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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today: Sam Altman says Y Combinator taught him how to govern OpenAI | Fortune Long before Altman made decisions at the helm of OpenAI, he ran Y Combinator, the influential startup accelerator that has backed thousands of young companies. Unlike running a traditional company, however, ...

I absolutely love it when I get the opportunity to collaborate with folks who can bring helpful advice to Portland startups. It’s pretty much why I do what I do. So I’m super happy that we’re getting the opportunity to bring Clarence Bethea to town. But as good as that is… I want to sweeten ...

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today: A Search-and-Inference Database from Scratch in Pure Zig — Antfly Research Why we rewrote Antfly’s Go engine in Zig while the startup was still early: first principles, caring about the model instead of the embeddings, TigerBeetle-style simulation testing, and what the rewrite made possible. ...

I’m glad you asked. Because I can actually answer that question. You see, Bend Venture Conference just announced the early stage candidates for BVC 2026. But don’t get to celebrating just yet. They still have one more hurdle before they can take the main stage. The 10 Early Stage semifinalists will take the stage at ...

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today: Stripe Hackathon · Luma We’re teaming up with Stripe for a one-day hackathon where teams build payments-flavored products powered by Claude. Think AI agents that can check out a cart, reconcile an invoice, or route a payout — the kind of thing that’s genuinely ...