Inclusivity
If you're here to build, you're welcome. Doesn't matter where you're from, what you look like, or how much experience you have.
[ About AGIV ]
Canada's Applied AI Lab and Community.
Mission
We build AI, help companies ship it, and bring builders together.
Our Applied AI Lab builds real projects, not demos. We take what we learn and help companies, from startups to Fortune 500s, actually ship AI. That means engineering, yes. But also the organizational change that makes it stick.
The revenue from our work funds everything else: hackathons, meetups, and events across Canada.
Values
Our operating principles
Trust
We give people real responsibility. Mess-ups happen. That's how we learn.
Community First
The community comes first. If something doesn't help the builders, we don't do it.
Bias to Action
We'd rather try something and be wrong than wait for the perfect answer.
Radical Candor
Say what you mean. Be kind about it. Take feedback without getting defensive.
Growth
We're all trying to get better. If you're not learning, you're coasting.
Leadership
Our story
We started as a community for AI builders. 30 people in a room figuring out how to build with AI. Now we're 1700+.
Somewhere along the way, people started asking us to help them build too. So we did. We spun up an Applied AI Lab, started taking on customers, and built a sustainable business. This keeps the community running: events, hackathons.
Leadership
Advisors
Advisors
People who've helped us figure this out along the way.
