--- title: 'Silicon Florist links arrangement for June 6, 2025' date: '2025-06-06T10:51:53-07:00' type: post word_count: 766 char_count: 7150 tokens: 996 categories: - Portland --- # Silicon Florist links arrangement for June 6, 2025 Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today: [Intel veterans launch AheadComputing to design next-gen CPU – oregonlive.com](https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2025/06/top-researchers-leave-intel-to-build-startup-with-the-biggest-baddest-cpu.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They were among Intel’s top chip architects, working years in advance to develop new generations of microprocessors to power the computers of the future. 0:13 / 1:00 Skip Ad Now they’re on their own, flying without a net, building a new class of microprocessor on an entirely different architecture from Intel’s. Founded a year ago, AheadComputing is trying to prove there’s a better way to design computer chips. [Connected Care: Health IT Solutions for Rural Communities](https://web.cvent.com/event/f68b6a53-af51-4a8c-a663-e9eb2d5c3840/summary) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join us for an engaging live panel discussion and networking reception focused on transforming rural healthcare through technology, innovation, and collaboration. This event brings together industry leaders, healthcare professionals, and technology experts to explore pressing challenges and bold initiatives shaping the future of care in rural communities. [Fintech Community: Digital Assets State of the Union](https://www.techoregon.org/event/fintech-community-digital-assets-state-of-the-union) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Digital Asset State of the Union is your opportunity to cut through the noise and gain a real-time snapshot of where things stand—and where they’re heading—in the world of digital assets. Whether you’re crypto-curious, building in the space, or navigating compliance and risk, this live panel discussion will provide a practical refresher on key foundations, dive into emerging trends, and explore what infrastructure is moving the digital asset world forward. [Faster, Smarter, Cheaper: AI Is Reinventing Market Research | Andreessen Horowitz](https://a16z.com/ai-market-research/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- With AI, we’re seeing yet another case of a market ready to shift labor spend into software. Early AI players are already leveraging speech-to-text and text-to-speech models to build AI-native survey platforms that conduct autonomous video interviews with people, then use LLMs to analyze results and create presentations. Those early movers are growing quickly, signing large deals, and co-opting budget that traditionally went to market research and consulting firms. [Contentstack Integrates Lytics CDP Functionality Into Headless CMS/DXP Offering](https://www.cmswire.com/digital-experience/contentstack-adds-orchestration-real-time-analytics-to-headless-cms/) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The integration comes five months after Contentstack’s acquisition of Customer Data Platform (CDP) provider Lytics. That acquisition featured a world of DXPs and CMS meets CDPs. The merger created a 500-customer and 500-employee new company. [Occasional paper: The impossible predicament of the death newts — Crooked Timber](https://crookedtimber.org/2025/06/05/occasional-paper-the-impossible-predicament-of-the-death-newts/) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The world’s most toxic newt is Taricha granulosa, the Rough-Skinned Newt, a modest little amphibian native to the North American Pacific Northwest, west of the Cascades from around Santa Cruz, CA up to the Alaska Panhandle. [After No Funding For Years, These Startups Recently Scooped Up Big Rounds](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/startups-big-funding-rounds-2025-grammarly-data/?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20250606&utm_content=intro&utm_term=content&utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20230703) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In recent months, however, we’re seeing some of the more patient startups finally clinching fresh funding. Per Crunchbase data, at least 18 heavily funded startups that last raised in 2021 or earlier have reported new financings this year. [Reps. Van Duyne and Clarke Launch Bipartisan Creators Caucus to Celebrate and Support Digital Content Development – Press Releases – United States Representative Beth Van Duyne](https://vanduyne.house.gov/press-releases?ID=CCA3D51F-60C0-46D9-9BA3-3B40BDC99B0D) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, Congresswoman Van Duyne (R-TX) and Congresswoman Clarke (D-NY) held a press conference to officially launch the Congressional Creators Caucus, a bipartisan effort to recognize, support, and empower the rapidly expanding digital creator economy. The Members were joined by numerous creators, including Matthew Patrick (MatPat) and Stephanie Patrick. [H.R.2931 – 119th Congress (2025-2026): Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This bill requires the relocation of a regional, district, or local office of the Small Business Administration (SBA) if the SBA makes a public determination that the office is located in a sanctuary jurisdiction. The SBA must relocate that office, within 60 days of such determination, to a location that is not a sanctuary jurisdiction. Under the bill, a sanctuary jurisdiction is a state or political subdivision thereof that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from (1) exchanging with another government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of an individual; or (2) complying with specified requests by the Department of Homeland Security. More Portland startup news --------------------------