Meta is making one of Alberta’s biggest-ever technology infrastructure bets. The company has officially unveiled plans for the Meta Sturgeon Data Centre, a $13 billion-plus project in Sturgeon County, northeast of Edmonton, that will become Meta’s first data centre in Canada. The project represents a major win for Alberta’s effort to position itself as a […]
Platform Calgary’s Home Wins Governor General’s Medal in Architecture
The building that houses Platform Calgary has earned one of Canada’s highest architectural honours. The Parkade of the Future, located in Calgary’s East Village, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. The national awards, presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts, […]
UCalgary’s Hunter Hub To Put Student Innovators In The Spotlight
The University of Calgary’s Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking is bringing eight emerging innovation teams to Platform Calgary next month for the Start Something Summit. Taking place June 5th, the event will feature top teams from four Hunter Hub programs competing live for a share of $40,000 in prizes. The summit brings together finalists from […]
Calgary’s Answir Targets AI for Investor Relations
A Calgary-based startup is betting that one of the most conservative functions in business—investor relations—is ready for an AI upgrade. Answir, founded by local entrepreneur Nick Kuzyk, is building a business intelligence platform designed specifically for public companies, where accuracy, consistency, and compliance are critical. Rather than relying on open-ended AI models, Answir’s assistant pulls […]
Think2Switch Brings Mind Control to Market
Calgary-based Possibility Neurotechnologies has launched Think2Switch™, a mobile app that allows users to control devices and interact with their environment using only their thoughts—no touch or voice required. Now available on the Apple App Store, the app uses consumer EEG headbands to translate brain signals into real-time actions, marking a significant step in bringing brain-computer […]
Blackline Safety Acquired in $850M Deal
Calgary-based Blackline Safety is set to go private in a deal valued at up to $850 million, marking one of the largest recent exits in Canada’s industrial technology sector. The connected worker safety company announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Francisco Partners, a global investment firm […]
Calgary Startup ClotGuard Targets Life-Threatening Bleeding
Two Calgary teenagers are taking aim at one of the most urgent challenges in emergency medicine: uncontrolled bleeding. ClotGuard, a medtech startup founded by Sophia Dhami and Isavella Tsoulias, is developing a wearable patch designed to detect active bleeding in real time and deliver targeted clotting support directly at the site of injury. The goal […]
CoolIT Exit Delivers Major Payout for Employees
Hundreds of Calgary-based employees at CoolIT Systems are set to receive substantial cash payouts following the company’s USD $4.75 billion acquisition by Ecolab, marking one of the most significant employee liquidity events in the city’s tech sector. Under a broad-based ownership program introduced when private equity firm KKR acquired CoolIT in 2023, all 650 employees […]
Calgary’s CoolIT Exits for USD $4.75B in AI Boom
A Calgary-founded company that spent more than two decades building quietly in the background of high-performance computing has emerged as one of the city’s biggest tech success stories. CoolIT Systems, a leader in liquid cooling for data centres, is being acquired by U.S.-based Ecolab for approximately USD $4.75 billion—underscoring how critical thermal management has become […]
Ottawa Targets Capital, Compute, Customers in AI Push
Canada’s new Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation used a stop in Calgary this week to outline a more aggressive federal strategy aimed at keeping AI companies—and their intellectual property—anchored in Canada. Speaking at Platform Calgary alongside newly appointed CEO Jennifer Lussier, Evan Solomon framed the country’s AI moment as both an opportunity and […]