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Looking forward to be back in City of San José for GovAI Coalition Summit this week. Excited to be have Binoloop be a sponsor 2 years in a row and connect the changemakers in government!

As a South Asian woman building in Canada, this list hits differently. We have so much growth, talent, and opportunity in our ecosystem — and founders like Purvaja S., Ruchi Varshney, and Latchmi Raghunanan, Ph.D. prove there’s room for all of us to lead and scale here. More brown girls on every list, please. 🔥

Amazing few days at the DenAI Summit! A sincere thank you to Mayor Mike Johnston and CAIO Suma Nallapati for their incredible leadership in creating this event and for choosing Binoloop to take the stage at #DenAI. Thank you Hayfa Aboukier from Range Ventures coaching and mentoring for the pitch. Beyond the stage, the real energy came from the community - the connections with brilliant govtech founders, the new friends we made, and meeting Tyler Svitak and some of the cities participating in the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance in person were all highlights. The event was so well-curated, with enlightening sessions like Tenzin Priyadarshi's on AI and civic trust. Denver, you were amazing. Can’t wait to come back and build on these new connections! DenAI Summit Denver Mayor's Office Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Tyler Svitak Leila Banijamali Kanishk Patel Binoloop #DenAI #GovTech #AI #PublicSector #Innovation #SmartCities #Denver #Binoloop #Gratitude

I just wrapped up an incredible few days at the Municipal Information Systems Association British Columbia (MISA BC) 2025 conference and left feeling more inspired than ever. Over the past few days, I had the chance to connect with some brilliant people and gain deep insights into the unique challenges cities, towns, and regional districts face across Canada. The conversations highlighted just how different the priorities are — from big cities working with standardized zoning bylaws and infrastructure demands, to smaller communities that value autonomy and simplicity. At Binoloop, we’ve built the Atlas Platform – a permitting and regulatory research platform – with a vision that goes beyond just permitting. Our mission is to enable no-code, agentic workflows that let cities easily request digitization, procurement support, or even automated permitting reviews — all while keeping citizens at the center. It was fascinating to see how organizations like Archistar.ai are collaborating with regional districts like Malahat to rethink zoning codes from the ground up, while ensuring that communities and First Nations are meaningfully involved. And kudos to GovAI and others showing the promise of AI adoption in government — the future is bright! I was especially inspired by leaders like Brad Smadella and the work being done in the Tsawwassen First Nation — and so many others working tirelessly to make their communities thrive. Municipal Information Systems Association British Columbia (MISA BC) reminded me of why we do what we do: to make government processes not just efficient, but delightful — empowering Canadian citizens to engage and take action in their local regions. Here’s to making government fun to work with, one workflow at a time. 💜 Lovepreet Saggu Brad Smadella Cassandra O'Brien Briana Sim 🇨🇦 CDW Canada SimpliCity CMS 🇨🇦 Fortinet Esri Canada Arctic Wolf SentinelOne Microsoft TELUS Digital SimplyAsk.ai MNP Digital Microserve Ricoh Canada Inc. Elantis Solutions Inc. #GovTech #SmartCities #DigitalGovernment #CivicInnovation #PublicSectorInnovation #GovernmentTechnology #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #AIForGood #Innovation #TechForGood #FutureOfWork #UrbanPlanning #PermittingSolutions #RegulatoryInnovation #ZoningReform #CommunityEngagement #CanadaTech #CanadianInnovation #MunicipalGovernment #MuniTech #MISA

Change only happens when collaboration gets real. Just wrapped up the Cities Today Institute Digitalization Forum in D.C. - one of the most productive gatherings I’ve been part of in a while. This wasn’t your typical mega-conference. It was intentionally small and tightly curated, which made space for the kind of honest, in-the-weeds conversations we need more of. We covered everything from how cities are preparing for major events like FIFA, to rethinking infrastructure, AI, and what it really takes to deliver better public services at scale. The smaller format made it easier to go deep. These are the kinds of dialogues that move the needle. We need more spaces like this - focused, candid, and practitioner-led. Grateful to Cities Today Institute and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP for creating that space. And thank you to Bob Bennett and the team for having Binoloop at the table. Looking forward to keeping the conversation going. #SmartCities #GovTech #PublicSectorInnovation #DigitalGovernment #AIinCities #Binoloop #UrbanTech

Just wrapped up an incredible 4-month journey as an Machine Learning Intern at Binoloop, and honestly, it exceeded every expectation I had about what an internship could be. Instead of typical intern tasks, I was trusted with ownership of core projects that directly impact how our systems process complex documents and tables. Here's what made this experience special: 🔍 Contributed to Document AI foundations – created bounding box visualizations for PDFs using Adobe's coordinate system and worked with Docling for refined PDF processing, uncovering critical issues like misaligned highlights and broken cross-references. ⚡ Helped modernize our embeddings and retrieval system by migrating to BGE-M3 for multimodal understanding and hybrid search, designing multiple table-to-text formats for better LLM parsing, and benchmarking results to measure tangible improvements in retrieval performance. 🛠 Took ownership of key infrastructure improvements – refactored HTML processors and city parsers for reliability, refined our GCS storage layer with asynchronous uploads to reduce processing times, and wrote comprehensive unit tests to ensure critical utilities worked reliably. 🎯 Supported code stability through debugging and optimization – ran system-level benchmarks comparing table metadata performance, and troubleshot parsing/annotation pipeline failures to keep data flowing smoothly. What struck me most was the trust placed in me from day one. This wasn't "learn by watching", it was "here's a complex problem. Collaborate, ask for help and figure out a possible solution." That level of responsibility, combined with incredible mentorship from Kanishk Patel, who went above and beyond as both a supervisor and mentor, created the perfect environment for rapid growth and learning. I am incredibly grateful for the support and guidance I received from him, and the entire team throughout this internship. The cherry on top? I got to dive deep into tabular representation for LLM RAG systems and write about my findings. Check out the article below if you're curious about the technical details! Massive thanks to the entire Binoloop team for creating an environment where interns don't just contribute – they truly own their impact.