Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Your July dispatch from the Office of Small Business
From navigating permits to taking advantage of event foot traffic, the Portland Office of Small Business is here to streamline your path to success. In this month’s newsletter, we’re excited to let you know about our upcoming Show Up for Small Business event, in-person office hours, major road closures, and a newly available webinar.
1Password now lets Claude sign in to websites without seeing your passwords – 9to5Mac
1Password is launching a new Claude integration for Mac users today. It’s designed to let Anthropic’s AI agent sign in to websites without seeing your password or two-factor authentication code.
Behind the Curtain: AI godfathers converge on regulations
For the first time, the CEOs of Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic are on the record, in writing, converging on the same diagnosis and remarkably similar prescriptions. The three rivals each published a detailed distillation of their views in the past five weeks — the same extraordinary stretch in which Washington twice intervened to restrict or delay access to frontier models.
Anthropic CEO gives $1 million to super PAC amid battle of AI big-money groups – POLITICO
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei gave $1 million in May to Public First, a super PAC that supports candidates who share the company’s goal of imposing safety regulations on artificial intelligence, according to Federal Election Commission filings released late Wednesday.
The Act and the Outcome of Creation | ssp.sh
Creation is the ultimate form of pursuing ourselves, giving to the world when shared, and using the power of our subconscious. It gives us joy, and to every artist, it is the ultimate (flow) state of happiness.
Oregon team of nearly 100 partners awarded NSF Regional Innovation Engine Award, set up to receive up to $160 million to grow state’s semiconductor industry | Newsroom | Oregon State University
“This award is NSF’s recognition of the value in our region’s unique ability to lead the world in design to fabrication of the world’s most advanced chips” said Rob Stone, interim CEO and principal investigator of FAST and an Oregon State engineering professor. “FAST will expand opportunities through workforce development and help startups and small businesses engage in research and development that maintains U.S. leadership in the sector.”
Oregon receives $15 million in federal funding to boost semiconductor industry • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The National Science Foundation announced Tuesday that Oregon’s coalition of nearly 100 businesses and public organizations, known as Frontiers of Advanced Semiconductor Technology, or FAST, is one of 12 groups receiving the funding across the country.
Stripe’s Acquisition Pace Has Accelerated In The Past Five Years, But Nothing Comes Close To Its Reported $53B PayPal Bet
Stripe is not just any privately held company. The fintech startup was, until just a few short years ago, the highest valued startup based in the U.S., before being eclipsed on that metric by AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI. In February, the company announced it had inked deals with investors to provide liquidity to current and former employees through a tender offer at a $159 billion valuation, which still ranks it as the fourth most valuable startup in the world.
Korea Investment Accelerator Signs MOU with Oregon UAS Accelerator in the U.S. – The Asia Business Daily
Korea Investment Accelerator (KIA), a subsidiary of Korea Financial Group, announced on the 16th that it had signed a business agreement (MOU) with the Oregon UAS Accelerator in the United States to support domestic defense and drone startups entering the U.S. market.
(2021) Dearest startup communities, You’re succeeding despite your best efforts to fail and burning out your biggest fans
Well many startup community leaders and organizers — often individuals and founders who are passionate about building community more than the business models of getting paid for their economic development efforts — are nearing the actual end of that decade of work or well into their second decade. And, at the same time, collectively nearing the end of their proverbial ropes. Ropes to which they’ve been clinging as unpaid volunteers, for years.
How to stay safe from the triple threat of wildfires, smoke and extreme heat
As I write this, Toronto has the worst recorded air quality in the world. Millions across the United States are also being impacted by wildfire smoke originating from Canadian wildfires.
Choose Your Own Benson Bubbler
There are single-, triple- and quad-bowl bubblers sprinkled generously throughout downtown, giving you the opportunity to choose your own adventure while never worrying about slaking your thirst. (More rarely, they can be spotted in other neighborhoods; the easternmost bubbler sits atop Powell Butte. But we’ll confine our hunt to central Portland.)
How The Fastest AI-First Companies Really Work
The three-person unicorn was never just about low headcount and “using AI.” It’s about the systems that let those people work together, treating AI like a coworker instead of a tool, and building the whole company around one mission: a great product.
We Are Rip City: Let’s Renovate the Moda Center Now.
Portland owns the Moda Center, and if we don’t invest in it now, we put its future—and everything it brings to our city—at risk. Major concerts and world‑class events are already skipping Portland because the arena is outdated and can’t compete. If the City doesn’t act now, we jeopardize the future of the Trail Blazers, the Portland Fire, and the events our local economy depends on.
