I’m sorry it’s just dawning on me that both Portland and Seattle are currently governed by a “Mayor Wilson”
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More than mildly obsessed with connecting dots in Portland, Oregon… and often elsewhere #pdx #portland #startups https://youtube.com/@turoczy_
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ICYMI… Josh Carter details Portland's startup problems, mistakes, and where it could be doing better. siliconflorist.com/2026/08/04/h...
Highlight or maybe lowlight: Josh Carter on Portland’s startup problems – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
Sometimes, it’s just easier for me to blather on about something I’ve read than write about something I’ve read. But every so often, it’s important to do both. So I wanted t…
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A new offering from Tellagence siliconflorist.com/2026/08/04/s...
Seeking more contextual intelligence…? Check out the latest from Tellagence – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
Portland-based Tellagence has shipped a new feature they’re calling Tellagence Discover, a contextual-intelligence platform that is now generally available. What’s new…? It reads the &#…
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A new kind of processor: Rule42 Sports Technology Group sets sites on improving recruiting – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
I just started rewatching Ballers. So I’m going to consider myself an expert in sports recruiting for the time being. But clearly not as expert as some Intel alums who are taking on the indus…
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Me: People have tried this shit innumerable times and it has never worked. Also me: Maybe it will work this time.
After 14 years, I decided to retire Playfic, an online community for writing and sharing interactive fiction made with Inform 7. All the games will stay online indefinitely.
Waxy Refresh: The End of Playfic - Waxy.org
After 14 years, I decided to retire Playfic, an online community for writing and sharing interactive fiction made with Inform 7. All the games will stay online indefinitely.
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Rose City Robotics is starting off the month with some big news siliconflorist.com/2026/08/03/r...
Rose City til batteries die: Rose City Robotics lands Lithium-Ion recycling prize – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
Portland is more known for its recycling ethos than its robotics prowess. But this news has a foot in each of those camps. Portland’s Rose City Robotics just announced that they have been nam…
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After a decade, Portland Startup Week is dead. Long live Oregon Startup Week. siliconflorist.com/2026/08/03/p...
Portland Startup Week is no more – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
Still working on consuming my first pot of coffee, but this one woke me up. Portland Startup Week has been officially retired. In its place…? A brand new shiny Oregon Startup Week.
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“It is easy to form a certain opinion of a city when you view it only through a spreadsheet. And that it’s easy to dismiss its people when they don’t leap at the chance to give you millions.” — @billoram.bsky.social
Tom Dundon needs to see Portland at its best. He should start at a Timbers game | Bill Oram
If the new Trail Blazers owner had any interest in understanding the city with which he is at odds, there would have been no better place than Saturday's Timbers game.
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Who is wrong more often meteorologists or VCs…? Asking for a friend.
Lam Research is one of Oregon's largest manufacturers. Its big Tualatin expansion, in the works for years, appears to be moving forward now. Lam says it'll spend $1.5B on the project through 2041, and add 445 researchers and engineers. Its tax deal doesn't actually require any new jobs, though.
Tech manufacturer wins Oregon tax breaks for $1.5 billion expansion
The project would add 445 high-wage jobs, a shot in the arm for Oregon's beleaguered industry.
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Dropping the episode a little early this week. You're welcome…? www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU4z...
10 stories = supposedly "quiet week"? (Jul 31 2026) Oregon startup news
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Interested in sharing your opinions about the state of innovation in Oregon…? Well, you're in luck. siliconflorist.com/2026/07/30/b...
Business Oregon wants your feedback on Oregon’s 10-Year Innovation Plan – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
As you may have heard, Business Oregon created an Oregon 10-Year Innovation Plan (PDF) in 2021. Since we’re halfway through the plan at this point, they’re looking for your feedback. An…
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It's one of those days where you realize that a startup with a promising solution to one of your very real pain points has had to pivot — in order to survive — to offer something that has absolutely no use to you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #foreverfringe
Kari Doherty has created a simple and straightforward way to monitor what your favorite LLMs are saying about you — or your competitors siliconflorist.com/2026/07/30/w...
What are the various LLMs telling folks about your startup…? – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
Sometimes, the modern day AI world reminds me an awful lot of the early days of the Web and search engines. Where we are all trying to get Alta Vista and Excite and Lycos to at least spider our sit…
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"OSB says it's served around 800 businesses in its first year, and say their goal is to raise awareness of their office and work with more of them. They want to help businesses get on the right track before they struggle, not after the fact." katu.com/news/arc-pdx...
Prosper Portland's Office of Small Business looking to grow in its second year
Portland’s bar and restaurant scene is shifting fast as favorites like EastBurn, Pink Rabbit, and Miss Delta close.
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What if all of the features of online classrooms were available IRL…? youtu.be/WbW_l9W8Xjc
Tackling Classroom Engagement Head-On - Transcribbit
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"we've got some DEVIOUSNESS in store for you today" — new episode of The Full Stack drops on Thursday at noon Pacific 6 teams left, and this time they need to ship a full, working MVP. join me, @kelseyhightower.com, the team members, and more during the premiere www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4gZ...
They have to ship an MVP or the judges send them home
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Portland has been making Freightliner trucks since the company's founding in 1942. No longer. Daimler Truck North America told employees today it's shutting down its Freightliner and Western Star production lines on Swan Island and moving that work to the Carolinas.
Daimler Truck will shut Portland factory, lay off 375
The decision to shutter the factories ends 84 years of truck manufacturing in Portland, dating to Freightliner's founding in 1942.
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Need some stupidly simple — and effective — ways to support your fellow startup founders…? siliconflorist.com/2026/07/29/s...
Supporting a fellow startup founder is basically free — and stupidly simple – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
A gentle reminder for all of us: Our online existence is all algorithms. Discovery doesn’t happen in one big moment anymore. It happens through a series of tiny interactions. Interactions tha…
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After the tech industry maneuvered to circumvent a moratorium on new data center tax incentives, Hillsboro’s city council responded by secretly plotting a ban on new data center permitting. The new moratorium lasts 120 days while the city considers permanent reforms.
Hillsboro bans new data centers in surprise city council meeting
The city council said it kept its plans quiet to prevent the tech industry from circumventing the moratorium.
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Oregon Entrepreneurs Network reveals the finalists for the 2026 Angel Oregon Technology competition siliconflorist.com/2026/07/28/o...
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network reveals 2026 Angel Oregon Tech finalists – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community
Which startups were selected to participate in the “big check moment” for OEN Angel Oregon Technology, this year…? I’m glad you asked. Because the list just hit my inbox. So I can…
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I've never really come back to the "habitually online" sort of existence that I had with Twitter. Not saying that's a good or bad thing. Just saying that's a thing.
Now on to “We see you didn’t like our serious take” Mortal Kombat II
Now on to “We see you didn’t like our serious take” Mortal Kombat II
I loved the Masters of the Universe reboot the first time I saw it. When it was called Thor: Ragnarok.
So much news to get through. I barely had time to think. Or breathe. youtu.be/MLkxjaRKjNI
19 Oregon startup stories nobody's talking about yet (Jul 24 2026) Oregon startup news
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