I didn’t set out to build a scene. I went looking for my people.
Artists, hackers, researchers, founders, policy folks. The ones already doing the work before the global conferences showed up. That search became the Vancouver AI community and the BC + AI ecosystem. You are the BC + AI ecosystem.
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BC + AI is live
Why we built Canada’s first grassroots AI industry association.
One year in
From 80 pioneers to a province-wide community.
The Long Road to Futureproof
The festival dream the community finally made real.
Meetup recaps
Meetup #16
Tech, creativity, and community collide.
February recap
Building BC’s AI future, one meetup at a time.
Hackers, hustlers, heretics
The August recap.
Where it started
Inside the very first meetup.
The bigger story
DIY AI in Vancouver
How grassroots innovation reshaped BC’s tech future.
A mycelial network
Fifteen months mapping the builders making AI on their own terms.
Rise of the technopunks
Hosting the Web Summit on our terms.
Browse the full Vancouver AI Ecosystem archive, or bring this energy to your event.