The CEOs of Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic converged at Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, bringing one of the tech industry’s most consequential debates directly onto its biggest enterprise stage. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joined Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff during the opening keynote. Hours later, OpenAI CEO Sam […]
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Global Summit AI Vancouver Brings AI Leaders to UBC This Fall
Global Summit AI Vancouver is returning this fall with a two-day program focused on how artificial intelligence is being built, deployed and governed in the real world. Taking place November 2 and 3 at the UBC AMS Nest, Global Summit AI Vancouver 2026 Fall is expected to welcome more than 800 enterprise leaders, AI practitioners, […]
BryoSphere Secures Funding to Scale Moss-Grown Skincare Ingredients
Vancouver biotech startup BryoSphere Biotechnologies has secured new funding from OKGN WMAN to scale its production of plant-based ingredients for skincare products. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. The women-led company genetically engineers moss to produce bioactive ingredients inside photobioreactors. BryoSphere says its patented moss lines can be grown cost-effectively at commercial scale […]
Photonic Proposes Ambitious $500M Semiconductor Facility in Canada
Photonic has unveiled intentions to establish a multi-tenant semiconductor manufacturing facility in Canada. The Vancouver-based company has raised nearly $500 million in venture capital to develop commercial-scale quantum computers and quantum networks using its proprietary Entanglement First architecture. Entanglement First architecture leverages a unique qubit modality of optically-linked silicon spin qubits to enable powerful computation. […]
B.C. Opens $2 Million Call to Help Early-Stage Tech Reach the Market
British Columbia is opening a second funding call designed to help early-stage technology companies prove their products in real-world environments and move closer to commercial adoption. Through Innovate BC’s Early-Stage Demonstration Call, the province will provide up to $2 million for pilot-scale demonstrations of technologies developed in B.C. Eligible projects can receive as much as […]
Canada Expands Support for Businesses Battling Economic Uncertainty in B.C.
The federal government last month topped up funding for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative with an additional $1.5 billion in supports as part of a broader $7.5B package. This includes capital earmarked for businesses in British Columbia, a region rich with entrepreneurship and innovation. Pointing to key regional sectors such as advanced manufacturing, life sciences, […]
Digital Tech Aims to Create New Routes Between Business and Consumer
A Canadian technology company is proposing that businesses should not have to depend on a single market, political relationship, or traditional distribution channel to reach customers. It’s a tall ask in an era of global political and economic uncertainty. Vancouver-based Picturethis3D sees one solution through its vision of “Commerce Without Borders.” The concept of Commerce […]
How WorkZen Helps Small Businesses in Canada Operate More Efficiently
A husband-and-wife duo out of Langley has been developing a platform targeting trades contractors. The field service software startup, dubbed WorkZen, aims to supply “everything you need to run your business efficiently.” The bootstrapped WorkZen was founded by chief executive officer Ika Balzam alongside his wife Sandy, who functions as chief of operations. The lean […]
VIBE Wants to Bridge Vancouver Island’s Wealth and Tech Divide
Vancouver Island has generated billions of dollars in wealth and produced globally successful technology companies, but the investors holding much of that capital and the founders building the Island’s future rarely find themselves in the same room. A new Victoria event aims to change that. The inaugural Vancouver Island Business Experience (VIBE), taking place November […]
Cortico Launches Benchmark to Test Clinical AI Safety
Vancouver healthcare technology company Cortico has launched a free, open benchmark designed to measure whether artificial intelligence models can safely support clinical decisions—not merely pass medical exams. Called MedSafe-Dx, the benchmark evaluates how large language models respond when a patient may require urgent care, when reassurance could be dangerous, and when the available information warrants […]