Taproot reporters Shayne Giles and Ashley Lavallee-Koenig join Karen Unland to recap what they heard at Upper Bound, Edmonton's annual AI week, and share their thoughts on how artificial intelligence is changing their world.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Upper Bound ran from May 23 to 26, 2023
• What we saw and heard at Upper Bound
• Duckietown
• University of Alberta instructor Matt Taylor's talk on Duckietown
• Panel on cellular agriculture
• New Harvest
• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Routeique
• Session on how Routeique uses machine learning
• Alberta AI pioneer plans new research institute in Edmonton
• Richard Sutton's keynote
• More Upper Bound session recordings

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Editing by Shayne Giles; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Steph Enders
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii)
• Amii's five-year collaboration with TELUS
• ISL Adapt uses ML to make water treatment cleaner and greener
• TELUS started in Edmonton
• Blindman Brewing: Sustainable AI-powered Craft Beer
• Media Release: Attabotics Partners with AltaML and Amii to Bolster Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Capabilities for Supply Chains
• Microsoft and Amii bring AI expertise to Albertans in underrepresented communities and workers impacted by COVID-19
• Roche Canada Launches National Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence
• Using AI in aviation training could help ease pilot shortage
• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Starting a New Institute of Cellular Agriculture
• Ten Years in Cell Ag Leadership & Two Takeaways
• AI tools like ChatGPT and Lensa are spreading like wildfire online, fuelling ethics debates
• Alona Fyshe discusses ChatGPT and schools on CTV Your Morning
• New Governance Course From Amii And CIOSC Charts Path Toward Responsible AI In Business
• Canada's AI Vision: Q&A with the Executive Director of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
• AI Meetup on Feb. 21, 2023, on healthcare projects
• Flying Fish throws a line into Edmonton's waters
• Upper Bound is running May 23-26, 2023
• More Amii events

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Co-host Lazina Mckenzie of ThresholdImpact Venture Mentoring Service
• Guest Myrna Bittner of RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• Launch Party 7
• Synthetic Silicon Valley earthquake
• Synthetic Platform Missions
• Dual disaster scenario
• RUNWITHIT's year-in-review video
• AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator
• RWI's Holodeck
• South by Southwest (SXSW)
• Greentown Labs accelerator
• SoCal Cleantech Express
• The Goodwill Project granted RUNWITHIT downtown office space
• Challenging the "Silicon Valley of the North" narrative

More innovation news

• [RE]Waste
• The cannabis industry has a plastic waste problem — but some are finding solutions
• Case study with Spiritleaf
• EDGI platform visualizing "Edmonton's Greatest Innovations"
• Application form for VMS
• ThresholdImpact VMS on Instagram

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!

Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Gail Powley
• Technology Alberta
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Edmonton Unlimited Innovation Growth Council
• ASTech Awards
• ASTech Awards recognize wide range of innovators
• 2022 Innovation Gallery and Company Showcase Exhibitors
• Gummy startup offers sweet alternatives to pills and tablets
• Nanoprecise closes $13.4 million CAD Series B round for its manufacturing monitoring software
• Deeleeo offers same-day delivery to help local businesses compete
• Jan. 17, 2023: Technology Alberta Company Showcase Series: Featuring RUNWITHIT Synthetics
• NExT Level Careers program
• FIRST Jobs Work-Integrated Learning Industry Voucher Pilot Program

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, for support of this episode. You'll hear more about Capital City Pilots from Abbie Stein-MacLean in conversation with Taproot co-founder Mack Male.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!

Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Shawn Kanungo
• The Bold Ones: Innovate and Disrupt to Become Truly Indispensable
• The Bold Ones trailer
• Shawn Kanungo on TikTok
• Shawn Kanungo on LinkedIn
• Strategist slows down to make a splash with The Bold Ones
• Do what Shawn says: Subscribe to Taproot Edmonton (He was fond of our election coverage)

Books we mentioned

• Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
• Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman by Yvon Chouinard of Patagonia
• Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
• The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
• The collected works of Seth Godin
• Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
• Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
• Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne

More mentions

• New Harvest and Amii to explore AI's uses in lab-grown food
• Swift Charge aims to make electric vehicle charging more widespread
• Speaking Municipally

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

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Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.

Here are the relevant links for this episode:

• Plug and Play Alberta grads get ready to execute
• Plug and Play Alberta
• Alberta Scaleup and Growth Accelerator Program (Scaleup GAP)
• Trust Science
• Trust Science's revenue growth
• Alberta Accelerator by 500
• TELUS Community Safety and Wellness Accelerator
  • Applications close on Dec. 23, 2022
  • Dec. 12 information session
• Alberta Catalyzer
• Catalyzer's latest Engage cohort
• Thrive Canada II Accelerator Program
• The Alberta Innovates Revenue Accelerator by GrowthX
  • Applications from rural founders close on Dec. 23, 2022
  • Dec. 9 information session
• Faaiza's company is Field Notes
• Edmonton Global on food and agriculture
• forward/slash summit

Investment

• Startup TNT sector summits in life sciences, agtech, and cleantech
• Copperstone Technologies and Swift Charge make cleantech investment list
• Copperstone Technologies
• Our episode on Copperstone Technologies
• Swift Charge
• The51

Many thanks to our title sponsor, Edmonton Unlimited, as well as to Alberta Blue Cross for support of this episode.

Bloom is produced by Taproot Edmonton, a source of curiosity-driven original stories, curated newsletters on various topics, and locally focused podcasts, all in the service of informing Edmontonians about what is going on in their community.

Sign up to get The Pulse, our weekday news briefing. It's free!

Editing by Castria; theme music by Dave Von Bieker; cover art by Vikki Wiercinski.