British Columbia sent one of its largest and most coordinated AI delegations yet to ALL IN 2026, and the results are already showing up in pipelines. Now AInBC (the AI Network of British Columbia) is building on that momentum with three announcements: new board members, the launch of the AInBC Ecosystem Directory, and a new addition to the team.
One delegation, one voice in Montréal
ALL IN, held in Montréal on September 16–17, is one of Canada's flagship AI gatherings, bringing together founders, investors, researchers and government from across the country and abroad. This year, AInBC organized Team BC so that companies from across the province arrived as one coordinated delegation rather than scattered individual attendees.
That meant more than a shared badge. AInBC worked with Global Affairs Canada Trade Commissioners and Trade and Invest BC to set up delegate meetings, ran a Team BC booth with 16 rotating demo stations, organized a visit to Mila, and hosted a Team BC networking event. The aim was simple: give companies in BC the relationships and visibility that usually take years of repeat attendance to build.
The results: $18.1M in potential deals
Team BC brought 73 organizations from BC and more than 100 delegates to Montréal. The delegation included 10 national designees: nine ALL IN Top 100 companies and one Smart City finalist. Together, those designees made up 9% of the national Top 100 and generated about 60% of the delegation's reported pipeline.
The delegation was built for business. Three in four delegates were executives, VPs or founders, and 71% were attending ALL IN for the first time. Post-event survey results tell the story:
$14.1M–$22.1M in potential deal value reported by delegates, a midpoint of $18.1M. Half of respondents said it was still too early to estimate, so the real figure is likely higher.
About 620 meaningful connections across 48 responding organizations, or roughly $215,000 of pipeline per Team BC ticket.
The booth worked. Demo station companies reported 19.5 leads each, compared with 11 for delegates without a booth, and all 17 demo companies said the booth produced meaningful leads.
Partners and customers. 79% of respondents found strategic partnership opportunities and 73% found customers or sales leads.
Delegates want to come back. Team BC was rated 4.92 out of 5, above the conference overall at 4.75, and 94% said they would return with Team BC.
“When companies in BC show up together, the rest of the country notices,” said Rob Goehring, Executive Director, AInBC. “These numbers show what coordinated support can do for our ecosystem.”
Three new members join the AInBC Board
AInBC is welcoming three new members to its board of directors, selected through a recruitment process that drew more than 70 applicants:
Pam Saunders, Site Director, Microsoft Vancouver
Brian Simmers, Chief Financial Officer and VP Health Informatics, Providence Health Care, and President, PHC Ventures
Darian Kovacs, Founder, Jelly Marketing
They join current board members Dr. Bethany Edmunds, Bill Tam, Edoardo de Martin and Margo Seltzer. Together, the board brings experience across big tech, healthcare, marketing, research and startups to guide AInBC's next stage of growth.
AInBC also thanks outgoing board members Rogayeh Tabrizi and Jameel Ahmad for their time, leadership and the foundation they helped build.
Introducing the AInBC Ecosystem Directory
AInBC is officially launching the AInBC Ecosystem Directory, a single, searchable map of the AI ecosystem in BC. It brings together companies, startups, researchers, service providers, investors and support organizations in one place, so anyone can find who is building what, who to partner with, and who to hire or buy from.
The directory answers a question AInBC hears constantly from members, government, investors and buyers: “Who's doing X in BC?” Today, much of the province's AI talent and many of its companies are scattered and hard to see, both locally and globally. A shared map changes that, and gives BC a credible, data-backed story about the size and strength of its AI sector.
This is just the start. As profiles fill in, AInBC plans to use the directory to power matchmaking for grants, trade missions, programs, business development and funding, along with ecosystem reports and maps of trends by sector, region and stage. Complete profiles are what make that possible.
There are good reasons to add, claim and enrich your profile today:
Visibility: get found by customers, investors, partners, media and government.
Credibility: a verified, claimed profile shows you're an active player in the AI ecosystem in BC.
Control: make sure your description, offerings, contacts and links are accurate.
Influence: your data shapes ecosystem reports and policy advocacy for the sector.
It's free and takes a few minutes. Visit ainbcdirectory.com to search the directory, add or claim your profile and enrich it today.
Sam Chan joins the AInBC team
AInBC is also pleased to welcome Sam Chan to the team, where he'll focus on product and community. Sam spent 12 years at Launch, most recently as VP Programs, connecting BC founders with the customers, capital, programs and people they needed next. At AInBC, he'll grow the Ecosystem Directory into a hub that connects companies to different resources, while building out AInBC's events and community.
"For over a decade, my job was basically being a human API for the BC ecosystem: someone tells me what they're building, and I route them to who they need to meet," said Sam. "The directory lets us do that at scale”.
What's next
From a record delegation in Montréal to a stronger board, a new team member and a shared map of the ecosystem, AInBC is building the connections companies in BC need to grow. The next step belongs to the community: find your organization at ainbcdirectory.com, claim your profile, and help put the AI ecosystem in BC on the map.