Mila Ventures Signature Events
Where Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) venture ecosystem convenes.
Canada produces some of the world’s most important AI research. What turns research strength into companies is our connective tissue: these events are where researchers, founders, and capital meet. It is where ambition finds its allies. Our Signature Events provide the infrastructure to propel Venture Scientists and their companies.
We host a handful of high-calibre gatherings each year, convened at the Agora — our event space at Mila in Montreal. Each event is curated and evolving: they are an invitation to meet in real life and close the gap between research discoveries and what gets built in Canada.
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Signature Events
Mila Ventures held 5 signature event in 2026 where Venture Scientists and key members of Canada's AI ecosystem convene in one place.
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Startups Pitches
We spotlight the best deeptech ventures at our Demo Day.
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Curated Attendees
Our flagship events bring together select startups, investors, and operators.
Upcoming Events
September 24, 2026 - Mila's Agora, Montréal
Venture Scientist Bootcamp Pitch Day - Édition 1
The newest cohort of Venture Scientists takes the stage for the first time.
After four months in the Venture Scientist Bootcamp, our current cohort makes its first public appearance. They will present research turned into companies, pitch to investors and partners who can help shape their startup. This event adds visibility to the next generation of AI companies.
Who it’s for: Investors, ecosystem partners, and the Mila community.
March 2027 - Mila's Agora, Montréal
Agentic for Enterprise
One day conference on how technology is rewriting enterprise operations, with input from the founders building it.
The Venture Scientist Event Series convenes 300 curated attendees — AI-native founders, Mila researchers, enterprise technology leaders, and investors — around the subject of agentic companies. As enterprise AI shifts from assistance to execution, we explore current constraints and what the future holds.
Who it’s for: Researchers, founders (Seed to Series B), CIOs, CTOs and Heads of AI, enterprise investors.
December 15, 2026 - Mila's Agora, Montréal
Annual Venture Scientist Demo Day
Our flagship moment on Canada’s AI venture calendar.
Startups from every Mila Ventures pathway pitch and demo before a curated audience of investors, industry leaders, and the researchers who will build next.
Who it’s for: Investors, venture-clients, alumni, researchers and founders.
Past Events
- Venture Scientist Demo Day — 1st Edition: The first Venture Scientist Demo Day set the stage for the mission and the four programs offered by Mila Ventures. The event featured 18 founders, who pitched their startups. The $100M Venture Scientist Fund was announced and three fireside chats featured Mila alumni Liam Fedus (Periodic Labs, co-creator of ChatGPT), Zuzanna Stamirowska (Pathway), and Mila alumni Athul Paul Jacob (Percepta).
- Build OS26 - Ship or Fall Behind: A hackathon with twenty-six builders and five hours to ship a working agentic system. The winners demoed what they built in front of a jury. Build OS26 turned the Agora into a proving ground for agentic workflows — startups building and operating real systems under time pressure. The event ended with the ecosystem raising a glass to the teams who shipped against time pressures. Mila Ventures organized $45K in cash and in-kind support from sponsors to the winners: Carbon Forge (Best Trustworthy Agentic System), Cognate Labs (Best Defensible System), and Bastion (Best Quantifiable Impact).
- AI for Hardware, Chips & Robotics: This event shed light on the material aspects of AI. NVIDIA Canada opened the day; Eclipse Capital’s Aidan Madigan-Curtis, who helped launch the first Apple Watch, was a headliner. Founders, investors, and Mila core members charted Canada’s deep-tech edge, from chip design to the next frontier of robotics.
- Rise of the Venture Scientist: The inaugural edition of the Venture Scientist Event Series. An afternoon uniting Canada’s leading AI researchers, founders, and investors. The event included a masterclass with Joëlle Pineau, Chief AI Officer, Cohere.
Join our growing ecosystem
Mila Ventures welcomes those who build, research, invest or lead ventures in Canada. To hear about our upcoming Signature Events, enter your email to request an invitation.