I must say, "start here, scale here and stay here" sounds nice. But without real investment, how many engineers will actually stay when places like the UAE actually value their expertise?

exciting updates, was curious how Communitech pushes outbound just sent a quick message

This you, @stcrawford2?

Great joining sector leaders from across Ontario for a productive roundtable hosted by @Communitech to discuss how we can continue supporting innovation, investment, and growth across our province. Ontario’s homegrown businesses are helping drive our economy forward, create good-paying jobs, and strengthen communities right here at home. We’ll continue working alongside our partners to ensure Ontario remains the best place to grow, invest, and do business. 🛡️🍁

Great to connect with Sheldon McCormick, CEO of @Communitech, to discuss their newest partnership pilot, launched today in collaboration with the University of Waterloo. Supported through Budget 2026, the AI@WORK initiative will connect SMEs with Ontario’s top-tier AI talent to build and implement real-world AI solutions that increase productivity, efficiency, and competitiveness. Learn more: uwaterloo.ca/news/waterloo-c…

To build the future of capital, you have to survive the trenches. After pitching to a couple incubators, I took @LabsPrimepath into the belly of the beast: Waterloo. Declined my safe return offer at BMO and took that risk to make my vision come to life. Living out of WLU, working through Communitech, and the startup lab at WLU, enduring pure psychological misery and isolation to grind out the infrastructure. No VC hype. No warm intros (at first). Just deep work in dark rooms.

First week on the product team at Communitech done ✅✅ P.S. yall know I had to go offwhite with the foam finger don’t be silly

🇨🇦✨ Ontario’s tech future must be bigger than any single city. Waterloo is already one of Canada’s deepest innovation engines , but to fully unlock our potential, we need to extend the tech corridor west to London and east to Kingston, creating a continuous innovation belt across the province. 🚀 From AI to fintech to advanced research, this expanded corridor can position Ontario and Canada as global technology hubs, driving jobs, talent, and world‑class companies. 🌐 Waterloo anchors it. 🏙️ Toronto scales it. 🏥 London strengthens med‑tech. 🔐 Kingston boosts cybersecurity & research. 📡 And every region in between deserves priority and support. To win globally, we must invest boldly in ICT, AI, and digital innovation ,with coordinated provincial federal funding that helps the entire corridor grow. 📘 Read more on MakeOntario4TE-shorturl.at/fuxTf tagging -@MarkJCarney @fordnation @Communitech @MArsInnovationX @investontario @VectorInst @CIFAR_News @UWaterloo @UofT @queensu @WesternU @McMasterContEd @cityoflondonON @SWOntarioRT @Invest_Ontario @WesternU @FanshaweCollege @OntarioNewsNow @ONgov @LondonOntarioCA

Impressive to see Canadian innovation scaling globally. Congrats to @HongweiLiu and the @mappedin team on this Series B! 🚀 Innovación canadiense en su máxima expresión. 🇨🇦 Series B de @mappedin demuestra el potencial de escalar soluciones de 'indoor mapping' a nivel global📍 @Communitech @InvestOntario #Waterloo

Huge thank you to everyone who came to the @akatoshouse Symposium Showcase! We welcomed 110 founders/builders from all over. Shoutout to our 20 demoers who shipped like crazy, the 30 VCs who joined us, and our amazing volunteer team. The energy was unreal. We saw a non‑invasive headset aimed at human super-intelligence, an evaluation framework for neural organoids, and an engine that turns real‑world data into robot‑training simulations - all built out of Waterloo. Special thanks to @Communitech for hosting us in their space, and our incredible sponsors: @convex, Forge and @interfaze_ai. If you missed it (or want to relive it), you can watch all the demos here 👇

Communitech address is hardcoded into my brain

Honoured to host a highly insightful roundtable for Canada's defense minister @DavidMcGuinty at @Communitech today. Our private sector is upping its game, investing in plant, equipment and new technologies to move up the value chain to help 🇨🇦 meet this historic moment before us.

to our supporters — thank you so much for helping this community, and making the magic possible! @claudeai @Shopify @UWVelocity @figma @kp_fellows @UWaterloo @mobbin @conwayinc @smallest_AI @TextQL @Communitech @GoldenVentures @Osler_Law @AmbrookAg @newsystems_ big digital, princess cinemas, accelerator centre

of course! the spread of those successes has indeed spilled all over the region and into the technology hub it is today! @Communitech @UWaterloo

At the Ontario ON:AI Summit, we showcased how our government is harnessing AI to protect Ontario's economy.   In our fireside chat with Ministers @stcrawford2 and @nolanmQuinn, we explored where AI will have the most immediate impact on Ontario's competitiveness, from economic growth and service delivery to infrastructure modernization. Then, on a panel with leaders from Communitech, Radical Ventures, and AXL Labs, we dove into discussions on investment attraction, fundraising, and how Ontario can strengthen its position as a global leader in AI.    By continuing to engage with industry and academia on these important topics, our government is protecting Ontario's digital sovereignty, championing homegrown AI firms, and enabling broad-based AI adoption across our business community.

A huge thank you to Communitech for spending time with us in support of our Pet Pantry program! Their team rolled up their sleeves to volunteer and generously brought donations with them, including cat food, hay for small animals, and toys to help keep pets happy and cared for.

We love WVG

This energy was unlike anything else can’t even describe it… shoutout to the best co-hosts @demireren_ @MischaLamoureux @Jay__Mistry

People don’t come to Waterloo for the weather. They come for the builders. Last week, even in -25 C, 170 builders still showed up. That’s what the Maple Valley looks like when it’s awake🍁 Huge thanks to @Communitech, @Theoryvc, and everyone who filled the room.