SAAS NORTH 2026
Scaling In The Era Of AI
Two days for the people building Canada’s software economy: founders and operators at every stage, the investors backing them, and (new this year) the defence and government buyers now shopping at home.
What is SAAS NORTH?
SAAS NORTH is Canada’s largest in-person conference for SaaS founders and operators navigating the AI transition. Now in its 11th year, it brings together 2,000+ founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem partners for two days of tactical sessions and operator-led conversations. New for 2026, Day 2 adds DEPLOY, a defence and dual-use summit for founders. November 4-5 in Ottawa.
Explore The Conversations
The AI era is rewriting how software companies build, grow and compete.
Across two days, hear from founders, operators and investors exploring the ideas shaping what’s next, from AI and go-to-market to pricing, capital and product strategy:
- The Great Reset: Starting From Zero, Built on Trust
- Why trust has become the competitive advantage in the AI era.
- The Builder Class
- How AI is changing leadership and the future of SaaS companies.
- Cracking $10M ARR
- The data behind what it really takes to scale a SaaS company.
- AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job. It’s Coming for Your Business Model.
- How to protect your product in an AI-native market.
- The Future of Go-to-Market: A Playbook for an AI-First World
- Practical strategies for winning customers in an AI-first market.
- Distribution Dominates Decisions
- Why distribution is becoming SaaS’s biggest competitive advantage.
Introducing: DEPLOY
Canada’s defence and dual-use summit, for the technology companies building sovereign capability, and the people who fund it, buy it and set the requirements.
Built into Day 2 of SAAS NORTH. Ottawa, Nov 5.
Who should attend SAAS NORTH 2026?
Four groups.
- SaaS founders, operators, and their teams
- AI-native founders and their teams building for enterprise
- Investors recalibrating from seat-based to outcome-based models
- Ecosystem partners helping software companies commercialize AI. If your company is figuring out what AI means for the business, bring the people making those decisions.
Event Details
SAAS NORTH 2026
Date:
November 4 - November 5
Location:
Rogers Centre
55 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa
ON
Organizer:
SAAS NORTH
Cost:
849 – 1599