The Canadian Food Innovation Network is awarding more than $700,000 to eight food-tech projects through its Innovation Booster Program, the organization revealed this week, matched by industry funds for a total investment of nearly $1 million. This round of capital targets applied AI solutions on the plant floor and across the food supply chain, according […]
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Calgary’s Cashew Examines AI’s Growing Impact on Brand Trust
Artificial intelligence has made it easier than ever for brands to produce polished content—but that efficiency may be creating a new challenge: consumers increasingly assume that what they see was generated by AI. New research from Calgary-based consumer research platform Cashew found that 87% of consumers believe brands use at least some AI-generated content, even […]
University of Calgary Lands $20.3 Million to Lead Canada’s First Quantum Defence Hub
Calgary is set to become home to Canada’s first secure innovation hub dedicated to turning quantum research into defence and national-security capabilities. The federal government announced that a University of Calgary-led consortium will receive $20.3 million over two years to establish and operate the Quantum Defence Innovation Secure Hub, or Quantum DISH. Launched under the […]
Alberta to Fund Projects Converting Modern Technology into Better Healthcare
Alberta is seeking to support local innovation within the healthcare field. Alberta Innovates is offering funding for local projects focused on research commercialization and the digitization of the health sector. “The competition for federal funding can be fierce, and even the most promising projects can score well but remain unfunded,” reads a statement from the […]
Calgary Startup Rethinks Mission Planning for Drones with AI Technology
A company emerging out of Calgary is developing products that support large-scale drone mapping and inspection in real time. The technology from Dronnix, founded by University of Calgary graduate Salar Ghaffarian, bears applications for natural disasters, solar arrays, and road infrastructure. “The University of Calgary helped me a lot,” Ghaffarian recently informed Innovate Calgary. Ghaffarian, […]
Nominations Open for 2026 Start Alberta Tech Awards
Alberta’s technology community has another opportunity to recognize the founders, companies, investors, and supporters helping the province’s innovation economy grow. Nominations and applications are now open for the 2026 Start Alberta Tech Awards, which will return to Calgary for their ninth year on November 4 at Studio Bell. The annual awards celebrate individuals and organizations […]
Experts to Discuss Best Practices as Alberta Embraces the Building of AI Data Centres
In March, a panel of local tech experts outlined why Alberta is a contender in the race to build AI infrastructure. Less than four months later, Meta unveiled official plans for a $13 billion data centre in Sturgeon County northeast of Edmonton. The company expects 3,000 skilled trade workers to be onsite at peak construction. […]
North Vector Dynamics Lands NordSpace Investment to Advance Canadian Defence Technology
Calgary-based North Vector Dynamics has secured a strategic investment from NordSpace Ventures to accelerate its work in autonomous defence systems, advanced propulsion and hypersonic technologies. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. North Vector Dynamics was named one of Calgary.tech’s 10 Homegrown Calgary Startups to Watch in 2026, recognized for developing Canadian technology designed […]
Sundog Technologies Seeks to Innovate Drone Capability for Aerospace Applications
A Calgary-based company is innovating aerospace logistics with heavy-lift drone technology. Sundog Technologies cofounder Ali Najmabadi says the goal of the company is enhancing to “lower the cost and increase the availability of aerial logistics.” Sundog is developing technology based on advances in hybrid and electric vehicles. “What has allowed hybrid and electric vehicles to […]
How Cellar’s ‘Rotten Potato’ Project Aims to Shape Future of Agtech in Canada with Early-Warning Tools
Cellar Insights this month unveiled the launch of the Rotten Potato Data Project. Launched in 2023, Cellar Insights uses a combination of sensors and cloud-based algorithms to remotely monitor potato health during long-term storage with an aim to reduce food loss and optimize the quality of crops post-harvest. The startup’s Rotten Potato Data Project is […]