Since mid-2025, GeoComply has been quietly beta testing its latest innovation. The Vancouver-based digital identity platform describes this month’s launch, DeviceGuard, as a “device intelligence model.” “A device can tell you anything about itself,” explains chief technology officer Steven Vo. “Our job, for the past fourteen years, has been to know what’s actually true.” DeviceGuard […]
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Vancouver-Built AI Model Ranks Among World’s Best for Live Speech-to-Text
A Vancouver-based artificial intelligence company recently ranked among the world’s best for speech-to-text technology. Streaming speech-to-text technology converts live human speech into information AI systems can understand and act on, allowing people to interact with systems in real time. Alebex AI cracked the top 10 of Artificial Analysis’ AA-WER Streaming Index. The index, unveiled this […]
VoltSafe Completes Safety Testing for Innovation on 140-Year-Old Tech
VoltSafe announced this week that it has successfully completed safety certification testing for its marine shore power solution. The Vancouver-based upstart is aiming to reinvent the electrical plug—arguing it hasn’t evolved significantly in nearly 150 years—replacing prongs with patented magnetic technology and an “electrical fingerprint” to deliver safer, smarter power connections. This month, VoltSafe passed […]
Thinkific Trims Workforce as Part of ‘Strategic Realignment’ to Find Growth
Thinkific went public in 2021 on the TSX with shares rising as high as $19.47 in 2021, giving the B.C. tech firm a peak market capitalization of over $2 billion. However, Unicorn status was fleeting. By the time the first wave of layoffs hit in 2022, THNC was trading at less than $3 per share. By […]
Intiveo Launches Command Center to Keep Dental Teams on Track
Vancouver-based Intiveo has launched Command Center, a real-time operational system designed to help dental practices deliver a consistent patient experience as staff, shifts, and locations change. The new addition to its patient experience platform turns a practice’s data into a live list of tasks requiring attention, including unconfirmed appointments, incomplete forms, bounced reminders, and unanswered […]
Photonic, Microsoft Combine ‘Collective Strengths’ to Co-Innovate Quantum
Photonic is collaborating with Redmond tech titan Microsoft in order to advance quantum resource estimation for future large-scale quantum computing systems, the companies recently revealed. As quantum computing scales beyond a single processor, developers and enterprises need ways to understand the value and benefits associated with distributed architectures and advanced error-correction approaches, according to a […]
Hiive Rebrands as Clarity to Expand Private-Market Ambitions
Vancouver fintech Hiive has rebranded as Clarity, reflecting its evolution from a marketplace for secondary transactions into a broader financial services platform for private companies and investors. The new brand arrives alongside an expanded platform designed to address the fragmented and opaque nature of private markets, where pricing information can be limited and liquidity difficult […]
Innovation UBC Invites Venture Community to Fall Social
Innovation UBC is bringing together researchers, entrepreneurs and ecosystem partners for a fall social at the University of British Columbia next month. The Innovation UBC Community Fall Social will take place on Thursday, October 8, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Technology Enterprise Facility III on the UBC campus. Designed as a casual drop-in […]
Lumicent Launches AI Platform to Turn Industrial Risk Into Action
Vancouver-based Lumicent has launched a decision intelligence platform designed to help industrial organizations identify emerging asset risks, understand their potential consequences and determine where action is needed most. Formerly known as CoGo, the company says its new name reflects an expanded focus beyond monitoring the condition of industrial assets. Lumicent now aims to connect condition […]
Dream Photonics Wins 2026 New Ventures BC Competition
Vancouver-based Dream Photonics has been crowned the winner of the 2026 New Ventures BC Competition, taking home the $110,000 Innovate BC First Place Prize. The UBC spinout is developing a platform that uses 3D-printed micro-lenses to automate the assembly of advanced microchips. Its technology connects optical components automatically, replacing the slow and costly manual processes […]