Month: July 2025

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

Viewpoint: Portland’s AI moment is now or never – Portland Business Journal

Portland has never waited for someone else to define the future. From apparel giants like Nike and Columbia that started out of a car trunk and a family distributorship, to technical leaders like Intel and Tektronix driving tech advancements in semiconductors and electronics, we’ve repeatedly turned fresh ideas into global movements. That track record matters now more than ever. Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of every industry, and the cities that shape those rules in the next few years will shape the future for everyone else.

If you’re looking to get out and about in the Portland startup and tech world, here’s a smattering of events that might be of interest to you.

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

I’m Writing an Advice Column. Ask Me Something Weird and Specific… – CamiKaos

And by “anything,” I mean within my specified field of interest, which mostly includes neurodivergence, boundaries, identity, social nuance, overstimulation, people-pleasing, the injustice of pants with buttons, and how to live in a world not designed for our brains. You get the idea.

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

Portland Staycation

Book a stay at a downtown hotel. Dine out. Show up. This is a weekend designed to activate the city from within—by Portlanders, for Portlanders.

I always keep an eye on the regional TiE Women pitch competition, because it often results in a local company winding up on global stage. Which companies are in the running for that honor this time around? I’m glad you asked.

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

US AI startups see funding surge while more VC funds struggle to raise, data shows | Reuters

U.S. startup funding surged 75.6% in the first half of 2025, thanks to the continued AI boom, putting it on track for its second-best year ever, even as venture capital firms struggled to raise money, a report from PitchBook on Tuesday showed.

Stumbled across another one. This time, it’s a startup building a solution designed to simplify the overly complicated morass of Medicare — especially for the elderly or those providing care for the elderly. Meet Livmor.

During your time on the Internet, you’ve likely run across the Creative Commons mark, an series of marks designed to indicate that content carries with it the rights for others to use it in certain ways. It’s designed to be a way to make knowledge and objects more easily shareable. Now, the Human Intelligence™ Institute is taking a similar tact — only this time it’s designed to enable humans to differentiate their content from content generated by AI.

As we enter the second half of the year, we start to see our fair share of big pitch competitions like Bend Venture Conference and the Demolicious Champion of Champions. But even in the early going, some big events are already highlighting a variety of startup founders on stage as they vie for investment. Like OEN 2025 Angel Oregon Tech (which serves as more reveal than a pitch competition).