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title: 'You can’t spell Portland Startup Week without AI. (Wait… Oh you know what I mean.)'
date: '2026-05-06T10:10:29-07:00'
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# You can’t spell Portland Startup Week without AI. (Wait… Oh you know what I mean.)

Turns out, when I said [Portland Startup Week](https://www.portlandstartupweek.com/) had “a whole bunch of AI stuff in a variety of flavors” and then [didn’t list any of it](https://siliconflorist.com/2026/04/30/portland-startup-week-2026-start-filling-up-your-calendar/) that — surprise — people actually wanted a list of AI events that are happening next week. Fair. Happy to oblige.

As of this writing, here are all of the Portland Startup Week 2026 AI events:

- **[Civic Tech + AI Incubation Lab](https://eventship.com/event/civic-tech-ai-incubation-lab-two-session-series)** — Mon, May 11, 3:30PM at Oregon State University
- **[PDX AI Demo Night](https://eventship.com/event/pdx-ai-demo-night)** — Wed, May 13, 6:00PM at Kiln
- **[Portland WIP AI Demos Lunch](https://eventship.com/event/portland-wip-ai-demo-lunch)** — Thu, May 14, 12:00PM at UpStart Collective
- **[Oregon AI Accelerator: Demo Day](https://eventship.com/event/oregon-ai-accelerator-demo-day)** — Thu, May 14, 1:00PM at Big Pink
- **[2026 Build Challenge: AI for a better PDX](https://eventship.com/event/2026-build-challenge-ai-for-a-better-pdx)** — Fri, May 15, 8:00AM at UpStart Collective
- **[AI Then, Now, and Tomorrow: From “AGI by 2100” to “AGI by 2030”](https://eventship.com/event/ai-then-now-and-tomorrow-from-agi-by-2100-to-agi-by-2030)** — Fri, May 15, 8:30AM at Shiley Hall
- **[Build the CLAUDE.md Your Project Needs](https://eventship.com/event/build-the-claude-md-your-project-needs)** — Fri, May 15, 10:00AM at NedSpace
- **[\[\[AI Tinkerers Portland\]\]: Go-to-Market AI Toolkits](https://eventship.com/event/ai-tinkerers-portland-go-to-market-ai-toolkits-rsvp-in-details)** — Fri, May 15, 11:00AM
- **[Code, Capital, and Grit: How AI is Changing the Money Game](https://eventship.com/event/code-capital-and-grit-how-ai-is-changing-the-money-game)** — Fri, May 15, 1:20PM at NedSpace

For more information or for additional events, please visit **[Portland Startup Week 2026](https://eventship.com/event/2026-portland-startup-week)**.

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