Month: June 2025

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

‘Embarrassed for our city’: Prosper Portland board’s fissure with City Hall widens amid leader’s controversial exit – oregonlive.com

Commissioner Marcelino Alvarez said that in other industries, Flaherty Betin’s actions to advocate for the survival of his organization would be cause for celebration — “not with the actions that we’re contemplating today.” “I hope that we learn from this,” Alvarez said, “because I don’t want to have a conversation like this again the next time the agency makes a hard decision or fights for its staff or its ability to operate.”

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

Intel veterans launch AheadComputing to design next-gen CPU – oregonlive.com

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.

There are always these Friday news stories that sneak up on me. But I’m happy to share that Tigard-based Rapta — which is using AI to revolutionize precision manufacturing — has announced a $2.7 million Seed round with local funds Portland Seed Fund and Roadster Capital participating.

Looking to get a glimpse of the latest and greatest local AI products…? Well get ready to be happy. Our friends at Oregon Venture Fund are pulling together another PDX AI Demo Night event.

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

Can Portland, Oregon Rebuild Its Business District?

Cities depend heavily on the success of local businesses to keep them afloat fiscally. In addition to paying taxes, businesses also create foot traffic—in the form of their employees—for other local businesses like delis, lunch spots, and parking garages. If big businesses leave or shift to remote work, those smaller businesses also take a hit. Without compelling reasons to be in the city, talent also leaves. It’s a vicious cycle.

It seems like just last week that the Oregon UAS Accelerator — you know, the drone and drone-adjacent startup support organization — was having their latest demo day. Well, that’s because it was last week. But now, they’ve announced a whole new class. So let’s look backward and forward in regards to the startups engaged with our world renowned drone accelerator program.

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

120 years ago, Portland hosted a ‘World’s Fair’ that changed everything (then disappeared) – OPB

Though it took place 120 years ago, photographs and memorabilia from the Lewis and Clark Exposition still fascinate, with images showing a temporary city of ornate buildings and thoroughfares surrounding a lake. Today, it is all long gone.