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Best Native AI Companies in Oregon, United States

The 33 best Native AI companies in Oregon, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Agility Robotics.

33companies tracked
$237.6Mdisclosed funding
1unicorns
13have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × OREGON

Our analysis of 100 Native AI companies

$80.0b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

100companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
48unicorns
2021median founding year
166kcombined LinkedIn audience
90%of audience held by top 3
1companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Oregon

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Agility Robotics 🦄
Developer of robots and a cloud-based automation platform for logistics operations
83Innovation top 20%Funding top 20%AI top 20%Partners top 21%
All 13 signals ▾
Innovationtop 20%
Fundingtop 20%
AItop 20%
Partnerstop 21%
Patentstop 24%
Moattop 25%
Newstop 28%
Markettop 39%
Talenttop 39%
Growthtop 40%
Producttop 45%
Techtop 49%
Globalbottom 39%
Innovation: 55 patents (top 26% of patent-holders) · 50 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21
Funding: Raised $180M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 83/100
$180M13 mo agoSeries CDamion Shelton
Co-Founder
2015WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+1555 patents
Legged robot perception, control, safety, docking, and bimanual manipulation technologies
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2Distributional
Platform for AI testing and evaluation
$30M24 mo agoSeries ATobias Andreasen
Co-Founder
2023WebflowSalesforceGSAP+17——
3Reclaim
Provider of AI-based online virtual assistant-integrated calendar management tool
$10M48 mo agoAcquiredHenry S
Co-Founder & COO
2018WebflowAmazon Web ServicesStripe+262 patents
Enterprise calendar and schedule management software for business process optimization
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4Paxton
Generative AI solutions for legal research and drafting
$6M21 mo agoSeries AMichael Ulin
ex-Co-Founder
2023SentryFirebaseEmotion+257 patents
Patents concentrated in mechanical & energy engineering
—
5Sturdy AI
AI-based platform for enterprise data management
$5M19 mo agoSeedNathaniel Hazelton
Co-Founder and CTO
2019WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+3016 patents
Advanced articulating nozzle assemblies and precision intake manifold valve actuation for fluid control
—
6Rapta
Provider of an AI platform for manufacturing quality control and automation
$3M16 mo agoSeedMatthew Thornton
Co-Founder & CMO
2021WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+22——
7StrateSea Technology
Developer of AI-powered platform for maritime sensor data analysis
$1M9 mo agoSeedMaurice Doucet
Co-Founder & CTO
2025———
8UpSight
Provider of AI-powered endpoint security solutions against ransomware and advanced threats
$1M26 mo agoAcquired—2021WordPressMySQLPHP+173 patents
Predictive analytics for user lifetime value via cohort segmentation
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9Rocket ML
Provider of a machine learning platform
$706K74 mo agoFunding RaisedVinay Rao
Co-Founder
2017———
10FlowiseAI
Developer of a visual platform for building AI agentic systems
$500K40 mo agoAcquiredChung Ong
Co-Founder
2023Node.jsRadix UITailwind CSS+14——
11Kimera Systems
Develops artificial general intelligence system
$378K105 mo agoSeed—2012———

Top 12 Native AI companies in Oregon

#1
Series C · Salem, Oregon · founded 2015 · 163 employees
$180Mraised
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Developer of robots and a cloud-based automation platform for logistics operations. It provides robots designed for automating repetitive tasks in manufacturing, distribution, and third-party logistics. Its cloud-based automation platform gives users control of robots and equipment. The platform deploys and integrates automated workflows into logistics and manufacturing operations.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 83how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 20%
Funding
top 20%
AI
top 20%
Partners
top 21%
Patents
top 24%
Moat
top 25%
Innovation: 55 patents (top 26% of patent-holders) · 50 filings since 2022 vs 5 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Funding: Raised $180M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series C (Sep 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Audience (LinkedIn): 114k LinkedIn followers — 68.7% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Change and Configuration Control Manager
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. NVIDIA Halos) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series C—
  • Jun 2025Series B—
  • Nov 2024Series B—
  • Apr 2022Series B$150M
Founders & team
Damion SheltonCo-FounderJonathan HurstCo-FounderPeggy JohnsonCEO
Investors
Sony Innovation Fund, Coal Hill Ventures, Playground Global, Schaeffler, DCVC, MFV Partners
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDocusign
#2
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2025
$1.3Mraised
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Developer of AI-powered platform for maritime sensor data analysis. The platform transforms raw data into actionable intelligence, providing real-time detection, classification, and decision support. It integrates acoustic, optical, and other data types. The platform empowers operators to build, test, and deploy AI models without requiring data science expertise.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 779 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Seed$350K
  • Nov 2025Seed$950.7K
Founders & team
Maurice DoucetCo-Founder & CTOVictoria Price-DoucetCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Elevate Capital
#3
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2019 · 15 employees
$5.4Mraised
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AI-based platform for enterprise data management. It provides software for feedback management and analysis. It offers tools to generate business insights and share them with teams.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Seed$6M
  • Jun 2022Seed$3.1M
  • Sep 2020Seed$2.3M
Founders & team
Nathaniel HazeltonCo-Founder and CTOSteve HazeltonCEO
Investors
Grotech Ventures, Fortson, Voyager Capital
#4
Seed · Tigard, Oregon · founded 2021
$2.7Mraised
▾

Provider of an AI platform for manufacturing quality control and automation. The platform rapidly deploys on the factory floor. It delivers automated quality control, quality assurance inspection, and operator training. The platform supports video and sensor data. It enables deployment of advanced AI solutions with a visual, no-code action builder. The company offers solutions for drones, industrial electronics, and laboratory instruments. It also provides solutions for precision optics, semiconductors, and wiring.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Seed$2.7M
Founders & team
Matthew ThorntonCo-Founder & CMOAaron BrownCEO
Investors
Portland Seed Fund, Roadster Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailAstraCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#5
Series A · Portland, Oregon · founded 2023
$6Mraised
▾

Generative AI solutions for legal research and drafting. Its features include Intelligent risk assessment, real-time regulatory intelligence, streamlined processes, and data-driven decision-making. The platform supports performing work including legal research, drafting documents, and creating policies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Series A$22M
  • Sep 2023Seed$6M
Founders & team
Michael Ulinex-Co-FounderTanguy ChauCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
WVV, Kyber Knight Capital, 25madison, AI Fund, Voyager Capital, Gaingels
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Series A · Portland, Oregon · founded 2023
$30Mraised
▾

Platform for AI testing and evaluation. It provides solutions for customers to identify and understand issues in AI technology.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2024Series A$19M
  • Dec 2023Seed$11M
Founders & team
Tobias AndreasenCo-FounderKeith LabanCo-Founder | Head of EngineeringMichael MccourtCo-Founder and CTO at Distributional
Investors
Two Sigma Ventures, Operator Collective, Essence VC, Alumni Ventures, Dozens, Oregon Venture Fund
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareFathomGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle Tag Manager
#7
Acquired · Beaverton, Oregon · founded 2021 · 7 employees
$1.1Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-powered endpoint security solutions against ransomware and advanced threats. It operates directly on endpoints to predict and intercept attacks in real time, neutralizing threats before damage. The system identifies and reverses malicious activity, ensuring attackers have no foothold left to exploit. It monitors endpoint events, analyzes system activity, and classifies potential threats based on tactics, techniques, and procedures. By preemptively blocking future steps, it eliminates threats before they can escalate into full-blown incidents.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 904 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Arctic Wolf family) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Seed$1.1M
#8
Acquired · Portland, Oregon · founded 2018 · 12 employees
$9.5Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-based online virtual assistant-integrated calendar management tool. It provides users with a tool that helps users to block their time for different tasks in their calendars. Its features include time blocking, task management, calendar sync for routines, meeting buffers, task integrations, and colour coding.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Series A$3.2M
  • May 2021Seed$4.8M
Founders & team
Henry SCo-Founder & COOPatrick LightbodyCo-Founder
Investors
Character, Operator Partners, Flying Fish Ventures, Index Ventures, Gradient Ventures, Calendly
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#9
Acquired · Beaverton, Oregon · founded 2023
$500Kraised
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Developer of a visual platform for building AI agentic systems. The platform offers modular building blocks for constructing agentic systems and workflows. It supports single-agent systems, chatbots with tool calling, and knowledge retrieval from data sources. The platform also allows human review of tasks and provides execution traces. It offers APIs, SDKs, and embedded chat for integration and extension.

Funding rounds
  • 2023Seed$500K
Founders & team
Chung OngCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, Eight Capital Management
Tech stack
ClickbankCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsEmotionGitbook
#10
Funding Raised · Beaverton, Oregon · founded 2017 · 1 employees
$706Kraised
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Provider of a machine learning platform. Its offering includes developing, tracking, testing, and deploying ML models. It supports multiple programming languages like SQL, Python, Java, Scala, R, and more. The developed model can be deployed on HPC infrastructure as an API. It caters to the healthcare, finance, and energy industries.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$256K
  • Sep 2019Grant (prize money)$225K
  • Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$225K
Founders & team
Vinay RaoCo-Founder
Investors
America’s Seed Fund, National Science Foundation, NIH, OTBC, IIT Startups
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpBootstrapElementorContact Form 7
#11
Seed · Portland, Oregon · founded 2012 · 11 employees
$378.5Kraised
▾

Kimera Systems develops commercial artificial general intelligence technology for connected devices. Its AGI engine Nigel represents a new approach that fuses together a broad range of hard and soft sensor data, achieving contextual awareness as well as it learns and applies what it understands to real-world situations. Rather than a centralised “brain” or knowledge bank, Nigel learns through growing neural network with nodes that can extend to any type of connected device or use case. Developing solutions for network operators, device manufacturers, automotive and adtech industry.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2018Seed$50K
  • Aug 2016Angel$328.5K
  • Jul 2016Angel—
  • Jul 2012Seed—
Investors
Cognite Ventures
#12
Deadpooled · Portland, Oregon · founded 2012 · 6 employees
$25Kraised
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Simple Emotion utilizes emotion and speech analysis algorithms to provide unprecedented human-to-machine communication. As of Oct, 2016 Company is pilot-testing a product that generates actionable information and statistics from customer service interactions. Product can be useful in many industries including contact centers, personal assistants, robotics, and healthcare.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2016Series A—
  • Mar 2013Seed$25K
Founders & team
Matthew FernandezCo-Founder & CEOAkash KrishnanCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
Portland Seed Fund, Storm Ventures, String Ventures, GoAhead Ventures

Funding & investor landscape

$237.6Mtotal disclosed funding
12companies funded
24disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
DCVC2 rounds
Portland Seed Fund2 rounds
Voyager Capital2 rounds
Y Combinator2 rounds
25madison1 rounds
ABICO1 rounds
ACOF1 rounds
AI Fund1 rounds
AIRI Capital1 rounds
Ability Enterprise1 rounds

Notable founders

Damion Shelton
Co-Founder · Agility Robotics
Jonathan Hurst
Co-Founder · Agility Robotics
Maurice Doucet
Co-Founder & CTO · StrateSea Technology
Victoria Price-Doucet
Co-Founder & CEO · StrateSea Technology
Nathaniel Hazelton
Co-Founder and CTO · Sturdy AI
Steve Hazelton
CEO · Sturdy AI
Matthew Thornton
Co-Founder & CMO · Rapta
Aaron Brown
CEO · Rapta
Michael Ulin
ex-Co-Founder · Paxton
Tanguy Chau
Co-Founder & CEO · Paxton
Tobias Andreasen
Co-Founder · Distributional
Keith Laban
Co-Founder | Head of Engineering · Distributional
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,095,677 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Native AI coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Oregon · institutions

What Oregon researches in artificial intelligence

26 papersstance +0.5265% breakthrough10% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Cell Image Analysis TechniquesNeural dynamics and brain functionMultimodal Machine Learning ApplicationsSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsMemory and Neural MechanismsProtein Structure and Dynamics
top institutions
  • University of Oregon8
  • Oregon State University8
  • Oregon Health & Science University7
  • Southern Oregon University3

Common questions

How many Native AI companies are there in Oregon, United States?
Radar tracks 33 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in Oregon, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in Oregon, United States?
The Native AI companies in Oregon, United States on this list have raised a combined $237.6M in disclosed equity funding across 12 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in Oregon, United States?
Agility Robotics is the highest-funded Native AI company in Oregon, United States, with $180M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in Oregon, United States are funded?
12 of the 33 Native AI companies in Oregon, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in Oregon, United States?
1 Native AI company in Oregon, United States on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Oregon, United States Native AI companies?
The most active investors in Oregon, United States Native AI companies on this list include DCVC, Portland Seed Fund, Voyager Capital, Y Combinator, 25madison.
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