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Darrick Wiebe

Co-founder, Untether AI

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Darrick Wiebe co-founded Untether AI, the Toronto company that built at-memory AI inference chips, in 2018 with Martin Snelgrove and Raymond Chik. He was its chief technology officer when it came out of stealth in 2019 and later its principal software engineer. Untether AI shut down in 2025 as its team moved to AMD.

Darrick hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Darrick co-founded Untether AI, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Did Darrick Wiebe co-found Untether AI?

Yes. BetaKit's report of January 5, 2024 says "Untether AI was founded in 2018 by Martin Snelgrove, Darrick Wiebe, and Raymond Chik", and Pulse 2.0's funding story of April 2, 2019 says the company was "Founded by CEO Martin Snelgrove, CTO Darrick Wiebe, and Raymond Chik last year". Untether AI's own leadership page, as archived on February 26, 2024, lists him as "Principal Engineer, Software & Co-Founder".

What was Darrick Wiebe's role at Untether AI?

BetaKit's April 2, 2019 story on Untether's Intel Capital-led funding quotes him as "CTO of Untether AI". The company's about page, as archived in June 2022, lists him as Head of Technical Marketing, and its leadership page archived February 26, 2024 lists him as Principal Engineer, Software. The same company bio says he "previously founded two startups developing and leveraging graph database application framework technology."

What happened to Untether AI?

BetaKit reported on June 6, 2025 that Untether AI had ceased supplying and supporting its products and entered "a strategic agreement" with AMD, with its team joining the American chipmaker, and that the company was shutting down. Whether Wiebe himself moved to AMD is not confirmed here.

Has Darrick Wiebe spoken at TechTO?

No. Untether AI's TechTO appearances were by his co-founder Raymond Chik, who spoke on the TechTO stage on May 8, 2023 and in a Founders Journey session released July 14, 2023. Co-founder Martin Snelgrove also has a directory profile.

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