Oregon AI Accelerator

The Oregon AI Accelerator (OAIX) is a public-private partnership of Oregon’s leading entrepreneur support organizations, investors, and universities, hosted by Propel PSU at Portland State University, with Google as anchor sponsor. It helps early-stage AI founders go from idea to investor-ready without giving up equity. Its cohort-based accelerator pairs founders with mentors, validation support, Google Cloud infrastructure, and investor and industry connections. The program runs 11 weeks and ends in a Demo Day, blending in-person days at PSU with asynchronous build sprints and at least one dedicated lead mentor per team. It builds on the earlier Oregon AI Bootcamp. It admits early-stage, AI-native founders with a working prototype or MVP, and has reserved at least half of each cohort for Oregon-based startups. Its pilot cohort offered up to $50,000 in equity-free grant prizes, and the program’s sponsors cover participation costs.