Pitch Night: Artificial Intelligence
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
Will Zhang
Founder, OpenHouse.ai
Keith Daser
Founder, Deliver Digital Inc.
Christopher Ballem
Senior Manager, EY
Founders Who Pitched
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.
LinkedIn →May 2026 Winner
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.
LinkedIn →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.
LinkedIn →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.
LinkedIn →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.
LinkedIn →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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