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Brad Conlin

Brad Conlin

Canadian practitioner in applied AI, cybersecurity, and autonomous systems.

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The Procurement Story That Most Strategy Decks Are Missing

Running serious AI on a piece of equipment in the field used to require infrastructure most operations didn't have. That's quietly stopped being true. The implications haven't filtered through to most procurement teams yet.

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A curated directory of Canadian companies in AI, cybersecurity, defense, autonomy, and applied tech. Updated daily.

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What I'm working on now

Updated May 16, 2026

Building the public side of this brand. The site you're reading is part of that. Most of what I think about for Canadian AI, cybersecurity, and applied tech is currently scattered across notebooks, conversations, and LinkedIn posts. The point of the next year is to gather it into something useful.

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One or two emails a month. Long-form essays and notes from the Canadian tech ecosystem. No course pitches, no affiliate links, no sharing your address.