Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. 3C Therapeutics is developing next-generation cancer therapies and exploring new ways to accelerate the drug discovery process. Its proprietary TriCore platform is a Degrader-Antibody Conjugate (DAC) system that uses antibodies to deliver protein-degrading […]
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Why Vancouver Won’t Let Its Best Ideas Get Away
Two BC innovators on retaining tech talent and what’s at stake as AI raises the bar. Canada trains some of the best AI and technical talent in the world. The key is connecting these exceptional people with companies to help them grow, compete, and succeed. “Talent is Canada’s competitive edge, says Derek Newton, SVP of […]
How Edison Motors Is Reimagining the Logging Truck
Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. Edison Motors is developing hybrid-electric trucks designed for some of Canada’s most demanding terrain. Through a project with forestry company Tolko, Edison Motors, based in Donald, B.C., is testing a hybrid logging truck […]
With Genome BC Support, BugSeq Advances Genomic Tools for Emerging Pathogens and Drug Resistance
The next infectious disease threat may not be one that public health laboratories already know how to find. Vancouver-based BugSeq is building genomic tools designed to help clinical and public health laboratories identify pathogens, track outbreaks, and understand antimicrobial resistance. With support from Genome BC—including one project also funded by Genome Canada—the biotechnology company is […]
How Mostar Labs Is Bringing Clean Energy Infrastructure to the Coast
Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. Victoria-based clean technology company Mostar Labs is working to address a persistent challenge facing remote coastal operations: access to reliable, low-emission power. Through its LilyPad platform, the company is developing a modular, floating […]
How GroundedAI Is Bringing AI Below the Surface
Canada is preparing to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on transit, energy, mining, and other major infrastructure projects. But some of the biggest threats to delivering that work on time and on budget lie beneath the surface. Unlike above-ground construction, where drones and satellite imagery have made detailed data easier to collect, tunnelling projects […]
Peter Evans on Xtract One’s PNE Deployment and the Future of AI-Powered Physical Security
As Vancouver continues to build its reputation as a host city for major international events, the technology protecting attendees is becoming just as important as the events themselves. Toronto-based Xtract One Technologies recently announced that its AI-powered SmartGateway screening system was selected to help secure the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE), enabling attendees to move through […]
How Lax Kw’alaams First Nation is Combining Indigenous Knowledge and AI to Support Salmon Conservation
Built in B.C. | Building B.C. A series exploring how Innovate BC-supported projects are helping organizations solve real-world challenges through made-in-B.C. innovation. Lax Kw’alaams First Nation, located on British Columbia’s North Coast, has a long history of conservation management and connection to the lands and waters of the Skeena estuary. Through an Integrated Marketplace project […]
Farpoint’s Nicholas Ning on Building AI That Actually Works
For many organizations, the challenge with artificial intelligence is no longer deciding whether it matters. It is figuring out how to move beyond strategy decks, pilot projects, and consumer-facing tools into systems that actually work inside complex enterprises. That is the space Farpoint Technologies is trying to occupy. Led by Nicholas Ning, Farpoint describes itself […]
How CO280 Plans to Scale Carbon Removal
Vancouver-based carbon removal developer CO280 is emerging as a major player in the growing market for engineered carbon dioxide removal. The company recently signed multi-million-tonne carbon removal agreements with Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase, helping position CO280 among the world’s largest suppliers of permanent carbon removal credits. By retrofitting pulp and paper mills with carbon capture […]