Turns out, when I said Portland Startup Week had “a whole bunch of AI stuff in a variety of flavors” and then didn’t list any of it 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 — Mon, May 11, 3:30PM at Oregon State University
- PDX AI Demo Night — Wed, May 13, 6:00PM at Kiln
- Portland WIP AI Demos Lunch — Thu, May 14, 12:00PM at UpStart Collective
- Oregon AI Accelerator: Demo Day — Thu, May 14, 1:00PM at Big Pink
- 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” — Fri, May 15, 8:30AM at Shiley Hall
- Build the CLAUDE.md Your Project Needs — Fri, May 15, 10:00AM at NedSpace
- [[AI Tinkerers Portland]]: Go-to-Market AI Toolkits — Fri, May 15, 11:00AM
- 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.
