Portland startup and tech news, jobs, and events #pdx
Seeing early stage startups being able to raise risk tolerant capital to fund their pursuits always gives me hope. But when that capital comes directly from a customer or partner…? That’s way better. Which just happened with a Vancouver, WA startup. Digs raised $25.3 million through a partnership with Builders FirstSource.
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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Code and Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. Drink some coffee, bring your laptop, and have engaging conversations. This is a great opportunity to learn from others, share your knowledge, and possibly collaborate on side projects, online courses, or even your day-to-day work tasks.
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Well, you’re in luck. I’ve gathered a smattering of events that are taking place this week. While I don’t expect you to attend every single one, maybe pick out one or two that look interesting. As always, I put out a list like this every week in the Silicon Florist newsletter. Happy event attending! Or something. And stuff.
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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition.
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It may surpries you to hear that CBRE’s new Scoring Tech Talent 2026 report features Portland. But what probably won’t surprise you is that the Rose City is near the bottom of the pack. 34th out of 50. So we’re still in the top 50. But lower than we would usually rank. Unfortunately, that slide puts us among the small handful of large markets that actually lost tech talent over the last three years. Down 3.5%. Somewhere around ~3000 people who used to do this work in tech around here. And now don’t.
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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
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