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Discuss – Do AI agents deserve all the hype they are getting?

4•MicroWagie•5h ago•1 comments

Ask HN: Anyone Using a Mac Studio for Local AI/LLM?

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Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place

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Ask HN: Non AI-obsessed tech forums

32•nanocat•20h ago•28 comments

LLMs are powerful, but enterprises are deterministic by nature

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Ask HN: 10 months since the Llama-4 release: what happened to Meta AI?

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Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)

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Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2026)

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AI Regex Scientist: A self-improving regex solver

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Ask HN: Non-profit, volunteers run org needs CRM. Is Odoo Community a good sol.?

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Tell HN: Another round of Zendesk email spam

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Ask HN: Has your whole engineering team gone big into AI coding? How's it going?

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Ask HN: Why LLM providers sell access instead of consulting services?

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Ask HN: How does ChatGPT decide which websites to recommend?

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Ask HN: Mem0 stores memories, but doesn't learn user patterns

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Kernighan on Programming

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Ask HN: Anyone Seeing YT ads related to chats on ChatGPT?

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Ask HN: Does global decoupling from the USA signal comeback of the desktop app?

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We built a serverless GPU inference platform with predictable latency

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Ask HN: Any International Job Boards for International Workers?

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Ask HN: Does a good "read it later" app exist?

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Ask HN: Have you been fired because of AI?

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Ask HN: Cheap laptop for Linux without GUI (for writing)

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Open in hackernews

Ask HN: What are some cool or underrated tech companies based in Canada?

89•pedrodelfino•7mo ago
I'm based in Canada and curious to learn more about interesting or up-and-coming tech companies here — not just the usual big names like Shopify or Lightspeed, but also smaller startups, bootstrapped companies, or niche players doing great work in software, hardware, AI, sustainability, fintech, etc.

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geophph•7mo ago
Plotly

https://plotly.com/about-us/

throwaway1x2y3z•7mo ago
Tigera - K8 security - Vancouver
er0k•7mo ago
sourcebot https://www.sourcebot.dev/
mosura•7mo ago
CentML was pretty interesting but just got bought by nvidia.

Tailscale regularly pops up.

mynegation•7mo ago
Oh wow, congrats to Gena!
helsontaveras18•7mo ago
I think we’re pretty cool! https://www.trykeep.com
GregDavidson•7mo ago
My Twiddler comes from Winnipeg -- https://www.mytwiddler.com/
sheepybloke•7mo ago
One of the coolest ones in my opinion is Xiphos Systems. Lots of cool space hardware!

https://xiphos.com/

bnchrch•7mo ago
Heres a few:

https://layerzero.network/

https://1password.com/

https://www.wealthsimple.com/

https://floatcard.com

https://www.postgrid.com

https://www.dapperlabs.com

https://www.wattpad.com

https://gusto.com

https://cohere.com

https://clear.co/ https://www.clio.com/

kimos•7mo ago
Clio is a gem. I know a few great people who Shopify chewed through that ended up there and are happy.
allanmacgregor•7mo ago
Gusto is not canadian.
mitthrowaway2•7mo ago
Here are some worthy ones I know of in Vancouver:

AbCellera (biotech)

General Fusion (fusion energy)

Rapidia (metal 3D printing)

Human in Motion Robotics (exoskeletons)

Grin Technologies (ebike components)

Arca climate technologies (atmospheric CO2 removal via mine tailings)

juliend2•7mo ago
https://vention.io :

1. Design some machinery online with their 3d modeling tool

2. Order the parts

3. Assemble your machine and deploy it

feraldidactic•7mo ago
Opentext
holyroller•7mo ago
One to stay away from is Mattermost
abuani•7mo ago
Why is that? I feel like every other go security vulnerability was reported by a security researcher there, so I assumed they have a decent engineering culture.
holyroller•7mo ago
You're right they are one of the largest Go-based applications and get asked to test go releases.

My opinion is they have a poor engineering culture though and worse leadership that is abandoning open-source roots, chasing "mission critical" government/enterprise business.

evo_9•7mo ago
Sparx - they make a great high tech home skate sharpener. Me and just about every serious player I know own one:

https://sparxhockey.com/

burningChrome•7mo ago
These are insanely popular in the US too. And I can verify that most of the guys I play with own one. They say their kids teams travel with four or five so the kids get their skates tuned before every game.

That product was an absolute game changer.

Nickste•7mo ago
Safety (previously PyUp) - https://getsafety.com - software supply chain security. Offices in Vancouver but team is all over Canada. Raised a large seed round from First Round and others.
halfdaft•7mo ago
SideFX, makers of VFX software Houdini https://www.sidefx.com/

And Derivative, makers of video & interactive software Touch Designer https://derivative.ca/

(Both packages have a shared origin I believe)

xvaier•7mo ago
https://flare.io is a cybersecurity platform based in Montréal.
supportengineer•7mo ago
Jobber ( https://www.getjobber.com )
500isbest•7mo ago
Urbanlogiq: https://urbanlogiq.com/

Saw their big announcement at Web Summit which stood out: https://urbanlogiq.com/global-foundation-model/

D-wave also had a presence at Web Summit and also seem to be doing well: https://www.dwavequantum.com/

justcallmejm•7mo ago
https://aloe.inc Check out Aloe - the founding team left the Bay Area to found the company in Vancouver to have better access to top international talent. Here's a peek at what we're building: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6M5wSv6pyU
dacox•7mo ago
Plugging ourselves, Lumen5 based out of Vancouver. I was one of the first hires found trough the HN hiring thread many moons ago. https://lumen5.com/
jason-at-spare•7mo ago
I work at https://spare.com/

We make tools for transit agencies to manage paratransit and microtransit services, mainly for people with disabilities but also for campuses and low-density areas. Managing these types of services is a real, hard problem with billions spent every year.

Our customers include Winnipeg, Oakville, St John, Saskatoon, and Powell River (also Dallas, LA, Austin, more in Japan and Europe), with more coming soon - including driverless vehicles with routing and scheduling powered by us.

We're Vancouver-based, and we're hiring :)

mattbettinson•7mo ago
I make https://voicecast.app/ and I’m based in Toronto :P

I also work at https://www.getjobber.com/ which is based in Edmonton.

toomuchtodo•7mo ago
Voicecast looks awesome. Are you considering a video version?

Thanks for commenting, would’ve never found your product otherwise.

mattbettinson•7mo ago
As in sending video messages? That would be intriguing! I’d never considered it.

No problem! Are you a podcaster?

toomuchtodo•7mo ago
Content creator/artist of sorts, interested in engaging with folks in new ways. Your comment was a bit of an aha moment.
mattbettinson•7mo ago
Well, I will be definitely building a video feature, it’s a great suggestion. Let me know if you end up using Voicecast, or have any ideas on how to get the word out!
mattbettinson•6mo ago
Just wanted to say - I've added video messaging to Voicecast after being inspired by your suggestion!
toomuchtodo•6mo ago
Thank you! Besides subscribing, I’m happy to send some fiat you way for the time. Let me know how I can do that.
scubakid•7mo ago
check out Lunch Money: https://lunchmoney.app/ - they've grown from a solopreneur story to now a small team
propter_hoc•7mo ago
https://sabotagestudio.com/ near Quebec City, they made the amazing 2D JRPG Sea of Stars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Stars

Very excellent takeoff of Chrono Trigger or Lufia 2 type SNES games. Truly exceptional.

iamjs•7mo ago
We are building some exciting cloud deployment tools at https://defang.io.

We are making it super easy to manage your deployments through the compose.yaml file you probably already have. The idea is to have a single definition of your application, that you can use locally, and project it into any cloud.

We're a small team based in Vancouver. If you're in town, reach out and come visit: jordan.stephens@defang.io

henrythe9th•7mo ago
Ruchi (Sr Dir of Eng at Dropbox) and Ashwin (Employee #1 at Rippling) at https://maplebilling.com/ are top notch!
rawgabbit•7mo ago
I am customer of Coveo enterprise search. https://www.coveo.com/en/company/about-us
loloquwowndueo•7mo ago
HTTPS://transit.app is amazing for public transport routing. Gives you a lot more information than the stock mapping apps. Some of the things they do are pure black magic.
shrinks99•7mo ago
Their 2016 post on how they render their lines is really nice and full of cool images: https://blog.transitapp.com/how-we-built-the-worlds-pretties...
samsullivan•7mo ago
Im building https://cardog.app out of Toronto

Trying to make car research, buying and ownership easy

jonathonlacher•7mo ago
https://getmysa.com/ - their bread and butter are line voltage “smart” thermostats.

I have a few in my home, they say they’re based in St. John’s.

dchadha•7mo ago
https://www.magicboard.ai -

We are building MagicBoard which is a smart board that helps kids learn and develop structure in a way that’s interactive, age appropriate and fosters independence.

It comes to life through a dedicated device for kids with no passive content and a parent app that has an AI based assistant for the parent.

ghssds•7mo ago
Aylo, based in Montreal, operate some of the most popular social media and online video sharing platforms. It also own many renowned movie studios. Probably among the top five users of internet bandwidth in the world
greenavocado•7mo ago
Aylo is a Canadian multinational pornographic conglomerate owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.

Ethical Capital Partners is a Canadian private equity firm best known for its acquisition of Aylo, the owner of Pornhub. The company is chaired by businessman Rocco Meliambro

red-iron-pine•7mo ago
formerly Manwin
deepspace•7mo ago
Taiv is a Ycombinator backed company hailing from Winnipeg
erichocean•7mo ago
SideFX
holiveros•7mo ago
https://shakepay.com/ - Nice easy to use crypto Fintech
OfflineSergio•7mo ago
https://www.helcim.com/ and https://www.koho.ca/ come to mind as ell but didn’t see anyone mention them.
holyroller•7mo ago
I did come to enjoy Arctic Wolf's approach to Cybersecurity training.
nunez•7mo ago
I interviewed at Wrapbook a few years ago and really liked them. They're worth a look! Based out of Toronto, IIRC.
norrsson•7mo ago
https://www.landr.com/ has been around for a while with its automated audio mastering service and it's now a one-stop-shop for everything related to music production. There's also really cool stuff coming up in a few months:)
aprdm•7mo ago
So many great companies, thanks for starting this & people for sharing
NalNezumi•7mo ago
SanctuaryAI https://www.sanctuary.ai/

Making humanoid robots for a while

mrPurplePinkie•7mo ago
https:\\soti.net

Enterprise Mobile Management

PeterWhittaker•7mo ago
Self-serving mention of https://sphyrnasecurity.com/ - we're a bootstrapped cybersecurity company with two main product lines: cross-domain hardware and GRC/IRM software.
skrhee•7mo ago
https://enurgen.com/

They work on modeling solar energy projects, great group.

neilcawse•7mo ago
https://www.geotab.com
rusticrover•7mo ago
I've been a https://JMP.chat customer for years and love the service. The whole software stack is free, open source, and self-hostable, and the entity behind it is a Canadian worker-owned co-operative.
wingdroid•6mo ago
Plug from Ontario:

TenantFit - https://tenantfit.mtxvp.com/

Helping landlords to simplify rental pre-screening process without collecting sensitive information from tenancy candidates.