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1</head><body class="flex min-h-full flex-col bg-ink text-paper"><div hidden=""><!--$--><!--/$--></div><header class="sticky top-0 z-50 border-b border-paper/10 bg-ink/95 backdrop-blur-sm text-paper"><div class="mx-auto flex max-w-6xl items-center justify-between px-6 py-4"><a class="flex items-center" href="/"><div class="relative w-56 md:w-64 lg:w-72" style="aspect-ratio:1344 / 169"><img alt="AI Portland" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-contain" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" src="/images/wordmark.svg"/></div></a><nav class="hidden items-center gap-10 text-sm font-semibold md:flex"><a class="text-sm font-medium text-paper transition hover:text-pink " href="/stories">Stories</a><a class="text-sm font-medium text-paper transition hover:text-pink " href="/events">Events</a><a class="text-sm font-medium text-paper transition hover:text-pink " href="/podcast">Podcast</a><a class="text-sm font-medium text-paper transition hover:text-pink " href="/partners">Partners</a><a class="text-sm font-medium text-paper transition hover:text-pink " href="/about">About</a></nav><div class="md:hidden"><button type="button" class="flex h-9 w-9 items-center justify-center rounded-full text-paper transition hover:bg-paper/10" aria-label="Open menu" aria-expanded="false"><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class="h-6 w-6" fill="none" stroke="currentColor"><path d="M4 7h16M4 12h16M4 17h16" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round"></path></svg></button></div></div></header><main class="flex-1"><section id="about" class="relative scroll-mt-16 overflow-hidden bg-ink"><div class="relative aspect-[3/4] w-full sm:aspect-[16/9]"><img alt="The lit-up &#x27;Onward Rose City&#x27; rooftop sign in Portland at night" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover object-[center_13%]" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fabout-hero-rose-city.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/><div class="absolute inset-0" style="background-image:linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(18,18,18,0.98) 0%, rgba(18,18,18,0.9) 35%, rgba(18,18,18,0.35) 75%, rgba(18,18,18,0.85) 100%)"></div><p class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-ink/60 px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] text-paper/70 backdrop-blur-sm">Photo: Randy Rizzo</p></div><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 absolute inset-0 flex flex-col justify-center pb-16 pt-16"><div class="max-w-2xl"><span class="inline-flex items-center rounded-full border border-[#e26600] bg-ink/40 px-3 py-1.5 text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[2px] text-[#ff7b00]">Portland-Grown · Human-Centered</span><h1 class="mt-6 text-4xl font-black leading-[1.05] tracking-tight text-paper sm:text-6xl lg:text-[72px]">About Us</h1><p class="mt-6 text-lg leading-relaxed text-paper sm:text-xl">AI Portland exists to help people show up for one of the most important technological and cultural shifts of our lifetime, <span class="font-bold text-[#ff7b00]">together</span>.</p></div></div></section><div class="sticky top-16 z-40 border-b border-paper/10 bg-ink/95 py-4 backdrop-blur-sm"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 "><nav class="flex w-fit items-center gap-2 rounded-full border border-paper/10 bg-surface p-1.5"><a href="#about" class="rounded-full px-3.5 py-2.5 text-[13px] uppercase tracking-wide transition bg-[#e26600] font-bold text-paper hover:opacity-90">About</a><a href="#mission" class="rounded-full px-3.5 py-2.5 text-[13px] uppercase tracking-wide transition font-semibold text-paper/80 hover:text-paper">Mission</a><a href="#team" class="rounded-full px-3.5 py-2.5 text-[13px] uppercase tracking-wide transition font-semibold text-paper/80 hover:text-paper">Team</a><a href="#story" class="rounded-full px-3.5 py-2.5 text-[13px] uppercase tracking-wide transition font-semibold text-paper/80 hover:text-paper">Story</a></nav></div></div><section id="mission" class="scroll-mt-36 py-16"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 "><div class="grid gap-10 lg:grid-cols-2 lg:items-center"><div><p class="flex items-center gap-2 text-xs font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-[#e26600]"><span class="h-1.5 w-1.5 rounded-full bg-[#e26600]"></span>Our Mission</p><h2 class="mt-4 text-3xl font-extrabold leading-tight text-paper sm:text-4xl">We believe moments like this deserve to be experienced together.</h2><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Artificial intelligence is changing how we create, work, learn, communicate, and imagine what&#x27;s possible. These moments don&#x27;t come around very often. They&#x27;re exciting, uncertain, messy, and full of possibility.</p></div><div class="relative aspect-square w-full overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-paper/10 sm:aspect-[4/3]"><img alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 50vw, 100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=384&amp;q=75 384w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_feb2025-9528.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/><div class="absolute inset-0 bg-ink/15"></div><div class="absolute inset-4 flex flex-col justify-end"><div class="rounded-xl border border-paper/10 bg-ink/90 p-6 backdrop-blur-sm"><p class="font-bold text-paper">History is unfolding in real time.</p><p class="mt-2 text-sm leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Rather than watching it happen from behind our screens, we believe there&#x27;s value in showing up—in the same room—to ask questions, challenge ideas, share perspectives, and imagine what&#x27;s next.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="relative overflow-hidden"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] w-full sm:aspect-[16/9]"><img alt="" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAIPDX_Kiln_8142025-1313.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/></div><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 absolute inset-0 flex items-center py-12"><div class="max-w-xl rounded-2xl bg-ink p-8 sm:p-10"><h2 class="text-3xl font-extrabold leading-tight text-paper sm:text-4xl">More than an AI community.</h2><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/75">We&#x27;re a community for people navigating one of the most significant technological shifts of our generation.</p><div class="mt-4 space-y-1 border-l-2 border-[#e26600] pl-4"><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Artists sit next to engineers.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Founders meet educators.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Researchers share ideas with designers.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Students challenge executives.</p></div><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/75">Curiosity is the only prerequisite.</p></div></div></section><section class="py-16"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 max-w-3xl"><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/75">Whether you&#x27;re building AI products, experimenting with creative tools, leading organizational change, or simply wondering what all of this means, there&#x27;s a place for you here.</p></div></section><section class="py-16"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 "><div class="grid gap-10 lg:grid-cols-[400px_1fr] lg:items-start"><div class="relative aspect-[4/5] w-full overflow-hidden rounded-3xl"><img alt="The Portland, Oregon Old Town sign at dusk" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover object-[90%_center]" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 400px, 100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fhero-portland-sign.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/><p class="absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-ink/60 px-2.5 py-1 text-[11px] text-paper/70 backdrop-blur-sm">Photo: Cedric Letsch</p></div><div><h2 class="text-3xl font-extrabold leading-tight text-paper sm:text-4xl">Portland has something unique to contribute.</h2><p class="mt-6 leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Every city approaches technology differently.</p><div class="mt-6"><p class="leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Portland has always been different.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">We value creativity.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Craft.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Community.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Curiosity.</p><p class="font-bold text-[#e26600]">Human-centered design.</p></div><p class="mt-6 leading-relaxed text-paper/70">We believe those values matter as AI becomes part of everyday life.</p><p class="mt-6 leading-relaxed text-paper/70">
1AI Portland exists to help cultivate that conversation—not just about what AI can do, but about <span class="font-bold text-paper">what kind of future we want to build together.</span></p></div></div></div></section><section id="team" class="scroll-mt-36 bg-surface py-16"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 "><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-paper">Meet our Team</h2><div class="relative mt-8 aspect-[16/9] w-full overflow-hidden rounded-2xl sm:aspect-[21/9]"><img alt="Megan Notarte and Nicole Mors, co-founders of AI Portland" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fteam-nicole-megan.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/></div><div class="mt-8 grid gap-8 sm:grid-cols-2"><div class="rounded-2xl border border-paper/10 bg-ink p-8"><h3 class="text-lg font-bold text-paper">Nicole Mors</h3><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Nicole is a designer who&#x27;s endlessly curious about how technology shapes the way we create, work, and connect, and more importantly, what those changes mean to people and hopefully for people.</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-paper/70">By day, she leads Product Design at Lithia &amp; Driveway. She co-founded AI Portland to create the kind of conversations she wanted to be part of. Through events, storytelling, and the (Super)charged by AI podcast, she enjoys bringing together people with different perspectives to explore ideas, challenge assumptions, and imagine what&#x27;s next.</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Outside of work, Nicole spends her time with her kids, reading a good book, tackling a home project, and hanging out with Gary, her beloved French bulldog.</p></div><div class="rounded-2xl border border-paper/10 bg-ink p-8"><h3 class="text-lg font-bold text-paper">Megan Notarte, PMP</h3><p class="text-sm font-medium text-pink">Partner at Cloud Four</p><p class="mt-3 text-sm leading-relaxed text-paper/70">Megan is a technology leader with over a decade of experience in spearheading innovative initiatives and managing high-impact projects across various industries. As the co-founder of AI Portland, she’s built a community focused on demystifying generative AI and its applications, organizing monthly events that bridge the gap between AI technology and practical business applications. Megan’s career also spans roles in operations and business management, including as a Partner at Cloud Four, where she’s led strategic initiatives and managed sizable projects for various companies, including several in the Fortune 500.</p></div></div></div></section><section id="story" class="scroll-mt-36 py-16"><div class="mx-auto max-w-6xl px-6 "><div class="grid gap-10 lg:grid-cols-[400px_1fr] lg:items-start"><div class="relative aspect-[4/5] w-full overflow-hidden rounded-3xl"><img alt="Megan and Nicole speaking together on stage" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover -scale-x-100 object-[40%_center]" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(min-width: 1024px) 400px, 100vw" srcSet="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=750&amp;q=75 750w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=828&amp;q=75 828w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=1080&amp;q=75 1080w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=1200&amp;q=75 1200w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=1920&amp;q=75 1920w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=2048&amp;q=75 2048w, /_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75 3840w" src="/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2Fmegan-nicole.jpg&amp;w=3840&amp;q=75"/></div><div><h2 class="text-2xl font-bold text-paper">Our Story</h2><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/75">Like many good ideas, AI Portland started with a conversation.</p><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/75">In late 2023, Nicole and Megan found themselves talking about AI almost every time they got together. One evening, over a bottle of wine, Nicole floated an idea:</p><blockquote class="mt-4 border-l-2 border-pink pl-4 italic leading-relaxed text-paper/90">“<!-- -->If we&#x27;re this fascinated by what&#x27;s happening, there have to be other people who want to talk about it too. We should start something, we should make a group, AI Portland.<!-- -->”</blockquote><p class="mt-4 leading-relaxed text-paper/75">Megan&#x27;s first response?</p><blockquote class="mt-4 border-l-2 border-pink pl-4 italic leading-relaxed text-paper/90">“<!-- -->Absolutely not. 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