LessWrong AI
2026-09-24 12:36 UTC
By Sheikh Abdur Raheem Ali
USR-0152-20260924-community-fo-6821085b
After Action Report: Canadian Sovereign AI at Nrth 2026
This report is authored in a personal capacity and does not contain any confidential or privileged information. We appreciate Nrth's generous support in enabling our attendance. Executive Summary We cover the first 48 hours of an innovation event occurring Sep 22 to Sep 24, 2026. Main outcome: Intros to Dell (50 + 80 MW, GB300 NVL72, BC), Columbia Data Vault (20 MW, H100/H200 HGX, ON), and startup founders/execs operating in Canada. Primary update: Change in planned activities scheduled for Sep 24, 2026. Before: Nrth Day 3, Socratica Kickoff F26 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario. After: Limitless 2026 and Nuclear Generating Station in Pickering, Ontario. Target Audience We aim to write in a register comfortable to readers from backgrounds in industry or government. Our expectation is that the bulk of the elements discussed in this work will be familiar to attendees. Anyone is welcome to share or respond to this piece. Goals What do you want to achieve in general? Our top strategic priority is to advance security research on inference-only compute verification. This is a prerequisite for agreements to pace frontier AI development. What does going to this event have to do with that? Nrth features an impressive speaker list : This year's lineup includes Sudip Roy, Mike Shaver, Michael Buhr, Mark Schaan, Jaxson Khan, Elissa Strome, Vass Bednar, Mark Robbins, Sarah LaRose, John Weigelt, Vic Fedeli, and Lucy Hargreaves. It's possible to request 20-min meeting slots with other attend…
This report is authored in a personal capacity and does not contain any confidential or privileged information. We appreciate Nrth's generous support in enabling our attendance. Executive Summary We cover the first 48 hours of an innovation event occurring Sep 22 to Sep 24, 2026. Main outcome: Intros to Dell (50 + 80 MW, GB300 NVL72, BC), Columbia Data Vault (20 MW, H100/H200 HGX, ON), and startup founders/execs operating in Canada. Primary update: Change in planned activities scheduled for Sep 24, 2026. Before: Nrth Day 3, Socratica Kickoff F26 in Kitchener, Waterloo, Ontario. After: Limitless 2026 and Nuclear Generating Station in Pickering, Ontario. Target Audience We aim to write in a register comfortable to readers from backgrounds in industry or government. Our expectation is that the bulk of the elements discussed in this work will be familiar to attendees. Anyone is welcome to share or respond to this piece. Goals What do you want to achieve in general? Our top strategic priority is to advance security research on inference-only compute verification. This is a prerequisite for agreements to pace frontier AI development. What does going to this event have to do with that? Nrth features an impressive speaker list : This year's lineup includes Sudip Roy, Mike Shaver, Michael Buhr, Mark Schaan, Jaxson Khan, Elissa Strome, Vass Bednar, Mark Robbins, Sarah LaRose, John Weigelt, Vic Fedeli, and Lucy Hargreaves. It's possible to request 20-min meeting slots with other attend…
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