Today at the KPMG AI Made Real Summit in Vancouver, Ajay Agrawal—founder of the Creative Destruction Lab and bestselling co-author of Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence—delivered a keynote that contrasted optimism with a sobering reality: Canada’s early leadership in artificial intelligence is not a guarantee of future success. “Just because we were […]
KPMG’s Marc Low Urges Businesses to Stop Waiting on AI
Today at the KPMG AI Made Real Summit in Vancouver, Marc Low, Director of Innovation and Emerging Technology at KPMG Ignition, delivered an energetic call to action for Canadian businesses: embrace generative AI, or risk being left behind. “The space is moving so quickly. If you’re sitting on the sidelines, it’s time to get in […]
How RepairFind is Modernizing Home Services Through Digital Innovation
The Canadian residential renovation, maintenance and repair industry is worth $105-billion, and is a major source of employment, responsible for more than 525,000 jobs across Canada. The market is experiencing rising demand due to factors such as property age — in fact, a considerable proportion of housing in Canada needs either major or minor repairs. Despite […]
Defang Software Labs Simplifies Agentic Cloud Deployments with MCP Integration
In a major step forward for developer productivity and AI integration, Vancouver-based Defang Software Labs has officially launched a major upgrade to Defang, an AI-enabled tool designed to streamline cloud deployments for developers. At the heart of the launch is Defang’s adoption of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) — an industry standard that promises to redefine how AI models interact with external systems. […]
Vancouver Startups Lead New Wave of Women-Led Climate Tech
Vancouver startups Agora Energy Technologies and Seacork Studio are among five women-led ventures selected to receive funding from the B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE), as part of a $2.46 million investment aimed at accelerating decarbonization in Canada’s most emissions-intensive sectors. The announcement marks the launch of CICE’s inaugural Women in Climate Tech […]
Reusables Raises $3.6M to Scale Smart Reuse System Across North America
Vancouver’s Reusables today announced its oversubscribed $3.6M seed round, co-led by StandUp Ventures and Amplify Capital, with participation from Sandpiper Ventures and Emend Vision Fund. The funding will accelerate the company’s expansion of hardware-enabled SaaS solutions for the circular economy, strengthening its position as the most scalable and effective reuse system on the market. Founded by […]
Google Cloud Canada Finds Its Footing by Going Deep, Not Wide
At Google Cloud Next 25 in Las Vegas, Farsad Nasseri, Managing Director of Google Cloud Canada, reflected on how the company carved out its place in Canada’s competitive cloud market by choosing focus over scale—and how that strategy is paying off. “Because we were third to market,” said Nasseri, “we had the luxury of stepping […]
AI Takes Centre Stage at Google Cloud Next 25
At Google Cloud’s biggest event of the year, CEO Thomas Kurian took the stage in Las Vegas to showcase the company’s rapid progress in artificial intelligence—and laid out a bold vision for what comes next. “Just one year ago, we stood here and talked about the future of AI for organizations,” Kurian told a packed […]
TELUS Completes Massive Data Transformation With Google Cloud To Unlock GenAI Future
At this year’s Google Cloud Next 25 conference in Las Vegas, TELUS and Google Cloud shared the behind-the-scenes story of a sweeping data transformation that’s reshaping one of Canada’s largest telecom and tech firms. Speaking onstage, Stephen Lee, Head of Enterprise Data Engineering at TELUS, shared how the company migrated from fragmented on-premise systems to […]
The Startup Making Strata Documents Make Sense
A Vancouver-based startup is looking to bring clarity to one of the most frustrating parts of buying a condo: reviewing strata documents. Founded by brothers Ashkan and Arash Tavassoli in late 2023, StrataReports is an AI-powered platform designed to make the document review process easier and more affordable for homebuyers and realtors. The duo, both […]