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Five ways to engage with SPUR - from applying to the studio, to taking a free course, to showing up at an event.
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National awards for deep-tech talent across Canadian universities - AI, advanced computing, commercialization.
Three self-paced tracks on sovereign Canadian compute: intro (AI 101), the full course with certificate, and a kids and families track.
Announcements, milestones, and stories from startups and researchers across the SPUR network.
Hackathons, pitch nights, demo days, and workshops - all hosted on the Waterloo campus.
Founders building frontier technology in AI, advanced computing, and deep tech - seeking speed, distribution, and an ecosystem that executes.
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