It's dark December in Vancouver. The solstice approaches.

​Two years ago, we started gathering trying to figure out what AI meant for the work we make and the communities we serve.

​3,300+ people have moved through this space. Hundreds have demoed projects, spoken, hacked through the night, or contributed in ways that pushed the whole thing forward. At the darkest point of the year, we light up the work that mattered most.

​The Squatchies

​Celebrating human-machine collaboration, homegrown intelligence, and the creative rebels shaping our shared future.

​Six awards for the people who moved the needle this year.

​The organizers who held space. The Indigenous technologists building sovereignty through code. The artists integrating AI into their practice. ...