Sponsorship
Back the room.
BC + AI is a grassroots, member-supported community building practical, responsible AI capacity across British Columbia. Sponsorship is how the rooms stay open, the seats stay reachable, and the knowledge stays public. Not a logo on a slide — a stake in the ecosystem.
What your sponsorship does
- Keeps events in person. Venues, food, AV, photographers, and the human work that keeps community rooms warm and worth showing up to.
- Funds scholarship seats. Your support puts people in the room and in programs when cost would otherwise be the barrier.
- Builds public knowledge. Recaps, talk videos, reading lists, the member directory, and practical guides — open to everyone, not just members.
- Stays local. Local venues, local photographers, local hosts. Sponsorship circulates in British Columbia, not out of it.
Ways to show up
Events
Sponsor a night
Put your name behind a Vancouver AI meetup or a regional chapter night — the rooms where the community actually meets.
Programs
Back a cohort
Help run a certification or accelerator cohort — from the Animation Accelerator to Responsible AI Professional.
Access
Fund scholarship seats
Underwrite seats for students, newcomers, and folks for whom cost is the only thing in the way.
In-kind works too — venues, food, AV, swag, prizes. If it helps the room, let's talk about it.
Let's build something
Sponsorship here is a conversation, not a checkout.
Tell us who you are and what you care about, and we'll find the fit — a night, a cohort, a fund, or something we haven't thought of yet. Ecosystem, not empire.