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This week, Artificial Intelligence — you know, the AI — it's a thing. We'll talk about the new Oregon Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, the AI Portland meetup, the Weekly AI Chat, and — of course — Rosie, our helpful AI concierge for the Portland startup community. I also cover BuzzCutt, RAIN Catalysts, and Pitch Latino Seattle. PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP NEWS ABOUT SILICON FLORIST --...

This week, I've got a secret to share with you, Agility Robotics names Peggy Johnson CEO, XOXO is back for one more year, Demolicious March has a full slate of startups, and the list of with all 58 Black businesses shared by Stephen Green and Built Oregon during Black History Month is complete. Let's get into it. PORTLAND STARTUP AND TECH NEWS00:00 Portland, Oregon, startup and tech news00...

This week, we're still digging through all of the conversations about Techstars Seattle being shuttered, creating a list of AI startups, AI companies, and artificial intelligence projects in Oregon, Bend has a new resource for entrepreneurs, and more. PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland Oregon startup news for March 1, 202400:42 First Friday at UpStart Collective Westside01:47 Techstar...

This week — in a special Pacific Northwest startup news version — we cover the history of Techstars Seattle as it closes its doors, hard cider entrepreneur Reverend Nat West runs for Portland City Council District 2, Dtocs takes the Demolicious belt from Kickplan, and the next First Friday is at the new westside location of UpStart Collective. PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS00:00 Pacific Northwest startup n...

This week, I test drive a new format and WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK, Jive cofounder Bill Lynch has a new AI startup, the Wings Conference promises to be a destination event for climate and climate tech, Demolicious title defense, and Panic fulfills all of the Playdate pre-orders. Let's get into it.

This week was a rollercoaster of highest highs and lowest lows. PDXWIT, the nonprofit focused on making the Portland Oregon tech community more inclusive was forced to shut its doors, PitchBlack handed out more than $80,000 in prizes, two time Y Combinator alum Darius Monsef has a new AI startup, and more. PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP + TECH NEWS 00:00 This week in Portland Oregon startup and tech news...

This week, we talk celebrating Black founders throughout Black History Month, GeekWire and TAO Oregon Tech Awards nominations, westside expansion for UpStart Collective, startup accelerators from VertueLab and RAIN Catalysts, and the Portland Winter Light Festival. PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS (FEB 2, 2024) 00:00 Portland Oregon startup and tech news 00:52 Black History Month "One founder each day&q...

This week, Digs raises $7 million from Oregon Venture Fund, Portland Seed Fund, and others; the Portland Mercado food carts are back online; Demolicious returns; and the Silicon Forest Tech Summit is in the books, successfully. PORTLAND TECH AND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup and tech news 01:04 Portland Mercado food carts are back 01:47 Successful Silicon Forest Tech Summit 03:08 Digs raises...

This week, we lost a member of the startup community, PitchBlack sells out, Lewis & Clark Winterim 2024 winners, the Silicon Forest Tech Summit, and AI startup WiseOx powers a new AI Portland startup community concierge named Rosie 🌹 PORTLAND STARTUP AND TECH NEWS 2024-01-19 00:00 Portland, Oregon, startup and tech news 00:26 RIP John Skelly https://gofund.me/5e05c02e 01:10 Portland winter we...

This week in Portland startup news, Rukaiyah Adams speaks at the Portland Business Journal Power Breakfast, Lewis & Clark College hosts their Winterim startup sprint, an Apple iPhone falls from an Alaska Air flight and lives to tell about, and a whole bunch of Portland tech events for the upcoming week. PORTLAND STARTUP AND TECH NEWS 2024-01-12 00:00 Portland tech and startup news 00:47 Lewis...

Tragic news to start 2024, Portland Mercado — a hub of Latine food entrepreneurship — suffered a devastating fire that has completely shuttered the location. In other news, PitchBlack has selected companies for the 2024 event; Scott Hanselman now publishes his podcast on YouTube Podcasts; a ton of events happening in the next week; and predictions from VCs for 2024. PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP NEWS 00...

This week, we talk about the Portland startup community year that was and the Portland startup community year that will be. We hear from Ian Williams of Deadstock Coffee as he shares thought on community and connection on the @ItsAboutToGoDownShow . And a reminder that First Friday is next Friday. PORTLAND NEWS ON STARTUPS 00:00 Portland startup community news 01:10 Portland startup community prim...

This week, we talk about Shelpful, the AI solution from Amazon, Microsoft, and Y Combinator alums, Demolicious https://youtu.be/zoF6_a6zu_8, Startup Santa https://youtu.be/UYVT_iwWJDo, and the Portland startup community AMA https://www.youtube.com/live/UHYZO6ReDiA. PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 00:28 Shelpful raises $3 million from Sam Altman 01:12 Demolicious is back 02:27 Sta...

This week in Portland Oregon tech and startup news, I'll cover PitchBlack 2024, WordCamp US 2024, AI Portland, a list of Portland and Oregon startups to watch, Oregon Venture Fund, and more. PORTLAND TECH AND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland Oregon startup and tech news for the week ending Dec 15 2023 00:30 PitchBlack 2024 https://pitchblackpdx.com 01:43 AI Portland - Artificial Intelligence meetup...

This week in Portland Oregon startup and tech news, I'll cover articles from Portland Monthly on Portland's past and reimagining Portland's future; Senator Ron Wyden on Apple, Google, and push notifications; a new roof for PDX; a new food & beverage consultancy; and podcasts from Stephen Green, Scott Hanselman, The Shades of Entrepreneurship, and more. PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP AND T...

Portland, Oregon, startup news this week has a great mix of Oregon consumer product startup news and Portland tech startup news. So many company mentions. And some national recognition in the pages of Inc. magazine. Trying to keep this all under 10 minutes was more challenging than I could handle. So I'm 90 seconds over. As always, I'll chunk the Portland startup news below so that you can...

It's Black Friday. The end of a quiet Thanksgiving week in the Portland, Oregon, tech and startup news world. And yet… there's still news. Including some breaking news around PitchBlack, PodInbox changing its name, First Friday coming up, Bootstrap Founders, and more. Remembering Turkey Tracker https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/21/remembering-turkey-tracker/ First Friday at Upstart Collec...

Ride Report got acquired. Built Oregon shares a list of gift boxes for your holiday giving. Oregon Entrepreneurs Network held their annual awards ceremony, and other Portland startup news. https://siliconflorist.com PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP NEWS Ride Report acquired https://inrix.com/press-releases/inrix-acquires-ride-report/ Portland Business Journal startups to watch in 2024 https://siliconfloris...

Get your SXSW Pitch application done! Than, we'll chat about Oregon Venture Fund seeking new Angel investors to participate in their venture capital fund, an AI cofounder for your company, Caroline Cummings stepping down from RAIN, and other Portland startup news. https://siliconflorist.com PORTLAND OREGON STARTUP NEWS Portland startup news, this week Oregon Venture Fund seeks investors https:...

Portland startup news this week includes the Portland teachers strike and its impact on Portland startup founders, ideas for getting connected to the Portland startup community, venture capital office hours in Portland, and more. PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS - NOVEMBER 3, 2023 00:00 Portland startup news - November 3, 2023 00:31 Portland teachers strike and a CENTRL Office offer https://siliconflorist.co...

Portland news about startups. Reading is hard. Fundamental. But hard. Even if it's interesting stuff about the Portland startup community. So what if I took the opportunity to read you all of the headlines and gave you a brief overview of what's happening in the community, week to week…? Giving this a test drive. It might work. It might not. It might put you to sleep. Whatever the case, please let...

Rick Turoczy brings you the latest Portland, Oregon, startup news for the week ending October 13, 2023. Long story short, pretty busy week in the Portland startup community. An acquisition, an expansion to the Bay Area, a write up in a major tech blog… Everything is linked below for your convenience. Portland startup news - Oct 13, 2023 Discogs https://siliconflorist.com/2023/10/09/discogs/ Bright...

So much winning Portland, Oregon, startup news this week. Bend Venture Conference. Pitch Latino. Latino Founder. Sixty AI. Fridie Outdoors. Federal tech hub grants. Buzzcutt. Sober October. Win win win win. Winning startups. Winning founders. All kinds of startup wins. Bend Venture Conference 2023 winners https://siliconflorist.com/2023/10/24/winner-winner-bend-venture-conference-sorry-that-doesnt...

For Bend and other Oregon startups, it's High Desert Innovation Week in Bend, Oregon, with Bend Venture Conference (BVC) and more. But that's not the only thing in Oregon startup news, this week. There's stuff in Portland startup news, as well. Portland startup news, this week https://siliconflorist.com Bend Oregon High Desert Innovation Week https://www.hdinnovationweek.com/ Built Ore...

Interested in staying up to date on Portland, Oregon, startup news? I've been writing about the Portland startup community for 16+ years. Now, I'm providing a weekly recap to ensure that you're always in the loop on what's happening. Even if you don't have time to read https://siliconflorist.com on a regular basis.