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title: 'Silicon Florist links arrangement for May 23, 2025'
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# Silicon Florist links arrangement for May 23, 2025

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

[From Weird To Boring: A Quick Trip Through The Recent History Of Startup Naming](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/historic-naming-trends-weird-boring-misspelled/)
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Now that we’re entrenched in the bland era, we thought it would offer a shot of entertainment value to take a look back at some of the sillier naming trends that have popped up over the past nine years that we’ve been chronicling such matters.

[Airship Unveils Branching and Custom Views, Powering Unprecedented Agility and Personalization in Cross-Channel Customer Experiences](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250522950525/en/Airship-Unveils-Branching-and-Custom-Views-Powering-Unprecedented-Agility-and-Personalization-in-Cross-Channel-Customer-Experiences)
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In an era where customer attention is scarce and expectations for seamless interactions are paramount, Airship, the cross-channel customer experience company, today unveiled two transformative capabilities to its Airship Experience Platform: Branching and Custom Views. These new innovations enable marketing, product and growth teams to move beyond generic, one-size-fits-all digital experiences and avoid the costly time and resource drain of rebuilding proven native content for novel uses.

[Pride Celebration for Techies , Thu, Jun 12, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/rose-city-techies/events/307964694/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze_canvas&utm_campaign=mmrk_alleng_event_announcement_prod_unfiltered_v7_en&utm_term=promo&utm_content=lp_meetup&dispatch_id=682e691e246f93781e4f6e5af81565bc)
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Join us for a Pride Month gathering at The People’s Courts! We’re celebrating the LGBTQ+ community in tech with an evening of connection, conversation, and a little friendly competition on the courts.

[US House Passes 10-Year Moratorium on State AI Laws | TechPolicy.Press](https://www.techpolicy.press/us-house-passes-10year-moratorium-on-state-ai-laws/)
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If signed into law through the process, known as reconciliation, the 10-year moratorium on state AI laws would mark one of the most significant federal actions on technology policy in decades.

[When a team is too big – Alex Ewerlöf Notes](https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/when-a-team-is-too-big)
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The main value of a standup is to have a dialogue about blockage and spark opportunities to work together. Otherwise, it’s enough to move issues on the Kanban swim lanes with a comment. That covers the reporting part. We missed a dialogue when a dialogue was due.

[Tech Alliance study: R&D imbalance threatens state’s innovation sector as public investment lags – GeekWire](https://www.geekwire.com/2025/tech-alliance-study-rd-imbalance-threatens-states-innovation-sector-as-public-investment-lags/)
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Washington ranks among the nation’s top three states in business R&D spending, but weaker public investment is threatening the innovation ecosystem — a gap reflected in declining patent activity and limited startup diversity.

[Surviving The Scale: The Lessons I Learned From Growing A Unicorn](https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/lessons-growing-unicorn-budget-hiring-masin-gradient/?utm_source=tldrfounders)
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Having been part of challenger bank Monzo’s meteoric rise, I know how difficult scaling can be. However, I’ve also learned invaluable lessons that have made the process far smoother the second time around as I grow my own venture, Gradient Labs.

More Portland startup news
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