APR_20_2026 // TORONTO // EVENT_COVERAGE

CLAUDE
FOR
MARKETERS

Toronto's AI builder community gathered for hands-on demos, real workflows, and honest conversation about what Claude adoption looks like on the ground.

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Official Event // Build Future x Claude

TORONTO
FOR MARKETING
& GTM

A hands-on evening with Toronto's AI builder community: live demos, real workflows, and honest conversation about what Claude adoption looks like on the ground.

DATE // APR_20_2026
CITY // TORONTO, ON
HOST // BUILDFUTURE.AI
Claude for Marketers & GTM — Build Future Toronto Apr 20 2026
Photography // Glen E. Grant

HOW IT WAS.

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Event // Overview

THE ROOM
WHERE IT
HAPPENED.

Claude API GTM AI Workflows Toronto Tech
The room — audience engaged at Build Future Toronto Apr 20 2026

Build Future brought together founders, marketers, and builders for a hands-on evening centred on one question: how do marketing and GTM teams actually use Claude to move faster?

Six demo presenters. Two hours. Real workflows, live builds, and honest conversation about what AI adoption looks like on the ground in Toronto's tech community.

This page is the permanent record of that night: full gallery, presenter profiles, and post-event writeup from a builder who was there for both the room and the lens.

Presenters // Apr 20 2026

THE BUILDERS.

PRINCIPAL // BUILD FUTURE
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Saurabh Suri
AI Lead, Red Brick Labs · Co-founder, Build Future
Co-founder of Red Brick Labs, an AI-native consulting agency upskilling teams across Toronto.
Co-founded Build Future as the community arm, previously organized the OpenAI Codex meetup at Shopify that drew 800+ signups.
redbricklabs.io ↗ @surim0n ↗ @redbricklabs_ ↗
HOST // BUILD FUTURE
RJ
Robleh Jama
Co-founder, Boom Vision · Co-founder, Build Future
Long-time Toronto tech community builder and co-founder of Boom Vision. Has been running Build Future events alongside Saurabh.
On the current AI era: "the most fun, fast-paced era I've ever seen."
boomvision.co ↗
DEMO // AI SYSTEMS
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Vladimir Druts
Founder, Horizin.ai
4x founder · "The Augmented Human." Previous ventures: Hush (Canada's fastest-growing sleep brand, Forbes 30 Under 30), FRWRD Skincare, and FocusMe (featured BBC).
Attended the 2017 Asilomar AI Principles Conference.
horizin.ai ↗
DEMO // GTM OUTBOUND
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Yusuf Ahmed
Founder, Zevenue
Founder of Zevenue, a B2B SaaS sales development agency started after a 2020 layoff.
Builds AI-powered outbound systems for early-stage startups (2–200 employees) using Clay. Queen's University, Toronto.
zevenue.co ↗
DEMO // MARKETING OPS
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Adam Frank
Head of Marketing, Rootly
Head of Marketing at Rootly, the AI-native on-call and incident management platform trusted by LinkedIn, NVIDIA, Canva, and Grammarly. $15.2M raised.
Comes from deep on-call operations background · AI meets reliability.
rootly.com ↗
DEMO // CREATIVE XR
JM
Josh Maldonado
Senior Producer · Creative / AI / XR
Senior producer bridging creative, product, and engineering across XR, AI, and digital products. Co-runs CTRL+SHIFT, a Toronto creative tech event series. Background spans Web3 (Space Jam, DC Comics drops at Palm NFT Studio) to AI-driven interactive work.
LinkedIn ↗
DEMO // AGENCY OPS
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Ebad Khan
Managing Partner, Process Plus Marketing
Managing Partner at Process Plus Marketing, a 23-person Toronto marketing services firm. Prior roles at Blackbaud and TELUS.
MBA in Technology & Strategy, McMaster University. Agency-side perspective on practical AI adoption.
processplus.ca ↗
Claude Codev2.1.116
Claude Code
buildfuture.ai ↗
Full Coverage // Apr 20 2026

THE FULL ROLL.

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Coverage // Photographer & Builder
Glen E. Grant

GLEN E. GRANT

Commercial and editorial photographer, AI developer, and Toronto-based builder. Present at this event as both participant and lens.

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