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We need more founders building AI-first startups. So we invited @newtonian from @goclio and @invoker from @hootsuite to speak about exactly that🍁 Clio just passed $500m in ARR and has raised $2B in funding. Hootsuite has 1,000+ staff and is the world’s largest social media management tool. It was no surprise that we had a sold out room. Thanks to our partners @boast_ai and Osler, we’re able to host world class discussions during @websummit week to hear how unicorn founders like Jack and Ryan are thinking about the future of AI in the startup world. The TL;DR: If you’re not reinventing your startup to be AI first, you’ll be obsolete in 2 years. If you’re a founder under the age of 30 who needs help, hit us up at @loiaccelerator or @northhouseee . Thanks to those who joined. Stay tuned for more to follow 🍁 🥃 🧀 🎥 @innes_simpson #Vancouver #Startup #Entrepreneur #Tech #AI

Best zoom call in LOI History. No notes 🏀 Thanks for making our year @mcuban and @invoker Biggest takeaway? Ask yourself “Why not me” when you spot the next billion dollar opportunity 🍁 #startup #tech #work #entrepreneurship #innovation #ai

Yesterday’s @yeyawards was a dream come true 🎉🏆🇨🇦 Packed house. Incredible speakers. Fantastic sponsors. A few surprises and of course — our finalists and category award winners could not have looked any better on stage 👏 Thank you to everyone who came out to support and recognize these national award winners. Our team is still on cloud nine and we couldn’t be happier for all of you ✨ #startup #tech #entrepreneur #winnipeg

Reusables Cofounder, Anastasia Kiku, spilling the tea on how her startup is eliminating single use plastics ♻️ If you’re at @websummit Vancouver this week, give us a holler ☕️ #startup #vancouver #tech #entrepreneur

big ups to @marissa_huggins from @spontivlydata on the exciting @lovable.dev news 🗞️

Your favourite mountain just became more sustainable. Meet Anastasia and Jason: the cofounders of @reusables_takeout 🍁 If you haven’t heard about what they’re up to, give this video a watch

Meet our latest LOI Venture investment: a pre-seed check into Scaylor, cofounded by Shazor Khan and Shaheer Khan ⚡️ Why make a bet on them? Great question. Here’s the way we see it. Enterprise teams are drowning in fragmented data. Scaylor fixes that by actively unifying siloed systems into one intelligent layer, companies can actually query — turning weeks of analysis into seconds and reducing time-to-insight by 10,000x. Founded by brothers Shazor Khan and Shaheer Khan, the duo previously bootstrapped their last startup to $500K ARR before building Scaylor. Now, they’re tackling one of the biggest pain points in enterprise decision-making: making scattered data instantly usable. With a powerhouse team spanning AI, machine learning, growth, and enterprise scaling, Scaylor is building the future of real-time enterprise intelligence. We’re excited to back their journey. And if you wanna learn more, check out Shazor Khan’s last Linkedin post. They’re streaming their workspace on Twitch if you wanna catch wind of what they’re up to. Talk about being locked the heck in. #Startups #Data #Entrepreneurship

Wait till the end it’s worth it

Such a good founder conversation on the future of AI powered startups with Wade Foster and Ryan Holmes ⚡️ #startup #business #ai #tech

Cancel your calendar tomorrow April 8 @ 12pm PST. Because Zapier Founder, Wade Foster, and Hootsuite Founder, Ryan Holmes, are opening up their lunch time to dive into all things AI, startups and scaling your business idea in 2026 📒 Link in @loiaccelerator ’s bio 🔗 Can’t make it? Send this event to a friend who can. p.s. show up with some good questions in case there’s time ⏰ #ai #startup #tech #innovation business

Ever had an AMA with someone who *just sold* their startup for $2B? Well we have. And it was lights out 🔥 Huge huge huge thanks to the one and only @allisonellsworth cofounder of @drinkpoppi and her husband and cofounder @stephenellsworth_ for letting us borrow her (we’re asking you for an AMA on warehouse distribution next!) Also big shouts to: - @julieletizia for moderating - @moorzyyy for MC’ing - @loiaccelerator and @northhouseee for hosting Appreciate all of you joining ⚡️ As a thank you to Allison, please tag her (and us) in any of your takeaways or photos from the fireside chat 🪵 Keep dreaming fam 🍁 #startup #entrepreneur #innovation

Big ups to @taran_smiles cofounder of @blume for getting on stage at the @joinmondaygirl summit with @_rachelwong and @blogistiana 🎙️ We need more packed rooms like these 🔥