Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
What Oregonians need to know about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in local schools – OPB
Students and teachers already use a variety of AI tools on a regular basis. It can quicken tasks and serve as a helpful study tool, but it can also be used to bully and harass peers.
How Portland’s Frog and Friends and the “Emergency Naked Bike Ride” Are Thwarting Trump’s Narrative
This is what performance theorists might call visual disarmament. You can’t demonize what looks both joyous and harmless. And because the event’s very existence rests on consent — people choosing to appear vulnerable — it invokes freedom, not anarchy. The naked body becomes both symbol and shield.
Steve Blank No Science, No Startups: The Innovation Engine We’re Switching Off
In this post I’m going to describe how science works, how science and engineering have worked together to build innovative startups and companies in the U.S.—and why you should care.
Leveling Up in the Vibe Coding Video Game – Feld Thoughts
While “vibe coding” was a catchy phrase when I first heard it, something about it felt like a head fake to me. And, now that I’ve leveled up to “competent individual software developer” again (after 33 years of not writing any code) I think it’s the wrong phrase. Instead, I’d refer to what’s going on as AI Pair Programming.
Announcing the Graze Archives – Graze Newsletter
Building on ATProto is a team sport. As we’ve shown previously, in open social, we only win when other folks in the ATmosphere win. In that effort, the Graze team is delighted to announce access, effective immediately, to two archived datasets for researchers, developers, archivists, and other folks looking to push the boundaries of the ATmosphere.
Incubator — The Fund to Prevent Sexual Assault
Have an idea for a technology or social media solution that could decrease teenage peer-on-peer rape? Apply to our 6-month incubator, kicking off in January 2026.
Technological Optimism and Appropriate Fear
The central challenge for all of us is characterizing these strange creatures now around us and ensuring that the world sees them as they are – not as people wish them to be, which are not creatures but rather a pile of clothes on a chair.
Renew Your Co-Founder Vows — and Other Tactics for Strengthening the Most Important Relationship in Your Startup
Executive coach and interpersonal dynamics expert Rachel Lockett shares five practices to strengthen the most important relationship in your startup.
The Coming AI Backlash: How the Anger Economy Will Supercharge Populism
Artificial intelligence will likely create new employment opportunities even as it disrupts existing ones, and economists disagree on whether the net effect will be job losses, job gains, or simply restructuring. But whatever the long-term consequences are, AI will soon become a major political issue.
Co-working company Kiln opening first Washington state location in tech-heavy Seattle neighborhood – GeekWire
Kiln, a co-working and flex-office community with locations in multiple western U.S. states, is opening its first space in Washington state next year.
32 things we’ve learned about building a startup that scales
I joined PostHog when we were 11 people and had sold nothing. 5 years later, we’re now over 150 people and $$$ ARR. Here are 32 things I’ve learned – some unexpected, some kinda obvious.
Inside the Portland Trail Blazers’ Playbook
Join Portland Trail Blazers VP of Digital & Innovation, David Long, for a practical and energizing discussion on turning everyday business challenges into AI-powered wins. You’ll learn a simple framework for sourcing real pain points, flooding them with ideas, and developing solutions alongside the people closest to the problems—ensuring adoption from day one.
