giving talks everywhere,” he says. His first job in Washington was on a garden crew at a Seattle City Light facility in the North Cascades. His boss there told him to go get some education—so he did, at South Seattle Community College.
The Weirdest Seattle News of 2024
Image: ImagesMaderLA/Shutterstock.com, Brian Hendricks/shutterstock.com, and Seattle Met Composite Image Barging In A runaway barge drifting perilously close to tourist attractions on the Seattle waterfront? Sounds like a scenario dreamed up for a Grey’s Anatomy episode. But it actually happened late last year.
Eastside Seattle Towns, Then and Now
Then: Seattle’s blander reflection. A place full of office parks, glass buildings, and shopping centers serving women in pearl necklaces and men in khakis. Now: The same idea, but more diverse, more crowded with incredible food served in giant restaurants; and, yes, more parking spots than anywhere else on earth, most buried beneath enormous towers. Then: A sleepy waterfront town perfect for lunch with your grandmother or watching a parade. Hometown to a quaint retail chain called Costco.
10 Gifts for Baseball Fanatics
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The History of Washington’s Famous 2004 Election
The candidate—if that’s what you’d still call him—stood before reporters at his campaign headquarters and spoke only briefly. He took no questions. It was all over, he acknowledged. The only thing now was for his opponent to get a fair chance in office. “It’s important to the state of Washington that she is successful in implementing her campaign promises,” said Dino Rossi, officially putting an end to the closest gubernatorial race in the history of the United States. How close was it?
Local Singer-Songwriter Tomo Nakayama Shares His Favorite Seattle Spots
It would be hard to find a more “Seattle” musician than Tomo Nakayama. More famous? Sure. More likely to rep the city by wearing a Sonics throwback on TV? Probably. But certainly not more entrenched in the city’s arts scene, or more attuned to the reality of daily life here. Nakayama, who grew up in Bellevue and attended the University of Washington, was the front man for two bands, Asahi and Grand Hallway, before embarking on a solo career. His music is melodic, empathetic, and thoughtful.
Meet Mexico City's Biggest Seattle Seahawks Football Fan
The last thing I expected to see while walking through a Mexico City marketplace was a shop completely decked out in Seattle Seahawks flags. Yet there, like something from a dream, amid the produce and dry goods stands of the Mercado Melchor Ocampo was Boutique de Sabores la Macarena, a small booth selling imported products from Spain under the familiar banner of the 12. No, the items he sells have nothing to do with Seattle or the NFL, says proprietor Erick Morales.
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