What The Tech?
How are founders, startups and innovators from across the globe accelerating progress and extending their R&D runway?
On What The Tech? we talk with some of the brilliant minds behind new and exciting tech initiatives to learn what it takes to tackle “technological uncertainty” and, eventually, change the world.
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Episodes
117 episodes
How Tech Thursday Became the Heartbeat of Canada's Prairie Tech Ecosystem
Here's how you know you're in the right place: You walk into a podcast studio in a shared co-working space in Calgary called Thin Air Labs. It's the kind of space where real work happens; not polished, not pretentious, just functional and full ...
The Secret Costs of Condo Living (And How CondoScan Decodes Them)
In this episode of What the Tech from Boast.AI, we sit down with Nyle MacLeod, Co-Founder of CondoScan, to discuss why condo buying is fundamentally different—and why most buyers have no idea what they're actually purchasing....
The $50,000 Question: How Bōde is Fixing Home Selling
Robert Price had built something remarkable. At Axia, he helped grow a multi-billion dollar fiber optics company from the early days of cloud computing. Then, when the company sold, he'd earned the right to step back and think about what matter...
How Purelend Is Eliminating Hours of Manual Document Review
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, recorded in person at Thin Air Labs in Calgary, we sat down with Sebastien Hiscock, Co-Founder of Purelend, to discuss how his company is using AI to fully automate the manual checks a...
How Bidaya AI Levels the Playing Field for Government Contracts
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, recorded in person at Tech Thursday in Calgary, we sat down with Omar Sabbagh, CEO of Bidaya AI, to discuss how his company is using AI to level the playing field for small and mid-siz...
How Think Accounting Helps Innovation-Driven Companies Scale Smarter
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Varun Sehgal, CPA and Founding Partner of Think Accounting, to discuss how his firm's transformation from a traditional location-based practice to a cloud-first national firm c...
How telli Automates Customer Journeys Without Losing the Human Touch
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Philipp Baumanns, Co-Founder and COO at telli, to discuss how AI voice a...
How AirDev Turned No-Code Development Into an Assembly Line
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Vlad Leytus, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of AirDev, the global leader in no-code and Bubble.io development. Vlad shared how AirDev enables customers to build powerful custom...
How Symbiotic AI Is Making Precision Heart Health Decisions Data-Driven
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Arjun Puri, CEO and Co-Founder of Symbiotic AI, to discuss democratizing precision heart health, why SR&ED tax credits should be a badge of honor, and how personal...
How Possibility Neurotechnologies Is Making Brain-Controlled Interaction Accessible to Everyone
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Dion Kelly, Co-Founder and CEO of Possibility Neurotechnologies, to discuss brain-computer interfaces, the power of getting comfortable being uncomfortable, and how Ca...
How Nimble Science Is Unlocking the Small Intestine's Secrets
n our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Sabina Bruehlmann, CEO of Nimble Science, to discuss a truly revolutionary innovation: Accessing the "dark side of the moon" of human health, the small intestine. ...
How Patabid Uses AI to Make Construction Estimating Safer and Smarter
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Melvin Newman, CEO and Co-Founder of Patabid, to discuss how AI is transforming construction estimating and why innovation in this space matters more than most people ...
The Burnout Tax: Why R&D Investment Fails Without People Investment
In our latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Dr. Ty McKinney, founder of 8 Bit Cortex, to discuss a topic that's often overlooked in the innovation economy: How burnout silently drains revenue, productivity, a...
Think Bigger: How AI is Reshaping Staffing, IP Strategy, and R&D Funding for Startups
In our latest episode of What the Tech, we sat down with Anuj Rastogi, Managing Director at Backstretch, to discuss how AI is fundamentally reshaping product development, intellectual property creation, and staffing strategies across C...
From Painful to Unsustainable: How Frugal AI Helps Developers Fix Cloud Cost Before It's Too Late
In the latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Mike Weider, Co-Founder and CEO of Frugal AI, the world's first AI-native application cost engineering platform. Frugal empowers developers to reduce application costs...
Beyond the Bright Shiny Objects: How Ollon Helps Teams Build Better
In the latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Chris Ellefson, President and CTO of Ollon, a boutique agency specializing in custom software application development. Ollon works with teams to meet tight deadlines, ...
Turning Moments Into Memories with Sophie Jiang of MoVA Realities
In the latest episode of What the Tech from Boast, we sat down with Sophie Jiang, CEO and Co-Founder of MoVA Realities, a company on a mission t...
Building Without the Boys Club: How Athena Collective is Democratizing Entrepreneurial Success for Women
In the latest episode of What the Tech from Boast we sat down with Mikayla Stewart, Co-Founder and CTO of Athena Collective, a platform and community designed to ensure that every female entrepreneur has the resources and tools they ne...
Turning Conversations Into Action: How Momentum.io Makes Conversational Data Your Competitive Moat
In the latest episode of What the Tech, we sat down with Jonathan Kvarfordt, VP of GTM Strategy at Momentum.io and founder of the GTM AI Academy. With over 15 years in revenue excellence and GTM acceleration, Jonathan has developed an ...
Beyond the CRM: How Bloks is Building the Ultimate Relationship Management Tool
On the latest episode of What The Tech, we welcome Bloks co-founder and CEO Marc Gingras. We first connected with Marc as part of our activation with the TechTO team at SaaS North in Ottawa back in early November, where Marc took the stage to e...
Quebec's AI Revolution: Inside the CDAE-IA Transformation and Boast's Purpose-Built Solution
On the latest episode of What The Tech, we welcome a few members of the Boast team onto the show for a discussion focused specifically on driving (and funding) innovation in Quebec. If you’re a Quebecois business leader or techie, y...
How EnviroApps is Digitizing Hazmat Transportation Safety
In the latest episode of What the Tech, we sat down with Amit Bhargava, co-founder and CEO of EnviroApps Inc., a Calgary-based company making the transportation of dangerous goods safer by developing the first proven electronic hazmat ...
From Police Officer to Civic Tech Pioneer: How CocoFlow is Transforming How Communities Connect
In the latest episode of What the Tech from Boast we sat down with Bernie Florido, founder and CEO of Cocoflo Innovations, a Vancouver-based company creating technology that simplifies how governments and communities connect. CocoFlow ...
Bringing Sustainable Manufacturing Home: How CTK Bio is Reshoring Production and Scaling Plant-Based Materials
Innovation in Sustainable Materials: A Conversation with Daniel Shum of CTK BioWelcome to What The Tech #podcast by Boast, where @pauldavenport3 ta...
From Finance Leader to Founder: How Profitual is Democratizing Financial Intelligence for Startups
In the latest episode of What the Tech, we sat down with Raymond Fitzpatrick, CEO and founder of Profitual, a New Brunswick-based company on a mission to democratize financial intelligence for SMEs. Ray is an experienced finance leader...