Calgary-based LeX Technologies has launched a new AI platform aimed at one of the biggest problems facing businesses experimenting with artificial intelligence: how to use AI on internal knowledge without putting sensitive information at risk. The company this week announced LeX AI, a patent-pending architecture designed to help enterprises search and interpret internal documents, policies, […]
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Anchorbase Raises $2M to Bring AI Automation to Back-Office Workflows
Calgary-based Anchorbase has raised USD $2 million to help mid-market businesses modernize back-office work without replacing the software they already use. The pre-seed round was backed by U.S. fintech investors Cambrian VC and TTV Capital. Anchorbase says the funding will support continued product development, deeper integrations with systems of record, expanded customer support, and go-to-market […]
Federal Investment of $20M Targets 13 Clean Energy Projects Throughout Alberta
The federal government is investing in more than a dozen projects throughout Alberta to advance clean energy innovation across Canada’s industrial sector. The $20M worth of investments hail from the Green Industrial Facilities and Manufacturing Program and the Energy Innovation Program. The GIFMP supports energy efficiency and energy management solutions in Canada’s industrial sector, while […]
Calgary’s Nanalysis Reveals a Quantum Collab and Secures $1M to Expand Market Reach
Nanalysis Scientific has secured funding alongside an expanded collaboration with a key partner. The Calgary-based company, which trades on the TSXV as NSCI, develops and manufactures benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometers that are used worldwide for applications across pharmaceuticals, biotech, energy, food, materials, and security, as well as by academia and government. Nanalysis is working […]
Government Investment to Fuel Tech Upgrades at TELUS Spark Centre in Calgary
The federal government is investing nearly one million dollars to help support innovation and science in Alberta. A sum of $879,065, which hails from the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, is earmarked for the TELUS Spark Science Centre. “TELUS Spark is aptly named,” says Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources. […]
Why Calgary’s Smartest Growing Companies Are Ditching the Tech Hire
Most Calgary businesses that need tech capability follow the same path. Hire a CTO. Wait for a plan. Then either spin up an expensive in-house team or hand the work to an agency that delivers and disappears. By the time anything gets built, the budget is blown, the fractional CTO has moved on, the agency […]
Freshly Funded BlueFlare Aims to Add AI Inference to Bitcoin Mining Sites in Canada
Two companies are working together on a behind-the-meter AI compute project. Singapore mobile data specialist FingerMotion is collaborating with Alberta-based BlueFlare Energy Solutions on two potential sites. These sites use natural gas that would otherwise be flared to power Bitcoin mining operations; through the collab, the sites would be redeveloped into AI inference facilities, equipped […]
Applications Open for Calgary Launch Party Top 10
Calgary Launch Party is looking for the city’s next generation of standout startups. Nominations and applications are now open for the Calgary Launch Party Top 10, the city’s annual showcase for promising early-stage companies building with bold ideas, early traction, and global ambition. Now in its 16th year, Launch Party has become a milestone moment […]
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, […]
KOHO Founder Daniel Eberhard To Headline InterGen’s Wine Wednesday
Fresh off one of the most significant Canadian fintech financings of the year, KOHO founder and CEO Daniel Eberhard is coming to Calgary for a conversation on the future of digital banking. InterGen is hosting Eberhard at its next Wine Wednesday on June 24 at Thomsons Social Hub inside the Hyatt Regency Calgary. The evening […]