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What Are We Building, and Who Does It Serve?

Apr 26, 2026

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3 min read

What Are We Building, and Who Does It Serve?

April 29 at the Space Centre. Bring your weird little moral compass.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

Vancouver AI

Vancouver AI Community Meetup #27

Mar 23, 2026

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7 min read

Vancouver AI Community Meetup #27

Lawrence brings the hardware. Mayumi brings the reels. KK brings the receipts.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Everyone got reset

Jan 19, 2026

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7 min read

Everyone got reset

Nobody's behind. The floor shifted under everyone's feet. Here's what we're building together.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Two Years of Building in Public

Dec 8, 2025

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5 min read

Two Years of Building in Public

Birthday season hits different when you're watching something you built turn two.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Gradient Descent Into Community

Sep 15, 2025

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3 min read

Gradient Descent Into Community

Sometimes the best solution is right here.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Vancouver AI Mission 20 Invite 8/27

Aug 19, 2025

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4 min read

Vancouver AI Mission 20 Invite 8/27

Two keynotes, top builds, winner reveal, ecosystem launch. This is what "community-driven AI" actually looks like

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

TheUpgrade.ai

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BC + AI Hackathon

Aug 8, 2025

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4 min read

BC + AI Hackathon

Last Week to Build + August 27 Meetup

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Talks from engineers, artists, and rebels.

Jul 28, 2025

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6 min read

Talks from engineers, artists, and rebels.

A hackathon anyone can join. Real money. Real questions. A dome full of signal.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Rewriting BC’s AI Source Code

Jul 11, 2025

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6 min read

Rewriting BC’s AI Source Code

July 30th Community Meetup · AI Hackathon Kickoff · SIGGRAPH warm-up · Annual Membership —open the dataset, bend reality.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

TheUpgrade.ai

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Dear AI, Before we go further....

Jun 10, 2025

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5 min read

Dear AI, Before we go further....

let's have a talk about your soul.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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What Does “Canadian” Even Mean Now?

May 23, 2025

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6 min read

What Does “Canadian” Even Mean Now?

Vancouver AI Data Storytelling Hackathon: $2,500 Prize

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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The Launch of the BC + AI Ecosystem Association

May 18, 2025

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5 min read

The Launch of the BC + AI Ecosystem Association

Canada’s First Grassroots AI Industry Org

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Inside BC’s Growing Grassroots AI Ecosystem

Apr 28, 2025

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6 min read

Inside BC’s Growing Grassroots AI Ecosystem

How Vancouver’s AI Community Grew Into Something Beautiful. 2,400 participants, 13 meetups, and the birth of a provincial AI industry association that puts people before profit.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Web Summit Vancouver’s Here. But So Are We.

Apr 14, 2025

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5 min read

Web Summit Vancouver’s Here. But So Are We.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

BC + AI

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Vancouver AI: Resistance to the Tech Broligarchy 🇨🇦

Mar 22, 2025

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7 min read

Vancouver AI: Resistance to the Tech Broligarchy 🇨🇦

Vancouver’s grassroots community shaping AI with authenticity, soul, and some serious swagger.

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

AI Meetup

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Vancouver AI: Where Builders, Thinkers & Creators Connect

Mar 2, 2025

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5 min read

Vancouver AI: Where Builders, Thinkers & Creators Connect

Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg
Kris Krüg

Kris Krüg

Vancouver AI


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