The world’s largest AI community: 70,000+ pioneers – founders, researchers, operators, & investors – exploring the technological frontier. We are the human side of AI.

The AI Collective

Windsurf Open Build powered by The AI Collective

Catherine McMillan

Chidilim

Stephen Baldwin

Windsurf

Matt Bergland

AJ Green

Gurleen S

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Akatos: Building for Billions

Sohil Athare

Claire-Marie Harrower

Michael C

Sasha

Daniel Peng

Jamie Rosenblatt

Mark Seemann

Daniel Ching

Kang

Jerome

Akatos House

Brenda Li

Jerry

Jesse Rodgers

A decentralized collection of events celebrating the region’s innovation, talent, and tech community. September 8-11, 2025.

Waterloo Tech Week

The venue is located at 25 Breithaupt Street and opposite of a building marked with "20". The Google office is visible from Central station and within walking distance.

Waterloo Tech Week Official Kickoff

Mission Sync

Leo Huang

Mayank Jain

Pravesh Mansharamani

Neha Kasoju

Ricky Tang

Tom Pischel

Julia Fedorin

Mansi Baxi

Ripple Ventures is an early-stage venture fund dedicated to working closely with founders. In addition to capital, we play a strategic and operational role in our portfolio companies across functions like go-to-market, hiring, and fundraising. Our fund invests across a few thesis areas such as enterprise and developer tools. 

Ripple Ventures

Builders Brunch by Ripple Ventures & Pear VC

Katie Ko

Jay Lee

Matt Cohen

Harris Stolzenberg

A Product Designer's Playbook: Design Thinking & Career Building Tips

J. Romero

Noah Barbaros

Gavin Tranquilino

Miles Purvis

Justin Luu

Karandeep Sandhu

Winston Zhao

Adam Cote

Mackenzie Wong

UW/UX Waterloo

BoxOne Ventures is a privately held investment firm that focuses on early-stage companies across the most impactful, interesting and fast-changing sectors.

BoxOne Ventures

Future Builders: BoxOne x Velocity

Tamara Morgado

Tina Wilton

Mike Bird

Building community for electronic & experimental music in KW and beyond ⋰

Waveform Collective

Waveform x WTW – Electronic Music Meetup III

Lucas Liao

Yvonne Zheng

Dante Maggiotto

Jenny Hui

Sarthak Gupta

Shaan

Mostly livestreamed, sometimes in person events by the Warp team. Learn more about what we're building, how we're using it, and who we are.

Warp

The Future of Software: Engineering in the Age of AI

Nausher Rao

Nicolas Losada Saldaña

Mihai Posea

Robert Bowness

Isaac Chang

Mus Ismail

avishalom (vish)

Shachar Weis

Jae Gwan Park

Advait Maybhate

Located in E7 1427, the first floor Ideas Clinic!

Chess Bot Tournament

The Duke Of Waterloo

Julia Chan

Kevin Thomas

Sofia Bodnar

River Yu

MaRS IAF

Building Fast, Scaling Smart with Google, Handshake, and MaRS IAF

Will Ma

Ashley Nandan

Entrystack Fireside Panel // Let's talk internships

Antonio Coppe

Alexandria McQueen

Chanakya Ramdev

David Venegas

Aayan Rahman

Demir Eren

Zeeshan Jafri

entrystack

The Wellness Stack: Ep1 - Hacking Resilience for Builders @ Waterloo Tech Week

Alejandro Domenech-Pereda

Dan Maloney

Michael Li

Lauren Valliere

Aashni Shah

Ti (Tianyu) Guo

Nafeh Shoaib

Discover upcoming events hosted by the Velocity Team! 
Explore workshops, info sessions, and networking opportunities designed to help post-secondary students build, launch and grow their ideas.

Velocity Events

Innovation Open House

Axiom Startup Competition

Aryan

Sami Gokce

Shayaan Azeem

Transforming Wholesale with AI at Faire

Vincent Xue

Deb RoyChowdhury

Jaedon Visva

Dave Collie

Venture Conversations: Insights from Both Sides of the Table

Yash Dave

Jeremy Auger

Inshaal Qadir

Inovia Capital

Garage Capital

RBC Dominion Securities

Artemis Canada

Leaders & Lattes: Waterloo Tech Week Edition

Pranav Gupta

Andrew Hong

Dhruv Chadha

Aggie Branczyk

Naz Thakkar

Patrice Oliveira

Guillaume Lauzier

Ashley Gallant

Tara Stevens

Leigh Farlow

Anu Joshi

Prathna Ramesh

Krista LaRiviere

Carta Open House & Vibe Coding Workshop

Param Shah

ROHIT BHARTI

Akshay Verma

Sarah McCullough

Amy M.

Walid Ibrahim

Krista Holloman

Archangel Network of Funds VC Open House

Archangel Network of Funds

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Sebastian Mendoza

Lauren

Jenna Yong

Erin Larmondin

Sarah Brush

Gaby

StudentGuidance AI

Polarity Calandar

Where the flags are, you'll hear the music and see the lineup.

Polarity 2025 Official After Party 🎉

Sunny Wu

Konrad Weber

Tugi

Harley Zhang

Wendy

Polarity

Waterloo shines as a dynamic hub for tech, creativity, and community, with a wide variety of events ranging from hackathons to book launches and yoga sessions.

Waterloo

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