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title: 'A smattering of tech and startup events for this week'
date: '2026-08-10T08:03:35-07:00'
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# A smattering of tech and startup events for this week

**Monday (Aug 10)**

- [PDX Code & Coffee](https://www.meetup.com/portland-code-coffee/events/pmnzxtyjclbnb/) — 9:00am, Beaverton
- [Enterprise Blockchain Club](https://www.meetup.com/enterprise-blockchain-club/events/dpsmtsyjclbnb/) — 6:00pm
- [Dorkbot PDX: August Edition](https://www.meetup.com/ctrl-h/events/316011800/) — 6:30pm

**Tuesday (Aug 11)**

- [founder.coffee @ Slow Pour Coffee](https://www.meetup.com/founder-coffee/events/315578264/) — 9:00am
- [Data Prepper Triage Meeting (OpenSearch)](https://www.meetup.com/opensearch/events/hkppztyjclbpb/) — 9:00am
- [Bridgespace Coworking X ATPROTO PDX — Open Coworking in Sellwood](https://luma.com/gqnrotdx) — 10:00am
- [Development Backlog & Triage — ml-commons (OpenSearch)](https://www.meetup.com/opensearch/events/313510677/) — 10:00am
- [Happy Hour with AI Portland](https://luma.com/event/evt-8ZQUnm5alD8sSFp) — 5:00pm
- [Building a Document Processing Agent with Copilot Studio and Azure Foundry](https://www.meetup.com/portland-power-power-platform-user-group/events/312647526/) — 5:30pm
- [Portland Geek Dinner (PADNUG)](https://www.meetup.com/padnug/events/hqxjxtyjclbpb/) — 5:30pm, Tigard
- [Coding Club (Westside)](https://www.meetup.com/westside-coding-club/events/xvldztyjclbpb/) — 6:00pm
- [Claude Code | Builders Night with Jim](https://luma.com/9p8uawl3) — 6:30pm, Beaverton

**Wednesday (Aug 12)**

- [Search Community Meeting — Triage and Backlog (OpenSearch)](https://www.meetup.com/opensearch/events/315453333/) — 9:00am
- [(CS)²AI Online REPLAY: AI in OT Cybersecurity](https://www.meetup.com/portland-cyber-security-for-control-systems/events/315901242/) — 10:00am
- [Coffee & Constructive Criticism](https://www.meetup.com/creative-leadership-collective/events/315413370/) — 10:30am
- [Free AI Office Hours — Portland](https://www.kaneda-consulting.com/events/ai-office-hours-portland-or-aug-12) — 11:00am
- [TiE Oregon Women Pitch Competition](https://events.tie.org/Oregon/TiEOregonWomenPitchCompetition) — 12:00pm
- [Drafting Hours](https://luma.com/p6vnpxta) — 1:00pm
- [Free AI Office Hours — Vancouver](https://www.kaneda-consulting.com/events/ai-office-hours-vancouver-wa-aug-12) — 4:00pm, Vancouver
- [August PubTalk: The Science of Startup Success](https://oen.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/oen/event.jsp?event=581) — 5:00pm
- [Applied AI Ethics Monthly Mixer](https://www.meetup.com/ac-pdx/events/lvkqrtyjclbqb/) — 5:00pm
- [August Fintech PDX Meetup!](https://www.meetup.com/fintech-pdx-meetup/events/315847850/) — 6:30pm
- [Summer Social @ Cartopia (Portland UX Content)](https://www.meetup.com/portland-ux-content/events/315976052/) — 6:30pm

**Thursday (Aug 13)**

- [Perk Up, Portland!](https://onpurposeoregon.org/events/perk-up-portland-aug-szh32) — 8:00am
- [UpStart Collective: Open Co-Working Day!](https://luma.com/5h27yff9) — 9:00am
- [Abundance — Office Hour](https://luma.com/event/evt-7SaaIgnabMrA6Xj) — 11:30am
- [Better Futures Club](https://betterfutures.club/) — 1:30pm
- [PHPdx: Jujutsu — A New Take on Version Control](https://www.meetup.com/pdx-php/events/315221599/) — 4:30pm
- [Demolicious — August 2026](https://luma.com/7inctgid) — 5:00pm
- [Play pool. Talk tech (Tech Talent Pool)](https://www.meetup.com/tech-talent-pool/events/szxkwtyjclbrb/) — 5:30pm

**Friday (Aug 14)**

- [PNW CoffeeOps](https://www.meetup.com/portland-devops-groundup/events/pzprgtyjclbsb/) — 8:00am
- [Startup Couve Coffee](https://luma.com/eat5sm3n) — 9:00am, Vancouver
- [Co-creAIt — an unconference about Human/AI collaboration at work](https://luma.com/u3oyt23g) — 9:00am
- [Friday Happy Hour at Beermongers (Code Freeze Fridays)](https://www.meetup.com/code-freeze-fridays/events/vplrvtyjclbsb/) — 12:00pm
- [Coding Club (Westside)](https://www.meetup.com/westside-coding-club/events/xvldztyjclbsb/) — 6:00pm

**Saturday (Aug 15)**

- [Combat Bots Showdown](https://luma.com/9vkue2dz) — 10:00am
- [Code & Coffee @ Roseline Coffee](https://www.meetup.com/portland-code-coffee/events/315129839/) — 10:00am

**Sunday (Aug 16)**

- [Portland Linux/Unix Group’s Monthly Linux Clinic](https://pdxlinux.org/) — 1:00pm