KPMG, in collaboration with Microsoft, is bringing the AI Made Real Summit to Calgary next month, offering business leaders a rare opportunity to dive deep into real-world applications of artificial intelligence. Set for May 15th at Platform Calgary, the half-day event is tailored specifically for business executives and management teams exploring or implementing AI strategies. […]
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Startup Scene Heats Up with Inventures 2025 Pre-Party at Platform
Alberta’s innovation community will get an early jump on Inventures 2025 with a high-energy pre-party hosted at Platform Calgary on May 20th. Presented by National Bank of Canada, the Welcome to Inventures 2025 Pre-Party promises to set the tone for one of Canada’s leading tech and innovation conferences. Running from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, the pre-party offers […]
Here are at Least 12 Reasons to Attend This Month’s Inventures Conference in Calgary
Inventures is set to return to Calgary this month. Following a successful event in 2024, Inventures is back to deliver more networking and knowledge opportunities for Alberta’s innovation ecosystem. Emceed by Toast cofounder April Hicke, Inventures 2025 will feature an armada of notable sessions. To help those with analysis paralysis, Alberta Innovates this week handpicked […]
Chromasense Leads Student Food Innovation With CFIN Backing
Five student-led ventures tackling critical food industry issues—from plastic-free packaging to AI-powered cultivated fat—have received funding through the Canadian Food Innovation Network’s (CFIN) NextGen Food Innovators program. The program is designed to accelerate the development of pre-commercial, science-based technologies by supporting student entrepreneurs with funding to validate, refine, and explore the market potential of their […]
Sylvester.ai Selected for Canada’s Official Delegation at VivaTech 2025
Calgary-based artificial intelligence company Sylvester.ai has been selected to join Canada’s official delegation at VivaTech 2025, Europe’s premier technology conference, taking place June 11–14 in Paris. Chosen by SCALE AI, Canada’s AI Global Innovation Cluster, Sylvester.ai will represent the country’s cutting-edge innovation on the international stage. The company is disrupting the $300 billion global pet […]
How Dev Search Is Transforming Component Selection with AI
CEO Mahdi Ansari and his team are tackling one of the biggest pain points in software development—choosing the right components Mahdi Ansari is on a mission to revolutionize modern software development. “I sought to solve a problem I experienced in my past projects,” says Ansari, a Ph.D. candidate in Software Engineering at the University of […]
How Canada Can Protect Housing Affordability
The recent election of Mark Carney as Prime Minister represents a critical opportunity for Canada to strengthen its economic resilience, particularly amid escalating trade tensions with the United States. Central to Carney’s agenda must be the immediate pursuit of interprovincial harmonization—a timely reform capable of significantly mitigating the economic impacts of intensifying U.S. tariffs on […]
Calgary Named Home to Canada’s First XPRIZE Hub
Calgary has officially cemented its role as a national innovation leader with the launch of Canada’s first XPRIZE Hub, hosted by the University of Calgary. Backed by a $1.5 million investment from the Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund (OCIF), the new hub positions the city alongside global innovation centres such as Glasgow and Geneva. For over […]
Imperial Donates $37M Energy Research Lab to SAIT in Historic Gift
In a landmark contribution to post-secondary education in Alberta, Imperial Oil Limited has donated a $37 million research facility to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), marking the largest corporate gift of its kind in the province’s history. The 40,000-square-foot building, located in Calgary’s Quarry Park and newly named the Imperial Energy Innovation Centre, […]
Cvictus Taps Alberta Research Talent to Advance ‘Nature Positive’ Biotech Solution
A Calgary-based biotechnology startup believes it is poised to transform the way the world’s livestock is fed by providing a low-cost, low-carbon, sustainable alternative to fish or soybean meal. Cvictus is on a mission to resurrect a proven, decades-old industrial fermentation process that converts methanol into a high-protein material used in animal feed. First commercialized […]