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title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending August 8, 2025'
date: '2025-08-08T07:43:02-07:00'
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# Portland startup news for the week ending August 8, 2025

This week in Portland startup news, a PDX startup returns to the limelight, deadlines for both Bend Venture Conference and SXSW, some new startups, and Silicon Florist is old enough to vote. Let’s get into it.

- AI News [ / 7177357348489900032 ](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkpwNU1CR0w3OFo4V0drZ1hFX0FFT19WSE1kZ3xBQ3Jtc0trRklqdWNNVmpsZ3c1SzBpNExHa1I1SXdVVE4tVnN6VUFXQjhPdWs0dldWQ010c1hyZ3Z1NXVBbXNJdVl0dmlvd2xMeEJLb2E5NE8xazlBalgtRHZGVGlkSjRFQ2R3cUJBYXd0UnMtY3pzTWNFN3h2UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fnewsletters%2F7177357348489900032%2F&v=bTg1EiucHMk)
- Oregon startup folks [https://sflo.me/oregonstartupfolks](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1RacE9PMlhMaUVoN2N6TEl6cWk1aUo5SGplQXxBQ3Jtc0trcnJPUHhlcUYwdmxCMU02UU1qdXNfemxrWVlCVmkxbmcwX3VhTXpFb0h6MWhJQmtkV2FCNFNmc25sYzFMYk9SaUJ6MDRhel9naVIwZFVmeTZxcFdnbmlPVUhZaE5aelgtbE9hR0VCblo2SEFudkhyYw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsflo.me%2Foregonstartupfolks&v=bTg1EiucHMk)
- Tellagence [https://www.tellagence.ai/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazRRTHd0bUNQQm9oNWJUdDB4Q2NnMkZjTkJvQXxBQ3Jtc0tsNzlWNDN0aGVkZ3JVLThNZTdaQ1djTTlCak1TQjRKWTRBWWl6UHFlVGF2M3dLR2ZYUDdVajJ6bXJoZnprQVZlWWdQSXZxbjJnenZLdnlZYmZkVnAwaVAwM01FekI5UmpVZDFxZk84dzhFSG1qOWtFTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tellagence.ai%2F&v=bTg1EiucHMk)
- PBJ on Tellagence [https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/…](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblY4QXVtT2FTQmw5TTRGa2RuUGJoZ2VCd1ItZ3xBQ3Jtc0trUGFWTnlUQmVwOVM3WHBkTHZXaExkUy1hcTB1cjh2SGdpQmFDRkY2WkoycU1YdDRkTF9Ca2VLWUMxb2FIZk1Bblc1SlZzNnhzNHpZVEpNZWkyM1daSTBvUFpDYzdVeFE3Wi12YmdwelVCWFlUZzczVQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bizjournals.com%2Fportland%2Fnews%2F2025%2F08%2F06%2Ftellagence-ai-context-youtube.html&v=bTg1EiucHMk)
- BVC applications [https://bendvc.com/apply](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjJDWWNGNnNVWHd5SkdFbjRxMTBvd21kREZWZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsM2dJOGVINmdkNTdiaXZZa285QjE0VzNhMTJ0LXd3MldHLWVaUkxyemtyWEdHN1dxUWZwdzVVdnU1NVZPb0pNMTkxc2ozeWpDMnN3eFo4eFpoX0dlSUNPbVpLTTNiQXBrbnhseTJ6T3BpWkVFekhTUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbendvc.com%2Fapply&v=bTg1EiucHMk)
- SXSW Pitch applications [https://www.sxsw.com/pitch/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkZhSnZxN213Z2tfd0RxWUY5QW1aZE5iQUNtQXxBQ3Jtc0tsd3FHTWQ5el8tc3pDRTA0OTJPY1RwN3FLUUFGeno1dkJYVzY3VVljU2lhUVVQRUo1a1E1UTZpM3NBTnFTRjg4bGFXb0dwX3pXUFkyVHFpWTAxMUtCVDNHM19IaU0zT2VEdjFzRm14eXNPd1dLMVZIaw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sxsw.com%2Fpitch%2F&v=bTg1EiucHMk)
- RallyCrew [http://rallycrew.com/](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTBYRTN2ZEdXMG1rcENVQTBWUU4ta2Zsay1LZ3xBQ3Jtc0trLUttUE5oaFMtSGpaQnV4bUwzNWtCQUZLMEM1N3phaHJXNnR6cElfZl9ET25GdlkwZ3h4RVdHdjhNSGNrNmZCT2U4WVE3YlFQcnByaHhzbEI5X2l0MldLZmtSLS05LTFQMjNzNFpUaUJ5SHA4N0lkcw&q=http%3A%2F%2Frallycrew.com%2F&v=bTg1EiucHMk)

**Portland startup stories**

- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1) Portland startup news intro
- [00:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=20s) OpenAI releases GPT 5
- [01:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=65s) Meet Quang Truong of UrbanForm
- [02:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=169s) Tellagence re-emerges [‪@TellagenceInc‬](https://www.youtube.com/@TellagenceInc)
- [05:43](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=343s) Upcoming startup pitch applications at [‪@BendVC‬](https://www.youtube.com/@BendVC) and [‪@SXSW‬](https://www.youtube.com/@SXSW)
- [09:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=570s) RallyCrew
- [10:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=645s) Secrets
- [12:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTg1EiucHMk&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=755s) Silicon Florist is 18 years old