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Thought Leaders
Our Thought Leadership series highlights the province's notable domain experts and is meant to offer guidance and insight to our readers. Interested in sharing your knowledge? Reach out to rob@techcouver.com with your pitch.
Can Open Banking Lay the Groundwork for New Housing Solutions? Absolutely.
Canada’s housing crisis needs solutions — open banking will be a game-changer. Adopting an open banking system could serve as a cornerstone for developing new financial strategies to address this challenge by retooling the Canadian financial landscape along the lines of other developed economies, creating tailored financial products, and ultimately helping make housing more accessible […]
AI Is the Future of Law
I’m writing this in response to Hugh Stephens’ recent article, “Stop the Misinformation and Fearmongering: AI Companies Need to License the Content They Use for Training,” where he critiques my views on AI in Canada. While I appreciate the dialogue around this critical issue, much of his argument misrepresents both the role of AI in […]
Stop the Misinformation and Fearmongering: AI Companies Need to License the Content They Use for Training
In a recent Thought Leadership piece on Techcouver, “Don’t Scare AI Companies Away, Canada – They’re Building the Future”, Alistair Vigier, CEO of CasewayAI, a self-described “legal technology company that uses AI to make the law easier”, drew a false dichotomy between the legitimate steps taken by content creators to protect their rights under the […]
Don’t Scare AI Companies Away, Canada – They’re Building the Future
Artificial intelligence in the legal industry has become a battleground, and the recent lawsuit against OpenAI by Canadian news media groups is just the latest battle. The lawsuit alleges that OpenAI scraped vast amounts of copyrighted content to train its AI models without permission or paying for the content. As an AI entrepreneur, I find the lawsuit […]
BC’s Tech Adoption Gap: Traditional Industries Lag Behind
At a recent event BC Tech asked our members who sell products, solutions and services into non-tech businesses which industry is most advanced in its adoption of technology. Unsurprisingly, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate led the way, but it was good to see Manufacturing, Construction & Transportation as fast followers. This aligns with what we […]
Demystifying AI: How BC Tech Members Are Finding Real-World Applications for AI
In a 2023 paper McKinsey estimated that 75% of the overall economic impact from generative AI would come in 4 areas: customer operations, marketing and sales, software engineering, and research and development. But for many companies it is hard to know where to start. At a recent event BC Took took a poll of members […]
BC Tech Companies Struggle with Talent Shortage: New Report to Offer Solutions
At a recent event BC Tech took a poll of member experience with the current talent market in BC. The results showed that even in more challenging market conditions access to talent is the number one issue for tech companies. It isn’t surprising – tech is a people business and we are only as good […]
Unleashing the Power of Fractional Leadership: Creating a New Playbook for Startup Scalability
In the ever-evolving landscape of startup culture, the traditional model of leadership is undergoing a profound shift. Enter fractional leadership – a dynamic approach that promises to revolutionize how companies scale and thrive in today’s competitive market. Fractional leadership refers to the practice of hiring seasoned executives and experts on a part-time or temporary basis […]
Marketing in the AI Age: Navigating Buzzwords and Bridging the Gap
As a quick preface: today’s article is about marketing AI technologies (companies using AI as part of their product/service/business), not marketing AI technologies (ChatGPT* and other AI tools to help automate marketing as a function). I wasn’t old enough to be working during the 90s internet boom, but from reading and learning about it, the […]