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Issue 772
TiE Oregon Clackamas County Pitch announces startups taking the stage
First there was the West Side Pitch. Then the Columbia Pitch. Now, TiE Oregon completes the trifecta with the Clackamas County Pitch competition. But what’s a pitch competition without startups pitching…? More
Getting lost in your code…? Salal can help
What if you could chat with your codebase…? You know, along the lines of “I think I used this term somewhere” or “Who all has been contributing to this repository lately?” Or maybe just helping you better understand the code — that at one point you confidently understood but now can no longer make sense of — without having to read through hours of documentation. Whatever the case, Salal is there to help you chat with your Github repositories… More
STEM program Oregon MESA expands to Washington and Lane counties
While startups are great, we don't have great startups without education and inspiration for the up-and-coming entrepreneurs in our community. Which is a why I'm a huge fan of programs like Oregon MESA, a program that "equips teachers to help underserved middle and high school students excel in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) through hands-on invention education." And now that program is even more accessible — because they're expanding… More
Uptick in talk about Trunknode
It’s been a minute since I’ve felt that “Portland startup serendipity.” While it used to be a regular occurence in the before times — where everyone seems to be talking about the exact same startup at the exact same time — it’s become less common in the last few years. But an experience this week has me hoping that maybe it’s on the rebound. And all of that centers around Portland startup Trunknode… More
OSU Advantage Accelerator secures federal funding
Lots of investment in Oregon State University as of late. Both on the private side — through NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang and Lori Mills Huang — and now through public funds like the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Hub grant… More
Agility Robotics’ Digit graces the cover of TIME magazine
Another day, another interesting moment for Oregon’s Agility Robotics. This — ahem — time, the company’s bipedal robot Digit is the cover model for the TIME magazine “Best inventions of 2024” issue. (Also making the cut was Portland’s Keen with its Targhee IV hiking boot.)… More
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