One gripe I often hear about Portland folks is that we don’t tend to think big enough. It comes from a good place. Recognizing that we’ve got a ton of creativity, talent, and potential. We just don’t always have the risk tolerance. But that may be changing if AJ Green of the AI Collective has anything to say about it.
PSA: Calling all Portland community builders. I’m bringing tech’s biggest All-Stars to the Rose City. Anthropic. Lovable. Cursor. N8N. Vercel. I want to prove to the world that Portland has what it takes to be taken seriously in tech. We have huge enterprises, legends (hello Jensen Huang), and all the talent to be a major hub - we just need to get out of our own way. So here's my ask: Rally with me. Let's co-host. Let's collaborate. Let's prove what Portland can do when we stop waiting for permission and start building together. This is an open invitation. Calling organizers at: AI Portland AI Tinkerers Oregon AI Accelerator Upstart Collective Technology Association of Oregon Oregon Entrepreneurs Network North Bank Innovations Plug and Play Tech Center Portland Seed Fund Oregon Venture Fund PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) Portland State University Applied AI Association (AAIA) + many more! Let’s connect. Let's co-host. Let's collab. There isn’t a “winner takes all" in AI. The only way communities inspire change is together. Tagging PDX leaders: Megan Notarte @Jack Phan Rick Turoczy Dave Barcos Josh Carter Janet Lee Johnson Arsh Haque Charlie Kawasaki, CISSP Warren (Skip) Newberry Jr. Dinesh Mathew Abraham N. Natalie Tashchuk Dominic Kuklawood John Zoltner Duncan Miller Keith Wilson Surj Patel Shashi Jain Alexis Dunn Melissa Evers Todd Greco Joanna Gough Reggie Wideman Alexis Nelson, MBA, MSF + many more! | 10 comments on LinkedIn
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