Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

OEN Angel Oregon Fall Cohort 2026

OEN’s Angel Oregon ‘Capital & Fundraising Literacy’ programs are designed specifically for early-stage founders across Oregon and SW Washington. Whether you’re building a technology company, consumer product brand, or life or bio science venture, our goal is to help you better understand the fundraising landscape while building the skills and confidence you’ll need when the time is right.

Are you working on something that’s venture scale…? Want to get it in front of West Coast investors…? Well, for more than 20 years, Bend Venture Conference has been providing a stage to make that happen. But to be on that stage, you have to apply. And BVC applications are now open for 2026.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

2026 Oregon Competitiveness Summit & Gubernatorial Candidate Forum – Portland Business Journal

Join Oregon Business & Industry and the Portland Business Journal for a gubernatorial candidate forum and business roundtable session that will address the major economic and competitiveness issues facing our business community.

Another week chock full of events for you to attend. If you’re looking to get more connected to people in the Portland startup and/or tech community — and maybe learning a thing or two in the process — here’s a random smattering of events from which to choose. As always, please keep an eye on Calagator and the Portland Startup Events calendar for the latest and greatest.

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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

AI 2040: Plan A

In this scenario, humanity delays the development of superintelligence until 2040, makes all AI research public, allows dozens of companies globally to catch up to the frontier, and intentionally enters a regime of mutually assured compute destruction.