Vancouver-based Glüxkind has been named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026 for Rosa, its smart stroller designed to make everyday parenting a little easier. The Parenting category selection recognizes a stroller that combines motor-assisted movement with features such as automatic rocking and integrated audio. TIME highlights Rosa’s ability to help parents navigate hills and soothe […]
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Converge 2026 to Explore How Canada Can Scale Climate Hard Tech
NorthX’s Converge 2026 is expected to bring together more than 300 founders, investors, policymakers, researchers and industry partners in Vancouver on November 25 to explore what it takes to build and scale climate hard tech companies in Canada. The gathering comes as NorthX marks five years of funding Canadian climate hard tech, providing an opportunity […]
Victoria’s Shift Adds Ad Blocker Features to Browser, Giving Users More Control
Shift Browser has launched an ad-blocking tool. The Victoria-based startup, which unveiled its specialty Browser in 2025, says that the configurable Shift Blocker does not require an extension but rather is built in to the app. “Our users come to Shift because they want more say in how they browse,” says chief executive officer Neil […]
Vresk Helps Users Directly Compare the Output of Different AI Models
Artificial intelligence technology is being actively advanced by a slew of high-tech firms, who are constantly competing to remain ahead of an ever-steepening curve. For everyday users, the pace of change can be disorienting, and differences between models can quickly overwhelm the less tech-literate among us. A UBC Sauder School of Business graduate has developed […]
Moment Energy’s Surrey Megafactory Named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026
B.C.’s Moment Energy is earning international recognition for giving electric vehicle batteries a second life. The company’s Megafactory 1 in Surrey has been named to TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026. The recognition highlights a manufacturing model that turns retired EV batteries into stationary energy storage. Founded by Simon Fraser University alumni Edward Chiang, Sumreen Rattan, […]
B.C. Innovators Earn Spots on Global Cleantech 50 to Watch
Metro Vancouver companies Anodyne Chemistries and Voxelis AI are among the Canadian ventures named to Cleantech Group’s 2026 Cleantech 50 to Watch, joining fellow B.C. innovators FireSwarm Solutions and CRWN.AI. Released today, the annual list recognizes early-stage companies positioned to shape the next wave of cleantech innovation. This year’s honourees span 12 countries, with Canada […]
UBC Researchers Develop Lab-on-a-Chip for Portable Diagnostics
UBC researchers are developing a portable biosensing platform that could bring sophisticated diagnostic testing into clinics, homes, and the field. Led by professor Karen Cheung, the team is working to shrink laboratory analytical capabilities onto a silicon biophotonics chip, with potential applications ranging from hormone tracking to neurological injury research. The platform uses custom protein […]
UBC Accelerator Targets Defence Innovation and Advanced Manufacturing
UBC engineers are developing technologies to strengthen Canada’s defence capabilities while helping industry adopt advanced manufacturing, backed by an $8.76 million PacifiCan investment. The Asymmetry Last Line (ALL) research accelerator focuses on affordable, domestically produced technologies suited to extreme cold and remote environments. Its priorities include power systems, aerospace materials, marine technologies, and sensors. Professor […]
Your Startup’s First Impression Is Now a Machine’s Summary
For most of the last decade, a startup’s discoverability problem was a ranking problem: get the page to the top, get the click. That problem hasn’t gone away, but a second one has landed on top of it. Increasingly, the first description of your product that a customer, an investor or a journalist encounters is […]
A Back Injury Led Semios Founder Michael Gilbert to Build BaroShift
Michael Gilbert built a company that helped farmers understand what was happening in their orchards. His latest startup grew out of a struggle to understand what was happening in his own body. The Semios founder is now building BaroShift, a Vancouver-based startup whose forearm wearable guides personalized breathing sessions designed to train the body’s stress-recovery […]