Symbiotic AI, a University of Calgary spinout using artificial intelligence to support clinical decisions in heart care, has been named to Calgary Innovation Week’s Launch Party Top 10 Startups for 2025. The recognition places the company among the city’s most promising early-stage ventures and spotlights its momentum ahead of Innovation Week’s live showcase and awards.
Founded out of Dr. Joon Lee’s Data Intelligence for Health Lab at the University of Calgary, Symbiotic AI builds AI-enabled clinical decision-support tools that analyze longitudinal cardiovascular data to help clinicians and patients compare the projected risks and benefits of treatment options over time.
CEO Arjun Puri described the company’s aim as “bringing big data and real clinical workflows together so patients and clinicians can make the most informed care choices.”
Being named to the Top 10 is “validation for the good and impactful work we’re doing,” Puri said, adding that he hopes it draws more talent and partners to Calgary’s growing health-AI cluster. Calgary Innovation Week’s Top 10 program highlights finalists across the city, culminating in public profiles, a live pitch, and three awards presented during Launch Party.
Dr. Lee, Symbiotic AI’s CTO and a professor at the University of Calgary, emphasized how Calgary’s ecosystem helped the company move from academic results to a commercial product. He credited the university’s open IP policy and a supportive commercialization path for making it easier to found a company rooted in peer-reviewed research.
The company is a member of Innovate Calgary’s Life Sciences Innovation Hub, where it has tapped expert advisors and programs—such as regulatory and IP support—while building with clinicians and health-system partners.
Symbiotic AI’s recent collaboration with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute further signals its trajectory. The partnership will validate the company’s technology across multiple sites and support future regulatory steps.
Puri and Lee both framed the Top 10 nod as a reflection of Calgary’s broader innovation engine—spanning Platform Calgary’s community programs and Innovate Calgary’s incubation capacity—where researchers, founders, clinicians, and advisors meet. “You don’t have to be in Silicon Valley to build something important,” Lee said. “You can do it here, and we want to be part of proving that.”
Calgary Innovation Week runs city-wide with Launch Party as its marquee celebration of startups. For Symbiotic AI, the Top 10 spotlight is both a milestone and a springboard, a moment that underscores how university research, when linked with the right ecosystem supports, can translate into technologies that improve lives.