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

In a newly published presidential memorandum, the T...

I know you’re hard at work, finishing up your Bend Venture Conference 2026 application to share your startup story on stage at one of the largest startup pitch competitions on the west coast. Good on you. But did...

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

Local models are never going to be as powerful. I think this point should be obvious: all of the current frontier models (closed and open-weights) are far...

While everyone clearly knows that Portland was built upon an ancient unicorn burial ground, few people realize that the “P” in “Portland” actually stands for “procrastination.” But “Procrastinationortland” was too long for print at the time. Although that ...