Paxton AI has been well recognized in the legal tech space for its innovative applications of AI. And yet, its founder, Bend’s Mike Ulin, felt the urge to do something else. So he left Paxton and started quietly working on his next pursuit. And now, that effort has been revealed. Meet Tenki.

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

AI in Practice Survey

We’re excited to announce our AI in Practice survey where we sought to map where adoption is happening, where the gaps are, and how teams are hardening and scaling AI in practice. Here’s what we found.

Have an event you’d like the Portland startup community to attend…? Well if it’s an event you can hold somewhere between May 11 and May 16, 2026, you may want to submit it to the Portland Startup Week 2026 for inclusion.

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

The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up

Ditching or adjusting goals in the face of adversity might often be the best thing for us—but we don’t all approach these challenges in the same way

You know how it goes. You built that one presentation ages ago. And it kind of worked. But it requires customization everytime you want to share it with a new client — or VC. So you create a copy and start to tweak it. Then it’s more relevant for the recipient. But now you have this folder of copies of a copy of a copy… There has to be an easier way. And now there is. With Decky.

We’ve definitely seen an uptick in investments for physical hardware companies that are working to innovate on computing — and address the lack of power for the needs of AI. The latest? Vancouver, Washington startup PowerLattice which has raised $25 million.

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

The Sports Bra founder Jenny Nguyen wins top entrepreneurship award – Portland Business Journal

Startups in semiconductors, health tech and housing, all major themes in the regional economy, took home top entrepreneurial awards on Thursday.