Vancouver startup Indiegraf, a platform revolutionizing the economics of local journalism, has announced that renowned tech investor Roger McNamee has joined its board of directors. McNamee, celebrated for his early warnings about misinformation and the vulnerabilities of social media platforms, brings decades of experience in business, venture capital, and media strategy to Indiegraf as it […]
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2025: The Year AI Reshapes Canadian Business
As we bid goodbye to 2024, I have been reflecting on how generative AI has continued to evolve from a nascent technology into a powerful force driving real business value. In conversations with Canadian customers earlier this year, many were taking their first tentative steps, exploring how generative AI could impact their organizations through pilot […]
Can Open Banking Lay the Groundwork for New Housing Solutions? Absolutely.
Canada’s housing crisis needs solutions — open banking will be a game-changer. Adopting an open banking system could serve as a cornerstone for developing new financial strategies to address this challenge by retooling the Canadian financial landscape along the lines of other developed economies, creating tailored financial products, and ultimately helping make housing more accessible […]
Why the Cleantech Industry Dominated Headlines in B.C. Through 2024
British Columbia continues to be a hotspot for innovation in the clean technology field. The province is anchored by the Vancouver area, which KPMG regards as a world-class cleantech cluster. There are hundreds of cleantech firms across the region. And we’ll mention dozens in this article alone as we highlight some of the year’s top […]
Thinkific Labs Launches ‘Cohesive’ Kit of A.I. Tools for Creating and Selling Digital Products
Thinkific Labs this week announced a slew of new features powered by artificial intelligence. The Vancouver-based cloud software platform enables entrepreneurs and businesses to create, market, and sell digital learning products. Trading publicly on the Toronto Stock Exchange as THNC, Thinkific says the “host of new AI features” are “designed to streamline the entire process […]
AI Is the Future of Law
I’m writing this in response to Hugh Stephens’ recent article, “Stop the Misinformation and Fearmongering: AI Companies Need to License the Content They Use for Training,” where he critiques my views on AI in Canada. While I appreciate the dialogue around this critical issue, much of his argument misrepresents both the role of AI in […]
Shift Coastal Brings Advanced Marine Tech to Gitxaala Nation for Three-Phase Project
Gitxaala Environmental Services been awarded nearly half of a million dollars in funding, a recent announcement revealed. The capital is earmarked to support a multi-phase project from Gitxaala, run by the northern coastal Gitxaała Nation, aimed at enhancing environmental monitoring processes in-port and terminal settings to improve operational efficiency and reduce environmental impact. The funding […]
Seven B.C. Tech Innovators Advancing the Future of Robotics in Canada
Artificial intelligence posing a threat to the end of the world has been a trope for as long as humanity could conjure the concept. So, too, has the utopian ideal of robotic entities performing all of the tasks people do not desire, thus freeing up our time for blissful enjoyment of life’s pleasures. And with […]
Stop the Misinformation and Fearmongering: AI Companies Need to License the Content They Use for Training
In a recent Thought Leadership piece on Techcouver, “Don’t Scare AI Companies Away, Canada – They’re Building the Future”, Alistair Vigier, CEO of CasewayAI, a self-described “legal technology company that uses AI to make the law easier”, drew a false dichotomy between the legitimate steps taken by content creators to protect their rights under the […]
WELL Health Reaches for a Star with Strategic Rebrand and Multiple Acquisitions
WELL Health Technologies is rebranding its subsidiary, WELL Provider Solutions Group, with intentions to spin the business into an independent firm. WELL’s Provider Solutions business is now known as WELLSTAR Technologies, a software-as-a-service healthcare firm. “A pure-play SaaS and technology leader, or ‘star,’ is born,” stated Hamed Shahbazi, founder and chief executive of WELL. To […]