Silicon Florist 🌍 Security merger, $150M for robots 🤖

Issue 640

Corvallis-based Agility Robotics raises $150 million Series B

It’s a well-known fact that Oregon State University punches above its weight when it comes to intellectual property and patents. That being said, translating academic research and development into startups can often be a challenging transition. But when it works, it works. Like it has for Agility Robotics which just raised $150 million… More

Two Portland-area spinouts combine to create security startup

OneIDLab, which holds patents on a smart card technology developed when it was part of Tyfone, is combining with Tozny, an identity management and permissions software maker, that spun out of computer science research firm Galois. The merged company is taking the name Tozny Inc… More

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

Four years ago, today. Thanks again to @TEDxPortland for the opportunity, @rgleeson @PDXStephenG for the coaching, and @camikaos for putting up w/ my incessant practice. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I never hope to repeat 😅 ✅ #pdx #tedxpdx youtu.be/Cj98mr_wUA0

youtu.beAn introvert’s guide to networking | Rick Turoczy | TEDxPortlandRick explains that every person knows someone that someone else should know. That introverts can be comfortable with being uncomfortable by “collecting dots”...

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💐 Silicon Florist links arrangement

• April 18, 2022: Icon, Reclaim.ai, Customer.io

• April 19, 2022: Panic, Writing, Branding

• April 21, 2022: Mental health, Angel Oregon BIO

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

NFTs are the Geocities and Angelfire of this era

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💼 Jobs

• Senior Backend Developer at DeepSurface Security

• Curtiss-Wright's PacStar Business Unit

  • Senior Manager, Professional Services

  • Software Development Engineer

  • Software DevOps Engineer

  • Sales Support Engineer

• Kiva.org

  • Senior Backend Engineer, Fintech

  • Senior Site Reliability Engineer

• Software Engineer at Searchspring

• Audigy

  • Sr. Software Engineer

  • Director of Application Development

• Senior QA/Release Engineer - Playdate OS and SDK at Panic

• Strive Messaging

  • Senior Full Stack Engineer

  • DevOps Engineer

  • Senior Front End Developer/UX Designer

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Helen Leigh ⚡ @helenleigh

Portland's Hardware Happy Hour returns on Tuesday April 26 🛠️✨ Hardware Happy Hour is an informal way to socialize, show off your projects, and talk about the world of hardware. We'll be outside on the patio. Hope to see some of you there! meetup.com/hardware-happy…

meetup.comHardware Happy Hour Portland, Tue, Apr 26, 2022, 5:00 PM | MeetupTue, Apr 26, 5:00 PM PDT: Hardware Happy Hour is an informal way to socialize, show off your projects, and talk about the world of hardware. We welcome anyone interested in any kind of hardware fro

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🗓️ Events

• Tuesday (5:00PM) Hardware Happy Hour Portland

• Thursday (4:00PM) Demolicious

• Friday (1:00PM) Utilizing the Blockchain

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Photo by David McElwee