How Energy and Mining Lead Canadian AI

Energy and mining are two of the largest industries by Canadian GDP. They've been generating high-quality data for decades. The infrastructure is there. The problems are real.So why is almost nobody talking about how much AI adoption is actually happening inside them, or how much further it could go?Three founders building AI for Canadian heavy industry sit down to walk through what's actually working, what isn't, and what an AI-native energy or mining company would even look like.Featuring Keri Lee (Blue Marvel AI), John Mortimer (Geologic AI), and Josh Malate (Ultimarii), with Philippe Burns moderating.Along the way: why "AI goes to die in IT," what the rise of Chief AI Ethics Officers means for innovators, why one Canadian oil major recently burned through $10 million in cloud credits in a single week, and why human judgment becomes more scarce, not less, as inference costs fall toward zero.This is the audio version of the Tech Thursday panel originally recorded in Calgary, April 30th, 2026.Read the recap on the Calgary Tech Newsletter at calgarytech.substack.com.Tech Thursday is Canada's largest tech community event series, hosted weekly across Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and Ottawa. Sponsored by Boast, Neo Financial, Skip, Motiv, Alberta Innovates, Crestview Strategy, and BLG.