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title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending March 21, 2025'
date: '2025-03-21T07:48:16-07:00'
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# Portland startup news for the week ending March 21, 2025

This week in Portland startup news, Ampere eyes a big exit, GeekWire considers an award for Jama’s big exit, and the shuttering of 18F creates a positive tech movement in Portland. Let’s get into it…

- [Ampere acquired by SoftBank](https://amperecomputing.com/press/softbank-group-to-acquire-ampere-computing)
- [Vote for Portland’s Jama in the GeekWire Awards](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025AwardsVoting)
- [TiE Oregon Westside Pitch](https://www.tieoregon.org/pitch-oregon/westside-pitch)
- [18F](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18F)
- [Portland Digital Corps](https://digitalcorpspdx.org/)
- [Vancouver Washington startup incubator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5R4PY7lRWU)
- [Goodbye Genie, Hello Rides](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-built-ai-companion-kids-entertained-thousands-every-monsef-8kg1c/)

Portland startup news chapters
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[00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg) Portland Oregon startup news 
[00:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=15s) Build Week with Vanport Studio and Instrument 
[01:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=105s) Ampere Computing acquired for $6.5 billion 
[05:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=350s) Jama exit up for GeekWire Awards 
[09:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=585s) TiE Oregon Westside Pitch 
[12:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=735s) 18F shuttering creates Portland win 
[18:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=1100s) A startup incubator in Vancouver Washington 
[19:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4i3IxTxmPjg&t=1190s) Darius Monsef launches new startup