Every year the Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Stars list highlights 20 cloud startups that are on track to be among the best private cloud companies in the future. These companies, all of which have raised up to $25 million in total funding, are assessed based on various criteria such as financials, growth, marketing, leadership and […]
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Durable Reaches ‘Huge Milestone’ as AI Platform Builds One Million Business Websites
Last year, a serial entrepreneur and designer co-launched a startup in Vancouver that leverages artificial intelligence to help users create and manage their own business. Durable—the brainchild of Vancouverites Ross Howard-Jones, James Clift, and Helio Bentes—helps launch a business in less than a minute using the power of artificial intelligence technology. The company offers different products […]
JackRabbit Wants to Put Your Business on Autopilot with AI
A Victoria-born startup wants artificial intelligence to run your business. “Are you tired of trying to keep up with the constant changes in business operations? Are you tired of digging through processes and asking your coworkers for answers?” ask the founders of JackRabbit Ops, an AI startup on Vancouver Island, which boasts a unique tech […]
10 Homegrown B.C. Startups to Watch in 2023
2022 is in the books and despite what we’ve all been through, it was a pretty good year for the Vancouver tech community and the provincial scene as a whole. Tech companies specializing in everything from capturing carbon dioxide to social investing, and from background screening to non-fungible people have been leading an unprecedented tech […]
How Innovative Startups Are Using Artificial Intelligence Across Sectors in BC
The Artificial Intelligence Network of British Columbia launched in 2019 to “unify, organize, and catalyze the AI and Machine Learning communities in British Columbia.” The institution’s founding vision was to make B.C. a worldwide hub for Artificial Intelligence by 2022. Did it happen? If not quite yet, the province is surely close. Given the recent permeation […]
Vancouver’s Durable Reveals Seed Capital as Business-Building Startup Gathers Momentum
Late last year, a serial entrepreneur and designer co-launched a startup in Vancouver that leverages artificial intelligence to help users create and manage their own business. Durable is the brainchild of Vancouverites Ross Howard-Jones, James Clift, and Helio Bentes. Durable claims to launch a business in less than a minute using AI. “If you run a solo […]
Vancouver AI Startup Durable Lets People Launch, Manage a Business Within Seconds
A serial entrepreneur and designer have co-launched a startup in Vancouver that leverages artificial intelligence to help users create and manage their own business. Durable is the brainchild of Vancouverites Ross Howard-Jones, James Clift, and Helio Bentes. Howard-Jones is a longtime designer with stints at Bench and Shopify, while Clift has been an entrepreneur since high […]