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Groupthink Labs Is Rewiring How Organizations Make Decisions
When organizations make decisions about limited resources, human nature has a habit of getting in the way. Budgets get inflated, information gets hoarded, and the best ideas don't always win.…
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Accelerator Centre advances seven startups to Phase 2 of the AC:Studio UN Sustainable Development Cohort
Selected startups will receive $70,000 in matching funds and continued product development support to complete their projects and accelerate market adoption of solutions aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Founders Building What Matters: AC:Studio’s Second Cohort Takes the Stage
On February 19, 2026, founders, partners, and mentors gathered at the University of Waterloo’s Fed Hall for the AC:Studio Showcase. Sponsored by RSM, Smart & Biggar, and OVHCloud, the showcase…
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How NetZenAI is Solving the IT Service Desk’s Biggest Bottleneck
Can AI end the frustration of the IT support ticket? NetZenAI founder Shweta Mishra thinks so. Learn how this Waterloo-based startup is giving technicians the context they need to solve…
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Global Impact Creator Spotlight: Lucas Wen Tang and Felix Xu of Lumos
If you’re not a morning person, then there’s probably a morning person in your life who you’d wish was a little less chipper. But what if we told you that…
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Aerospace Accelerator Spotlight: Ali Taleb, CEO of Vigelon
From a childhood surrounded by airplane models to pioneering electric aviation in California, Ali Taleb’s journey has been defined by a singular focus on flight. Now, as the founder of…
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Building Thought Leadership
Marketing and Communications, Mentor Ellyn Winters-Robinson, explains how startup founders can build a thought leadership strategy by choosing the right platform, optimizing their profiles, and strengthening their professional presence online.
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AC:RevLab Spotlight: Rhyse Maryniuk, founder and CEO of Audesse Automotive
When Rhyse Maryniuk and his team hit a wall developing a new electric vehicle at the University of Waterloo, they built their own solution. That innovation became the foundation for…
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AC:Studio Spotlight: Zachary McCue, founder and CEO of REPWR
Timing is everything in both marketing and entrepreneurship. For REPWR Founder and CEO Zachary McCue, the right idea came more than a decade before the world was ready for it.…
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AC:Incubate Spotlight: Qasim Parekh, co-founder of CellaraRx
When Qasim Parekh saw how few promising cancer drugs ever reach patients, he set out to change that. With co-founder Zjardyn Liera-Hood, he launched CellaraRx, a healthtech startup using single-cell…
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AC:RevLab Welcomes Second Cohort, Driving Scalable Growth Across Ontario’s Innovation Ecosystem
AC:RevLab helps high-potential startups transform early traction into scalable and repeatable revenue. Delivered by the Accelerator Centre in partnership with Communitech and supported by FedDev Ontario, the program provides founders…
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Building a Customer Advisory Board: Turning Feedback into Fuel
When you’re building a startup, it’s easy to fall into the trap of making decisions in a vacuum — creating products and features based on what you think customers want.…
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