Last night, AGIV hosted its first AI Designers Series, a space built specifically for designers and creatives building with AI. The AI conversation has been dominated by engineers for a long time. We wanted to change that. Wenting Yong Wenting Yong shared the story behind her

AGIV Spotlight: Parisa Zare and Marc-Antoine Ruel ran a two-week pitch challenge on PitchPal and got 345 submissions. Founders kept coming back and left with sharper pitches than they came in with. Read more on agivc.substack.com/p/we-built-an-…

Builder Sunday is back at Shopify Ottawa this Sunday, April 12. Show up with whatever you're working on. Be in the room with some of the best builders in the city. Problem solve together. And if you're ready, get your work in front of people who will give you real feedback.

If you can’t explain your build in a few sentences, you haven't simplified it enough. Kazi Hossain, founder of Thred AI, joins us to discuss his journey from the public sector to building a tool that helps B2B sales teams capture buyer intent signals from AI search platforms. We

Congratulations to our co-founder Neilda Gagné @neildalikezelda, a recipient of the 2026 Forty Under 40. In Ottawa she has been building the infrastructure that lets AI builders find momentum, capital, and each other. This recognition is well deserved and a reflection of how

Congratulations to community member Michael Wallack, a recipient of the 2026 Forty Under 40. Michael builds businesses, supports artists, and strengthens the fabric of Ottawa through Wallacks Art, Wallack Galleries, and Centretown BIA. He is exactly the kind of operator who

The Government of Alberta is hosting a one-day AI hackathon in Ottawa and AGIV is proud to bring our community to it. Most hackathons ask you to build something impressive. This one asks you to build something that matters to every Canadian. Federal and provincial ministers,

Co-hacking is back tomorrow, April 15. This time at a Hacker Mansion in Gatineau. Same format, very different setting. We can't wait for this one. Show up and build alongside the community. 5pm to 8pm. Register here luma.com/j6q0tcoi

Every week you see the momentum building. Last Builder Sunday, builders from the AGIV community demoed tools solving real problems. Hamza El Sousi built StarterKit4You to fix the time founders lose rebuilding the same SaaS foundations over and over again. Daesol Jung built

AGIV Spotlight: Sukh Saini built Carousel Studio, a top trending Canva app loved by 300K+ creators worldwide. It recently crossed $5K in monthly recurring revenue, more than his first software dev salary. Read more: agivc.substack.com/p/we-built-an-…

Josh Earle and his co-founders spent their last $5,000 on a one-way trip from Ottawa to San Francisco. They pitched to investors and attended events every day. It led to a life-changing email from Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator. His advice to founders who aren't there yet? It's

Agency 2026 is just around the corner. In just over a week, builders will sit alongside federal and provincial ministers, deputy ministers, hyperscalers, and frontier AI companies to work through 10 challenges on public spending transparency. This is a rare kind of room. AGIV is

Co-hacking is back this Wednesday at Wisetown Cafe. Builders have been showing up after work, stepping away from the noise, and putting in real hours on what they're building. The conversations that follow have changed more than a few projects. April 22, 5pm until close.

AGIV Spotlight: Wenting Yong Wenting Yong launched an immersive portfolio that turns a personal website into an interactive digital experience. She reworked it, simplified it, and kept shipping instead of waiting for perfect. See it for yourself: wentingyong.com

This Sunday, AGIV is hosting Lightning Talks again before Builder Sundays, with Keena Swanson leading the session. Share an idea, a project, or something you've been thinking about. Past sessions have covered integrating AI into your workflow, powerful dev tools, and more. Come

One of our own is hosting a pitch competition. We're backing it. Daesol Jung joined the AGIV Hacker House in January. Now he's leaving his mark on Canada's startup scene. The connections, the feedback, the late nights building alongside other builders, all of it fed directly

AGIV Spotlight: Said Altan had the idea for Rolevanta since last summer. Co-hacking sessions in January got him moving. Within 2.5 months he launched publicly. Read more: open.substack.com/pub/agivc/p/we…

May 25 at OneEleven: Amiral Ventures is co-hosting PitchTank.ca x Toronto Tech Week Founders pitch. Audience trades them in real time with $1M virtual portfolios. The room prices each founder live. With @PitchTank, AGI Ventures Canada, and StartupFuel - The Gold Standard of VC Diligence