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Recent Insights
The Programs: How Platform Calgary Helps Founders Start, Grow, and Scale
Behind every startup milestone is a moment of support: a connection made, a skill learned, or guidance that helps a founder take the next step. Platform Calgary’s programming provides a tiered pathway that supports founders from the initial spark of an idea through to global scaling. By lowering barriers for early-stage entrepreneurs and providing high-performance coaching and sector-specific connections for growing companies, these programs help founders move from idea to traction and build businesses that can scale.
Canada’s AI Future: From Policy to Practice — Insights from the conversation with The Honourable Evan Solomon
Platform Calgary welcomed Minister Evan Solomon for a timely conversation on Canada’s AI future, bringing together founders, investors, and policymakers for both a roundtable and public program. The discussion focused on a central question: how can Canada translate AI leadership into globally competitive companies while keeping talent, capital, and IP at home?
Jennifer Lussier Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Platform Calgary
The Platform Calgary Board of Directors announces that Jennifer Lussier has been appointed as the organization’s Chief Executive Officer, effectively immediately. Lussier had served as the organization's interim-CEO since October of 2025.
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We honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3 within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. We respect all Nations who live, work, play, innovate and build things on this land, and in so doing honour and celebrate the territory.