ABOUT ASK AI

Ask AI is an independent nonprofit that's been helping students, workers, and everyday citizens stay one step ahead of artificial intelligence disruption since 2017.

OUR INSPIRATION

We take inspiration from Canada's world-class AI sector which the CEO of NVDIA calls "the birthplace of modern AI".

OUR VALUES

OUR PARTNERS

The Data Collaboration Alliance is a partner of the Ask AI nonprofit

WHAT WE DO

OUR ADVISORS

OUR VOLUNTEERS

Chris McLellan, Founder and Senior Producer, Ask AI podcast and free event series

OUR ADVISORS

JACKIE ZURBORG

Community Leader

Jackie is the Program Manager at the Vector Institute where she oversees program creation for attracting and retaining top AI talent in Canada. Jackie has a background in government policy and previously held strategic advisory role for the provinces of Ontario and Alberta. See: LinkedIn.

CAM LINKE

Community Leader

Cam Linke is the CEO of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) and a longtime leader in Edmonton’s technology and startup community. His past roles include Co-founder of Startup Edmonton, Founder of Flightpath Ventures, and Founder of DemoCamp Edmonton. See: LinkedIn

NAYSAN SARAN

AI Entrepreneur

Naysan is the co-founder and CEO of CANN Forecast, a company providing AI-driven decision tools that enable municipalities to protect water resources. Naysan was previously a senior scientific programmer at Environment Canada specializing in weather forecasting. See: LinkedIn.

CAROLYNE PELLETIER

AI Entrepreneur

Carolyne is the co-founder and CTO of Skritswap, the AI-driven jargon-buster. She holds a Master’s degree from MILA where she helped to found BiaslyAI, part of Yoshua Bengio’s Humanitarian AI group committed to correcting biases in AI See: LinkedIn.

ADITYA JOSHI

ML Engineer

Aditya is a Machine Learning engineer at BCG GAMMA where he solves business problems that span a variety of industries. During graduate studies at Montreal's MILA, he worked on load forecasting for electrical grid optimization. See: LinkedIn.

ASHLEY CASOVAN

Responsible AI leader

Ashley is the Executive Director of AI Global, the responsible AI nonprofit. She is also Chair of Responsible AI Certification Working Group at the World Economic Forum and a member of Canada’s AI Strategy Council Public Awareness Working Group. See: LinkedIn.

STEVE LOWRY

Community leader

Steve Lowry is Executive Director of AInBC where he heads British Columbia's industry body for artificial intelligence. He has a background as a lawyer and an investment banker and has championed tech entrepreneurship throughout his career. See: LinkedIn.

DAN DEMERS

Dataware pioneer

Dan is the CEO and co-founder of Cinchy, the pioneer in Data Collaboration technology Dan is also President of the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit advancing meaningful data ownership and democratized IT through research and free learning. See: LinkedIn.

NOEL CORRIVEAU

Legal strategist

Noel is Senior Counsel at INQ Law where he focuses on the application of emerging technologies. Previously, Noel founded the Taskforce on AI at Justice Canada and was principal architect of Canada’s Algorithmic Impact Assessment Framework. See: LinkedIn.

PATRICIA THAINE

AI Entrepreneur

Patricia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Private AI, a Toronto-based startup creating a suite of privacy tools for data protection compliance, cybersecurity, and customer trust. She is a PhD Candidate at University of Toronto, and Vector Institute graduate. See: LinkedIn.