Frontier Collective

A new frontier in Vancouver. Building a sustainable & diverse future of innovation. We are the future of the city🚀 Ecosystem Builders.

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

I wrote an op-ed in The @VancouverSun today.

Slack was born in Vancouver. Sold for $27.7B from SF. Almost none came home.

Two thirds of Canadian founders raising $1M+ now do it outside Canada. A decade ago it was under a third.

Full article here:
https://t.co/D7bwYrdszA

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Honoured to have Deputy Mayor of Vancouver @sarahkirby_yung and Parliamentary Secretary of AI and Innovation for Government of Canada. @Taleeb Noormohamed on stage at Vancity Innovation House last week. Elected leaders who actually get it. 🙌 #Vancouver #Innovation

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Last week at Vancity Innovation House 2026 was absolutely incredible. 🏛️🔥

1500+ global leaders, investors, founders, policymakers, and builders. One building. One day. The most curated gathering of Web Summit Vancouver week.

Thanks to all who were part of it!

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

What an end of the day and kick off to the evening portion, the Vancity Innovation House Rooftop VIP Happy Hour event was a great way to bring everyone together for drinks and conversation. Thanks to our co-hosts Vistera and @Vancity

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Congrats to Insporos for taking home $20,000 at our Vancity Innovation House startup pitch competition🏆

They’re building seed intelligence, AgTech meets AI and honestly, the room felt it. One of those pitches where you just know.

Huge thank you the judges & the other finalists

[J. M. @jmjjohnson]

Yesterday's panel by @Vancity/@FrontierBC on "The AI Question: What do we actually want from it and who gets to decide?" -- moderated by Gurpreet Jhaj, with @GaryMarcus, @MadisonMills22 (@axios), and @arunbahl (@AloeInc) -- cut right to the heart of the question of how humans will exert or hand over our agency in this technological transition.

Closing remark couldn't have put a finer point on it:

Gurpreet: "What is one thing you want the founders and investors in this room to do differently when it comes to AI starting today?"

Arun: "You still have a lot of choice. The other machine that directs our behavior is the economy. Yet humans can exercise their decision making, and build things in line with their own values. So do that."

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

10 frontier tech startups. One stage. $20,000 on the line.

May 12th. Vancity Innovation House. During Web Summit week.

The companies pitching aren’t just building products — they’re solving problems that actually matter.

https://t.co/nxOeiDidPe

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

One week. Almost sold out.
Vancity Innovation House. May 12th. Vancouver.
🆕 Gary Marcus just joined the lineup, one of the world’s most honest voices on AI. He joins Microsoft, Khosla, A16Z, General Fusion, TED, Slack, and many more on stage.

https://t.co/nxOeiDhFZG

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

A look back at our SXSW Frontiers of Innovation VIP dinner in Austin

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Vancity Innovation House is back. May 12th. Vancouver.

One day. The most curated room of Web Summit week.

$20,000 Pitch Competition for Canadian startups — applications close tomorrow at noon.

https://t.co/nxOeiDidPe

See you there.

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

It’s back!! Vancity Innovation House. May 12th. Web Summit week.

2,700+ attendees last year called it the standout event of the week. This year we’re going bigger.

Sign up:
https://t.co/nxOeiDidPe

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Some rooms you don’t forget. This was one of them. The Frontier Summit after movie is live. Go watch it.

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

What an absolutely inspiring time #TED2026! ❤️

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

It was great to speak at SXSW this week with Kasley Killam (The Art and Science of Connection), Lambert Hogenhout (UN), and Tobias Peyerl (OpenAI).

AI is accelerating fast, but the real pressure is on the human layer.

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Letssss gooooo 🇨🇦 #SXSW2026

https://t.co/gywNZuHcz4

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

We’re back at @sxsw 2026.

Frontiers of Innovation Day returns to Austin, convening global leaders across AI, climate, mobility, robotics and wellness grounded in a human lens.

March 14. Canada House at Central District Brewing. #SXSW2026

RSVP: https://t.co/fJSZ2aNQuL

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

Huge congrats to AI Autonomous leaders Wayve on their $1.2B raise at an $8.6B valuation.

Visited their London HQ last year and rode through Shoreditch with their AI driving the car. Watching it interpret the world in real time felt like the future.

https://t.co/js5w5nnehN

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

Our CEO @dburgar speaking at this year’s @sxsw

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

Speaking at SXSW 2026 this March.

The Great Recalibration: Centering Humanity in the Age of AI.

W. Tobias Peyerl (OpenAI), Lambert Hogenhout (United Nations) & Kasley Killam, Author and global leader in social connection

[Frontier Collective @FrontierBC]

As the Milan Winter Olympics kick off, cheering on past Frontier Summit speaker Jenn Heil 🇨🇦

Olympic champion, Chef de Mission for Team Canada, Stanford alum, and founder of RevvEL—an AI-powered personal health assistant for women.

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

The old economic playbook is broken.
In an IP economy, regions win by building from within.

Break the flywheel and you lose companies like Slack, founded in Vancouver, sold for $27.7B & the billions that follow.

Adapt fast or hollow out

⬇️@VancouverSun
https://t.co/uJERysO08h