The Vancouver startup behind a garbage bin that’s powered by artificial intelligence has been singled out by Macleans magazine as a potential billion-dollar breakout in 2019. Co-founders Hassan Murad and Vivek Vyas are the pair behind the smart bin that blends robotics and machine learning to identify and divert trash into the appropriate spot. Intuitive has developed an AI sensor […]
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Vancouver Team Behind ‘Into the Spider-Verse’
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse became one of the highest rated films of 2018 and is already considered one of the greatest comic book movies ever made. But did you know that the movie has a Vancouver connection? The animation and VFX work in the new flick was done entirely at Vancouver-based Sony Imageworks. Josh Beveridge […]
Canucks Owners Unveil Pro eSports Team
Last summer the 18,600-capacity Rogers Arena was sold out when it hosted the world’s largest video game tournament, the International Dota 2 Championships. Now, the owners of the Vancouver Canucks are bringing professional eSports team to the city. The Aquilini Group is proud owners of the Vancouver Titans, a new franchise in The Overwatch League. […]
Kabam to Lease Seven Floors in New Vancouver Centre Tower
Vancouver-based mobile game developer Kabam has secured a lease for 105,000 square feet of office space at Vancouver Centre II (VCII). The project, which is being developed by GWL Realty Advisors, has a targeted completion date of 2021. VCII will be the first office tower completed in the current cycle of downtown office development. The 33-storey […]
Tiny Capital Targets Shopify Partner Ecosystem With WeCommerce
Victoria’s Tiny Capital has created an new e-commerce company focused on acquiring businesses within the Shopify partner ecosystem. WeCommerce will operates a portfolio of companies focused on delivering products and services within the Shopify e-commerce ecosystem. Pixel Union will join Out of The Sandbox, Yopify, and Supple in the growing portfolio. Shopify partners revenues exceeded […]