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This week, Rogue Women has $13 million to invest, Bend Oregon's Revyse raises $1 million, founder.coffee and Rose City Techie meetups, AI in the City of Portland, and more.

This week, we talk about the inagural 503 Day, Dust Moto's EV dirt bike, WordCamp US call for speakers, NedSpace offers space for events, a new Executive Director for Oregon Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Accelerator, Equitable Networking, and Mayday! Deep Space.

This week, we talk about Portland Seed Fund's new fund, new team member, and new investments; highlight the Alexis Ohanian investment in The Sports Bra; talk about former Magic Leap-ers and their new startup; take a few minutes to highlight Dave Hersh's new book Reignition (https://amzn.to/49Q4Y9n); and congratulate the new Demolicious winner.

This week, Reperio Health raises $14M, the Technology Association of Oregon has an AI community, Demolicious is next week, applying to TiE Oregon Columbia River Pitch, robot dogs on Mt Hood, Barrett Brooks kicks of his new podcast with James Clear.

Let's get into it.

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This week, we'll talk about the smallest website for the smallest park, Radious goes nationwide, Read Write Web founder Richard MacManus takes us back to the days of Web 2.0, VC is down in Portland, free coworking, and more.

This week, we AI Portland's upcoming AI Literacy for All event, TiE Oregon Westside Pitch 2024 winners, what a chief product officer (CPO) does at a startup, getting help understanding the upcoming Portland elections, and all kinds of maps.

This week, the Right to Repair Act is now Oregon law, WordCamp US 2024 tickets are now on sale, Oregon UAS (drone) Accelerator applications are due, AI Portland has a new AI podcast, First Friday at UpStart Collective Westside, and Westside Pitch Competition.

Let's get into it.

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This week, we talk about Jama Software's $1.2B exit and Oregon Venture Fund sees a 60x return, a new venture capital firm in Seattle started by Techstars alums, Demolicious winner, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek admits having a healthy bit of skepticism about Artificial Intelligence (AI), and TiE Oregon announces finalist for Westside Pitch 2024.

Please keep up the good work.

This week, Artificial Intelligence — you know, the AI — it's a thing. We'll talk about the new Oregon Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council, the AI Portland meetup, the Weekly AI Chat, and — of course — Rosie, our helpful AI concierge for the Portland startup community. I also cover BuzzCutt, RAIN Catalysts, and Pitch Latino Seattle.

This week, I've got a secret to share with you, Agility Robotics names Peggy Johnson CEO, XOXO is back for one more year, Demolicious March has a full slate of startups, and the list of with all 58 Black businesses shared by Stephen Green and Built Oregon during Black History Month is complete. Let's get into it.PORTLAND STARTUP AND TECH NEWS00:00 Portland, Oregon, startup and tech news00:56 58 companies for Black History Month 202402:09 Demolicious March at UpStart Collective westside03:14 Agility Robotics names Peggy Johnson CEO04:56 XOXO is back for one more festival07:08 Portland Startups Slack #social_beer gathering08:40 Podcast exclusive secret reveal