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Comment on Portland Metro Region Innovation Hub loses another executive director by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:29:55 +0000

Asad was the first person who welcomed me in the PDX Slack back in Feb2025. Him and Mark Grimes. I probably wouldn’t have found my way through the city without that first interaction. Really grateful for all he has done for the Portland Entrepreneurship Scene. – Joanna Gough

Comment on How are you holding up, startup founder…? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 22 May 2026 19:59:31 +0000

thank you. – cat

Comment on Quietly raising one of the largest rounds in Portland startup history: Panthalassa $140M Series B by TAO’s Oregon Tech Awards 2026 winners – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:56:42 +0000

[…] Panthalassa — ocean wave energy and offshore AI compute. (Yes, the same Panthalassa that just closed a $140M Series B last […]

Comment on Quietly raising one of the largest rounds in Portland startup history: Panthalassa $140M Series B by Grim Sleeper

Grim Sleeper — Sat, 09 May 2026 14:12:55 +0000

Way to bury the lede— the dark lord, genocide-enabler and Trump boi, Peter Thiel, is the main source of funding, and the pivot is to more data centers— the exact opposite of what “saving the world” using clean energy looks like.

Comment on Portland Startup Week 2026: Start filling up your calendar by You can’t spell Portland Startup Week without AI. (Wait… Oh you know what I mean.) – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

Wed, 06 May 2026 17:10:33 +0000

[…] Portland Startup Week had “a whole bunch of AI stuff in a variety of flavors” and then didn’t list any of it that — surprise — people actually wanted a list of AI events that are happening next week. […]

Comment on Quietly raising one of the largest rounds in Portland startup history: Panthalassa $140M Series B by How does Panthalassa’s $140M stack up? Here are the largest Oregon rounds covered on Silicon Florist – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

Mon, 04 May 2026 21:33:47 +0000

[…] to forget. Like nine-figure funding rounds. But that, kids, is why I write things down. So when Panthalassa raised $140 million today, it got me thinking — how does that actually stack up against the largest rounds I’ve […]

Comment on While we wait for the actual World Cup, how about a Portland flavored edition of the Startup World Cup…? by Portland Startup Week 2026: Start filling up your calendar – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:09:29 +0000

[…] Startup World Cup Portland Regional at UpStart — Wed, May 13, 1:30PM (the global competition with the $1M Silicon Valley finale) […]

Comment on Governor Kotek signed SB 1507 as expected. But she also said something about QSBS that you need to hear. by The vicious cycle of early stage capital — or lack thereof – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and community

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:10:41 +0000

[…] QSBS mess. You’ve heard me on this. At length. (At significant length. Ad nauseam. I know.) The governor signed it on April 9 — and yes, she said something that matters, so read that post — but the signing doesn’t […]

Comment on Silicon Florist links arrangement for April 17, 2026 by Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 04:50:47 +0000

Thanks for the VibeJam shout-out! Everybody gets free Claude credits just for registering: https://luma.com/blgyrks7

Comment on Claude Code at the capital: Claude Social Night at Venti’s in Salem, Oregon by Claude Code 在州府舉辦：Claude Social Night 在 Salem, Oregon 的 Venti’s - AI 資訊

Claude Code 在州府舉辦：Claude Social Night 在 Salem, Oregon 的 Venti’s - AI 資訊 — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:34:31 +0000

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