News


Global Accelerator Mention
August, 2023
Mokah had the opportunity of an interview with CBC news to provide insight on our company and the challenges of introducing Artificial Intelligence to the livestock industry. Through these accelerator programs we are able to grow our company, staff, and customer base!!


Google Startup Cohort
August, 2023
We are now full swing into Googles 10-week virtual accelerator program. We are still ecstatic about this opportunity for our company. We look forward to improving our business on multiple levels in the coming weeks. We are proud to be a part of the 2023 Cloud Cohort!!


SVG Thrive Win
July, 2023
On July 11th our CEO Mokah made her appearance at the SVG Thrive Cohort during Stampede Demo Day in Calgary!!
We are thrilled to announce that we were selected for their inaugural investment from their Alberta based Pioneer Fund after winning the THRIVE II Canada Accelerator.


BIF Conference
July, 2023
Mokah will be making her way to Calgary the first week of July to attend the Beef Improvement Federation event!! On July 5th at 9 am we will presenting in the morning session showcasing our artificial intelligence and BETSY technology. We look forward to the connections we will make at this event!!


Google Startup
June, 2023
OneCup is thrilled to announce our collaboration with Google for Startups Accelerator!! We are proud to be a part of the 2023 Cloud Cohort, joining several other companies to showcase our AI and machine learning technology during the 10-week virtual Accelerator program.


Canada's Farm Show
June, 2023
Recently at Canada's Farm Show we drew the attention of many attendees curious of our technology. We also made some great connections with potential customers and international opportunities. Mokah also showcased our company well in the AgTech Accelerator presentation!!


2023 Events
June, 2023
We have a busy summer ahead across the prairie provinces!! We look forward to our first summer event in Regina in the coming weeks at Canada's Farm Show. If you see us this summer feel free to stop by our booth and have a chat.


Cultivator Pitch
June, 2023
In March OneCup was selected to join the AgTech Accelerator hosted by Cultivtor by Conexus. June 21st, Mokah will be giving the final pitch presentation during our time in Regina at Canada's Farm Show.


Calving Alerts
March, 2023
BETSY now has the ability to notify ranchers when their cows are calving. We look forward to being able to provide this feature to more producers. BETSY proactively provided thousands of calving events this past calving season.

Cultivator
March, 2023
OneCup AI is proud to be selected to join the prestigious Cultivator AgTech Accelerator. A four-month program that combines agriculture and technology to accelerate the development of agriculture technology startups in Canada.

Google for Startups
February, 2023
Google (GCP) reached out to OneCup and invited us into their Google Startup Program.We are pleased to bring on GCP as our third cloud provider to run BETSY's inference at scale, with a generous stipend of $100K in cloud credits.

South-by-Southwest
February, 2023
Alberta Innovates selected OneCup as one of 50 high potential Alberta ventures that will travel to SXSW in Austin, TX with a shared mission to accelerate their growth trajectory by connecting with investors, customers and strategic partners.

VC Investment
February, 2023
We are proud to announce that Conexus/Emmertech invested in OneCup. They have become our second venture capitalist investor. Emmertech is a $60 million venture capital fund focused on agtech and agribusiness innovation, based in Saskatchewan, Canada.

AI Accelerator
February, 2023
NVIDIA offered us a spot in NVIDIA’s AI Accelerated Program. This is in addition to our current membership in their Inception and Metropolis programs. Our partnership with NVIDIA is invaluable as they give access to expertise, hardware and powerful AI tools.

BETSY Video Player
February, 2023
OneCup's BETSY continues to grow and scale. At the end of February, she is averaging 7 million animal images daily, with some hours peaking at over 500,000 images. OneCup also released a new video player enabling our customers and partners to visualize BETSY's inference results.

SVG Thrive
January, 2023
SVG Ventures THRIVE is the leading global Agrifood investment and innovation platform headquartered in Silicon Valley. OneCup competed against 900 companies to earn a spot in the final 15 positions in the second iteration of its THRIVE Canada Accelerator program

Calving App
December, 2022
In December, OneCup released the Canadian Angus Association's (CAA) iPhone app to their CAA’s 2,700 purebred ranches. The product launch went smoothly, and the customer response was highly positive.

SumAg Partnership
November, 2022
OneCup is pleased to announce our partnership with SumAg Ventures to bring BETSY to ranches in Western Canada. SumAg's expertise will prove incredibly helpful in marketing, sales and onsite support to farms, ranches and feedlots in Canada.

NVIDIA GTC
September, 2022
OneCup AI is proud to be featured in NVIDIA's annual GTC conference. Our partnership with NVIDIA has enabled OneCup to build BETSY in under one year. Learn more on NVIDIA's Youtube Channel: Building BETSY, World's First AI Ranch Hand.

Tall Grass Ventures
September, 2022
OneCup AI is pleased to announce our lead VC Investor - Tall Grass Ventures. Their extensive experience in ranching and agriculture will prove invaluable as OneCup scales up operations locally and internationally.

Visual ID Study
September, 2022
Working with Lakeland College, OneCup presented at the European Federation of Animal Science. In a trial processing 28,800 hours of video, OneCup demonstrated the power of BETSY to identify Dairy Cattle with 96% to 98% accuracy.

Canada's Outdoor
Farm Show
September, 2022
OneCup hosted several talks and hosted a booth at the Canada Outdoor Farm Show this year. Our booth was crazy busy, with nearly 40,000 people attending the event in London, Ontario.

CTV News
August, 2022
CTV News interviewed OneCup and one of our BETSY customers. The news clip aired in late August, generating several sales and potential partnerships. The news story is available on CTV New's website.

CBC News
August, 2022
CBC News interviewed OneCup on the applications of BETSY as a mobile app. The story highlights the power of Face ID applied to animals. The story is available at the CBC: Keeping an eye on livestock?
There's an app for that

AgSmart
August, 2022
OneCup AI is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of Olds College's AgSmart conference. We hosted a super busy booth and talked about how BETSY can be applied to producers and feed yards. OneCup also tested our new long-range WIFI gear.

NVIDIA Metropolis
June, 2022
OneCup AI is pleased to announce our acceptance into NVIDIA's Metropolis program. As OneCup scales to full production, our new partnership will prove helpful in defining new channels and opportunities for OneCup.

IRAP Grant
May, 2022
In partnership with the NRC IRAP program, OneCup received a grant for $100,000 to advance BETSY's Deepstream pipeline into full production. The ultimate goal is to process a 1-hour long video in 60 seconds.

Board of Directors
January, 2021
OneCup AI is proud to announce Demetra Georganas and William H. Smith's appointment to our Board of Directors. Their extensive business experience will prove invaluable to guide OneCup's development, growth and expansion.

Board of Advisors
January, 2021
OneCup AI is pleased to announce our Industry lead Board of Advisors. Including experts in AI, Finance, Government, Telecom, Systems, Auctioneering, Breeding, Calving, Veterinary Medicine and a world-renowned Steak Chef.

Second Seed Round
December, 2020
Due to investor demand, OneCup AI opened a second seed round in Q4 2020 to accommodate additional investor interest. As before, we only accepted investment from strategic partners that could materially move BETSY forward.

Horse Dataset
December, 2020
OneCup AI, in partnership with BCIT, completed a four-month project to build a detailed and comprehensive horse annotation dataset - consisting of thousands of images and tens of thousands of annotations.

Beta Sites
December, 2020
OneCup AI, in partnership with twelve beta sites in Alberta and Saskatchewan, delivered BETSY hardware to validate ID, thermal cameras to track health and HD/Infrared cameras to capture livestock activity.

Trademarks
November, 2020
In preparation for our international launch of BETSY, OneCup AI filed several trademarks worldwide. Each trademark is for an upcoming service or technology - with the corresponding domain
registrations.

Top 10
October, 2020
OneCup AI finished in the top 10 of over 170 companies to enter into the prestigious 3rd annual TESCO AgTech competition. Being our first competition, OneCup was thrilled to rank so highly right out of the gate.

Patent Filing
October, 2020
OneCup AI filed for our first patent for our 360 Live ID platform in Q4, 2020. Our innovative technology potentially can revolutionize how animals are tracked and identified using only computer vision.

Seed Round
September, 2020
OneCup AI completed our first financing seed round in Q3 2020. We only accepted investment from strategic partners that could BETSY forward in development and commercialization.

AWS Activate Program
September, 2020
OneCup AI is pleased to announce we have been selected for Amazon's Activate credit program. AWS's generous contributions in tools, resources, technical support and training will prove invaluable in getting started on AWS quickly.

Cattle Dataset
June, 2020
OneCup AI, in partnership with Olds College, completed a six-month project to create arguably the world's most comprehensive cattle annotation dataset. Working with domain experts, together, we set the foundation for BETSY's skillset.

Inception Program
March, 2020
OneCup AI is honoured to announce it has joined the NVIDIA Inception, a program designed to nurture startups revolutionizing industries with advancements in AI and data sciences by providing access to resources and expertise.