Pitch Night: Artificial Intelligence
Past EventCalgary, AB

Pitch Night: Artificial Intelligence

Wednesday, May 27, 2026·5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

About This Event

Around 50 founders, operators, investors, and builders came together to see what's being built across Calgary's growing AI ecosystem. Six founders pitched across investor relations intelligence, AI-native staffing, agentic operating systems, tech ecosystem discovery, vehicle diagnostics, and predictive infrastructure intelligence. Nick Kuzyk of Answir took home the $500 microgrant.

Judges

WZ

Will Zhang

Founder, OpenHouse.ai

KD

Keith Daser

Founder, Deliver Digital Inc.

CB

Christopher Ballem

Senior Manager, EY

Founders Who Pitched

Funded
NK

Nick Kuzyk

Answir

AI-powered investor relations intelligence platform for public companies. Helps them engage with and understand investors via an AI assistant embedded on their websites, while capturing analytics and insights viewable via a dashboard.

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Microgrant Winner$500

May 2026 Winner

JM

Jigar Mokani

Gofer

GoferGPT is an AI-native staffing infrastructure. Clients make requirements in plain English and GoferGPT handles everything from sourcing to deployment of contractors, including payments.

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CT

Colin Thrasher

Orchestrive Acceleration Labs Inc.

Agentic operating systems for mid-sized organizations in regulated industries — purpose-built AI agents deployed inside existing workflows, with human accountability built into the architecture and pricing tied to measurable client outcomes.

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RW&AS

Ryan Wiebe & Ali Salmani

Techr

An AI-powered discovery platform that simplifies finding the hottest tech companies, jobs, events, news, and people shaping the world of tomorrow.

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FH

Faraz Hosseini

Carivion

AI-powered platform using computer vision and vehicle diagnostics (OBD2) to automatically detect external and internal vehicle issues, generate standardized reports, and track vehicle health over time.

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HSS

Harsimarpreet Singh Sahota

InfraSight

AI-powered predictive infrastructure risk platform for smart cities and utility networks. Uses machine learning, geospatial data, sensor inputs, and historical records to predict failures before they occur, helping municipalities reduce costs and improve public safety.

Event Highlights

Theme: Artificial Intelligence Startups. Photos by Saba Tokhanbeigi.

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