Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

If I’ve echoed it once, I’ve echoed it a million times: “Oregon is the Silicon Valley of consumer products.” Food and beverage. Footwear. Apparel. Knives. The list goes on and on. And if you’re one of the people building a CPG company — or you just want to spend a day around all of the amazing folks who are — Built Oregon‘s annual festival is a sure fire way of running into your peers and heroes in one room. Built Festival is back for another year.

Hiring…? You can always prove how witty, intelligent, insightful, and community oriented your company is by posting those job openings to the Silicon Florist job board. It’s been quietly doing its thing for years now. So if you’re hiring, or hoping to get hired, it’s honestly worth a few minutes of your time to check out.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Accelerator Program | Oregon AI Accelerator

An 11-week intensive hybrid program designed to give 12–15 high-conviction AI startups the traction, mentorship, and regional ecosystem leverage to scale.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

My feed, My Way | Prime Minister of Australia

Social media platforms will be required to send a notification to new and existing users offering them a choice over their default feed. Users can choose to opt in to having their default feed include personalised content recommended by the algorithm. Alternatively, users can opt out of personally recommended content in their default feed and see the friends and creators they choose to follow. This will give Australians greater choice over their platforms and what they see.

Labor Day may have shortened the week. But it hasn’t reduced the number of events happening in the startup and tech community this week. Here’s a smattering of events that may pique your interest.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Introducing Photon Marine Pooseiden

If you’d asked me five years ago when we started this adventure that I’d be waking up in the morning excited about pumping poop, well . . . it doesn’t have the same allure as “Motorcycle Race Engineer on the Isle of Man” or “Bultaco e-moto dirt bike lead in Barcelona” or some of the other titles I’ve carried. But opportunity is exciting, and dirty jobs pay well.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Resect AI Launches Out of Stealth with $25 Million in Funding

Resect Artificial Intelligence (Resect™ AI), the company building the accountability layer for AI, today launched out of stealth with $25 million in funding from private equity investors. The funding will fuel research and development, go-to-market initiatives, and local talent acquisition in the greater Seattle and Portland markets.