Patricia Thaine is the Co-Founder & Chairwoman of Private AI, a Microsoft-backed startup who raised their Series A led by the BDC. Private AI won the Privacy Innovation Award at PICCASO 2024, was named a 2023 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum as well as a Gartner Cool Vendor. Patricia is also the host of The Data Frontier podcast and was on Maclean’s magazine Power List 2024 for being one of the top 100 Canadians shaping the country.