Frontier Collective

It was great to speak at SXSW this week with Kasley Killam (The Art and Science of Connection), Lambert Hogenhout (UN), and Tobias Peyerl (OpenAI). AI is accelerating fast, but the real pressure is on the human layer.

Letssss gooooo 🇨🇦 #SXSW2026 vantechjournal.com/p/bc-innovator…

We’re back at @sxsw 2026. Frontiers of Innovation Day returns to Austin, convening global leaders across AI, climate, mobility, robotics and wellness grounded in a human lens. March 14. Canada House at Central District Brewing. #SXSW2026 RSVP: lnkd.in/gbYT2Vqm

Huge congrats to AI Autonomous leaders Wayve on their $1.2B raise at an $8.6B valuation. Visited their London HQ last year and rode through Shoreditch with their AI driving the car. Watching it interpret the world in real time felt like the future. nytimes.com/2026/02/24/tec…

Our CEO @dburgar speaking at this year’s @sxsw

As the Milan Winter Olympics kick off, cheering on past Frontier Summit speaker Jenn Heil 🇨🇦 Olympic champion, Chef de Mission for Team Canada, Stanford alum, and founder of RevvEL—an AI-powered personal health assistant for women.

The old economic playbook is broken. In an IP economy, regions win by building from within. Break the flywheel and you lose companies like Slack, founded in Vancouver, sold for $27.7B & the billions that follow. Adapt fast or hollow out ⬇️@VancouverSun vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

General Fusion is going public! Today, we are announcing our definitive business combination agreement with Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III (NASDAQ: SVAC). Spring Valley has a strong track record, and its leadership has a history of making smart investments that bring first-of-a-kind technologies to market. This new chapter will support our path to reach key milestones with Lawson Machine 26 and continue our more than 20-year track record of advancing fusion technology. We’re grateful to our team, partners, and long‑standing supporters who have helped make this moment possible. We’re excited for the next steps in our journey. Read the full press release here: generalfusion.com/post/general-f…

WOW!!! Never thought we would hear this level of honesty from a Western leader, and certainly not Canada, given the direction of Canada in the past 25 years. Canada's shift towards multialignment is quite clear - and this level of honesty from Carney on Western "fiction" about the old order will be warmly welcomed in much of the Global South: "We knew that the story about the rules-based order was partially false... We knew that international law applied with varying rigour depending on the identity of the accused and the victim. This fiction was useful [because of the goods provided by American hegemony]... So we placed the sign in the window. We participated in the rituals. And we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality. This bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination."

Third spaces are infrastructure. Without intention, ecosystems don’t compound. Here’s a post I wrote about this: linkedin.com/posts/danburga…

Closing out 2025 feeling grateful. What stood out wasn’t any single moment, but the trust built and relationships formed. Frontier-led connections helped catalyze $150M+ in real-world impact. These things compound. Entering 2026 with clarity and momentum.

Getting people together in New York is hard. Getting ppl from Manhattan to Brooklyn in December is harder. Still, 40 founders, investors, and public leaders showed up for real connection and conversations that mattered. Worth it. @FrontierBC

In a fractured world and a fast-accelerating AI moment, the UN’s role has never mattered more. Grateful our Frontier Collective NYC delegation had a private briefing at the UN with Lambert Hogenhout, Chief Data & AI Officer, on global AI safety standards and shared guardrails.

Incredible visit to Google’s new NYC campus. A glimpse into the future of work, collaboration, and community. Big thanks to Reena Jana for hosting our Frontier Collective delegation and the deep conversations on AI safety, data governance, and responsible innovation. @FrontierBC

Our innovation mission touched down in NYC with our delegation and US-based posse for a standout lunch at JPMorganChase HQ. Thanks to Norma Padron for a grounded conversation on where AI is actually headed.

@PacifiCanEN @sxsw Grateful for PacifiCan’s early support. That investment helped us scale Frontier Summit, take Vancouver’s story global, and prove how small public dollars can create big momentum for founders in B.C. and Canada ! Appreciate the belief in the work.

We’re celebrating a throwback to our investment in @FrontierBC to deliver events like the 2023-24 #FrontierSummit & showcase Vancouver tech at @sxsw, reinforcing #BC & #Canada as a global innovation hub. Swipe for the impact. ➡️ frontiersummit.xyz

Chloe Angus hadn’t walked in years. Seeing her walk again at the Invictus Games in Human in Motion, XoMotion is Vancouver innovation at its best. They showcased this tech live at Frontier Summit, and they’re changing the future of robotics.

@DurableAI @dburgar Amen!!!❤️❤️❤️

@dburgar @FrontierBC so beautiful!! i love vancouver <3 (thanks to reminder to go touch grass)

Vancouver is home and @FrontierBC has spent years helping build its innovation ecosystem. Frontier Summit 4.0 was a love letter to the city: 3 days, 5 venues, global leaders & local pioneers showing what’s possible! We’re bullish on Vancouver. The future’s being built here.