Press

Press coverage of Jack Phan — from the #ONCEUncle story to the launch of the Google-backed Oregon AI Accelerator.

• PSU Partners with Google to Launch Oregon AI Accelerator, Driving Regional Innovation

  December 1, 2025

  PSU News

  Portland State University's announcement of the Google-backed Oregon AI Accelerator that Jack directs.

• A Portland Man Has Inadvertently Become an Unofficial Mascot for One of Korea's Biggest Pop Groups

  September 27, 2019

  Willamette Week

  The story of how Jack's keynote tweet made him #ONCEUncle to the global TWICE fandom.

• #ONCEUncle — international coverage

  September 2019 onward

  allkpop · Koreaboo · Naver · FN News · KPOP Monster

  The #ONCEUncle moment was picked up across Korean and international K-pop press. (Direct links maintained in OAIA_Press_Log.xlsx.)

• Oregon AI Accelerator launch coverage

  November 2025

  Oregon Business · openPR

  Regional coverage of the Accelerator's launch and equity-free grant model. (Direct links maintained in OAIA_Press_Log.xlsx.)

• Oregon AI Accelerator coverage

  November 2025 · June 15, 2026

  Portland Business Journal (paywalled)

  Reporting on the Oregon AI Accelerator's launch and pilot. (Paywalled — a valid citation; direct links maintained in OAIA_Press_Log.xlsx.)