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Christopher Bowal

Co-founder, Lumen5

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Christopher Bowal is a co-founder of Lumen5, software that turns written articles and scripts into short video. Lumen5's own site gave his title as Head of AI in December 2025. Before Lumen5, he was one of three creators of Sniply, a link-sharing marketing tool acquired in a deal announced in January 2020.

Christopher hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Christopher co-founded Lumen5, which appears in 1 talk in the archive.

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Next 36 Alum Venture Sniply Acquired in Multi-Million Dollar DealNEXT Canada
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Quick answers

Did Christopher Bowal co-found Lumen5?

Yes. Lumen5's Learning Center article of 2025-12-10 introduces him as "our Head of AI & Co-Founder at Lumen5, Chris Bowal".

What is his current title at Lumen5?

The most recent dated source found is the Lumen5 Learning Center article of 2025-12-10, which gives his title as Head of AI & Co-Founder. No 2026 source confirming a present-day operating title was found, so only the founder title is used above.

What did he do before Lumen5?

NEXT Canada reported on 2020-01-28 that Sniply, a marketing tool for link sharing, was created by Next 36 alumni Michael Cheng, Chris Bowal and Nigel Gutzmann, and was being acquired in a multi-million-dollar deal by Tim Schumacher, founder of Adblock Plus.

What does Lumen5 make?

Lumen5 describes itself on lumen5.com, checked 2026-09-19, as an AI video maker that generates videos from text; its Learning Center article of 2025-12-10 covers the addition of a chat interface for making videos, and quotes Bowal on why chat suits the range of inputs users bring.

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