Cold Connect Selected for Fall 2026 OAIX Cohort

Cold Connect joins the Fall 2026 OAIX cohort to advance intelligent off-grid vaccine refrigeration and help strengthen vaccine cold chains in underserved communities.

Mickey Fishback

10/15/20261 min read

We’re excited to share that Cold Connect has been invited to participate in the Fall 2026 cohort of the Oregon AI Accelerator (OAIX)!

OAIX is a public-private partnership that brings together Oregon’s entrepreneurs, research universities, investors, and technology leaders to help founders build and scale AI-driven companies. Through industry expert mentorship and connections across Oregon’s innovation community, OAIX provides valuable resources for turning promising ideas into real-world solutions.

This is opportunity ties perfectly to Cold Connect's goals of strengthening the technology behind our mission. We’re building intelligent off-grid vaccine refrigeration technology designed to help protect essential medications in places where reliable power and infrastructure are often unavailable. By combining portable refrigeration, real-time monitoring, and AI-driven insights, we aim to turn cold chain data into actionable information that helps make medical material storage more resilient.

We’re looking forward to learning from OAIX mentors, collaborating with fellow founders, and exploring how AI can help us advance our technology and expand its potential impact.

We’re grateful to OAIX and its partners for this opportunity and excited to be part of Oregon’s growing AI innovation community as we work toward making life-saving vaccines more accessible.

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