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title: 'Oregon startup news for the week ending October 16, 2026'
date: '2026-10-16T19:12:52-07:00'
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# Oregon startup news for the week ending October 16, 2026

> Filming on location in Central Oregon during High Desert Innovation Week and Bend Venture Conference, a rough week and a massive week of Oregon tech news. Intel-alum founded Mueon raises $65M (bringing total funding to $80M) to pioneer modular 3D “cublet” AI compute architecture, cybersecurity and AI identity company C1 (formerly ConductorOne) is acquired by Workday, and the Oregon UAS Accelerator brings its defense and autonomy demo day from Pendleton right to Big Pink in Portland. Let’s get into it…


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