







A 4-month, in-person accelerator in Vancouver for Canadian founders. Providing capital, access to venture backed founders and investor introductions.
A taxonomy of ATmosphere applications
Last week I spent an energizing, educational, occasionally infuriating week in Vancouver around the ATmosphereConf, a community event gathering developers, investors, data scientists, the odd academic
Vylit Raises $2.7 Million In Funding Led By Windmill Chain Fund With Investors Manifest Financial And Aaron Day
Vylit, a new AI-powered platform for the adult-friendly creator economy, has raised $2.7 million in funding led by Windmill Chain Fund, with participation from angel investors including Manifest Financial and Aaron Day, CEO and founder of Amaze. Founded by former OnlyFans CEO Amrapali (Ami) Gan and Kailey Magder, Vylit aims to make monetization more accessible for emerging creators by combining the discoverability of platforms like Instagram or TikTok with the creator tools of OnlyFans. The web-based platform, set to launch in December 2025, will allow adult-oriented but non-explicit content and use AI image generation to help creators engage with and grow their audiences. INVESTORS: Windmill Chain Fund, Manifest Financial & Aaron Day AMOUNT: $2,700,000 HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #Vylit #AmrapaliAmiGan #KaileyMagder #WindmillChainFund #ManifestFinancial #AaronDay#TradedVC
Discretionary Vancouver (@discretionary-yvr.bsky.social)
A bot by @grids.reillywood.com that posts updates from Vancouver's shapeyourcity.ca website. Every project I post requires a discretionary approval process. https://github.com/rgwood/RezoningScraper
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang GTC 2026 Full Keynote
Isadora Sophia - OOP is Overrated: Ways You Can Build Modular Code | Full Indie Summit 2024
Tech and nature nerd field trip at Elphinstone Farm | Coast Cultural Alliance (CCA)
Come hang out and learn for a day with techy and farmy nerds at the beautiful Elphinstone farm in Gibson's. A recently adopted asset, this nascent farm is set

Mantis VC
Mantis VC, an early-stage venture fund in partnership with The Chainsmokers
Basecamp — Creator & Entrepreneur Residency · Vancouver, BC
A residency for creators, entrepreneurs, and community builders. Focused housing on Jericho Beach, Vancouver. From idea to launch — together.

Atmosphere conference report - Mathew's newsletter
Key takeaways from Vancouver
Tiptree Systems
Althea is an AI research assistant that helps scientists with literature review, analysis, and daily research tasks.

The Future of Meta Superintelligence: A 1 Year Progress Update
A top tier RL environment startup spawns out of thin air, the most aggressive compute ramp we've ever seen, 2000km+ scale-across, and some advice for Google DeepMind

Beyond Horseless Carriages: Building Communities for the Decentralized Era, Rudy Fraser
'A new industry with a new identity:' Canadian devs in 2026
We spoke to developers at Toronto Canada's XP Game Summit to see how they are getting by in increasingly tumultuous times.
