Week ending May 8, 2026 - Oregon startup news

This week's recap: Panthalassa's $140M Series B for ocean-energy-powered AI compute and where it lands on the all-time Portland funding leaderboard. Plus the finalized Portland Startup Week 2026 lineup (including the AI events I punted on last week), Latino Founders' Next Wave Startup Lab Climate Edition opening apps for May 29–31, three founder podcast conversations, plus Startup Grind PDX rebooting and Creative Mornings Portland's Kaitlin Carpenter on The Awkward Handshake — plus a gentle PSA on the Oregon Innovation Showcase site situation. And the secrets, of course.CHAPTERS:00:00 Oregon startup news06:00 Panthalassa $140M12:00 Where $140M ranks17:45 Portland Startup Week 202621:10 Latino Founders Next Wave Climate Edition23:40 SecretsLINKS:Oregon Innovation Showcase (working URL) — https://socialenterprisesinc.swoogo.com/2026SNL: Clown Penis dot fart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWIlScfHwOUPanthalassa $140M Series B — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/quietly-raising-one-of-the-largest-rounds-in-portland-startup-history-panthalassa-140m-series-b/Panthalassa — https://panthalassa.com/How $140M stacks up — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/how-does-panthalassas-140m-stack-up-here-are-the-largest-oregon-rounds-covered-on-silicon-florist/Portland Startup Week 2026 Preview — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/portland-startup-week-2026-preview/Portland Startup Week — https://www.portlandstartupweek.com/Latino Founders Next Wave Climate Edition — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/05/apply-to-latino-founders-next-wave-startup-lab-climate-edition/Latino Founders — https://www.latinofounder.comDevin Gaffney conversation — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/04/devin-gaffney-talks-about-social-media-anger-and-more/Doctor Notes / TAO conversation — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/05/oregon-ai-accelerator-company-doctor-notes-sits-down-with-technology-association-of-oregon/Canopii on robotic farming — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/07/canopii-talks-the-future-of-robotic-farming/Startup Grind PDX reboot — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/07/startup-grind-pdx-reboot/Kaitlin Carpenter on The Awkward Handshake — https://siliconflorist.com/2026/05/08/creative-mornings-portland-organizer-kaitlin-carpenter-on-the-awkward-handshake/