7+ hour, 45+ min ago   (612+ words) Vancouver-based TravelAI has acquired the Sonder brand and relaunched Sonder.com, giving one of Canada’s best-known travel-tech names a second life following the collapse of its former operator. Through parent company UpNext Ventures, TravelAI acquired the Sonder word mark, more…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago   (767+ words) Wearable devices have become good at telling people when they are stressed. Vancouver’s Prana Labs wants them to help people do something about it. The startup is behind Vayu, a wearable-first breathwork platform that combines biometric monitoring, artificial intelligence, and…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (360+ words) With a keen eye for gaps in the market, natural health expert Dr. Julie Durnan leveraged her 15 years of industry experience to found Ginger Desk after observing how practitioners grappled with admin tasks. Durnan envisioned a service that could shoulder…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (324+ words) At most horse barns, feeding happens on a schedule designed around people. A Kelowna company has developed an automated alternative intended to prioritize horses’ natural grazing patterns and physiological needs. As a part of a product diversification program, led by…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (502+ words) British Columbia is planning to build a sizeable battery energy storage facility. BC Hydro revealed this week that the new project, to be situated adjacent to the Vancouver Island Terminal Substation near Duncan, will deliver at least 100 megawatts of “flexible…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (975+ words) For someone who has played an outsized role in Vancouver’s tech sector, Dennis Pilarinos has spent much of his career avoiding the spotlight. His résumé stretches from Microsoft and Amazon to Buddybuild, Apple, and now Unblocked. Along the way, he…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (435+ words) British Columbia’s startup community will come together in Vancouver next month as BC Founders Day returns for its third year. Taking place August 20th at South Flats, a new outdoor venue beside Emily Carr University, the day-long gathering will connect emerging…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (401+ words) A biological analytics and software company specializing in large-scale DNA data has garnered federal capital for a special project. Vancouver-based Koonkie works with mining companies, consultants, universities, and even NASA to solve complex data challenges in natural and industrial systems,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (171+ words) Innovation UBC has introduced its 2026 cohort of Venture Development Specialists, pairing five UBC Sauder graduate students with eight early-stage companies working to bring university research to market. The specialists are Lisa Popplewell, Drew Blackmun, Nkemdilim Okwuchi, Mitchell Liebrecht, and Darryl…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (424+ words) LōD Technologies has been selected to pilot its flexible AI inference technology with Dominion Energy, one of North America’s largest energy providers. The pilot follows LōD’s selection for the Dominion Energy Innovation Center’s 2026 Accelerate program, a startup accelerator backed by…...