06/01/2026
This year's Toronto Tech Week gave us a unique opportunity to experience innovation from both sides of the table. While attending sessions and hearing from founders, investors, policymakers, and technologists, we also presented our own vision and gathered valuable feedback.
As a small company with ambitious plans, Tech Week became an invaluable pressure test. We launched our vision for a province-wide centralized AI-permitting platform. It helps users understand what they can build, identifies submission requirements, and coordinates the permitting process directly with municipalities and review agencies.
The goal is simple: unify a complex process and help projects move forward more efficiently.
Another important theme surfaced repeatedly throughout the week: support local innovation. Governments often speak about buying Ontario and strengthening Canadian technology ecosystems. Yet too often, critical technology projects are outsourced elsewhere despite the incredible talent, expertise, and innovation being built right here at home.
When it comes to land, property, planning, and permitting, Canadian solutions matter. These are uniquely local challenges that require local understanding, local relationships, and local expertise.
It's our land. We should be building the systems that shape its future, and owning the data that governs it.
One of the highlights of the week was participating in the Google AI Connect: Toronto Tech Week Roundtable, where we had the opportunity to discuss the future of AI adoption in government alongside representatives from Supply Ontario and Minister Stephen Crawford.
A key concern raised during the conversation was that municipalities are beginning to explore AI independently, often without a coordinated framework that ensures systems can work together across the province. We believe Ontario has an opportunity to build a more integrated approach that benefits municipalities, agencies, businesses, and residents alike.
This is exactly the challenge LandLogic is working to solve. Our biggest takeaway from Tech Week wasn't discussing what AI can do. It was discussing what AI should do. If we focus on that, the impact for Toronto, Ontario, and Canada will be enormous.
A special thank you to Iran Karimian from Google for Startups, Daniel Foch from Valery Real Estate and the City of Toronto for hosting us at your events.
