Fatima Khamitova (she/her)
Director, Startups, Vector Institute for AI
Fatima Khamitova is the Director of Startups and Scaleups at the Vector Institute, where she leads initiatives to support early-stage and scaling companies in adopting and integrating AI technologies.
With a strong background in business strategy, innovation, and AI, Fatima helps Canadian startups leverage Vector’s AI expertise, resources, and community to accelerate their growth. Her work focuses on fostering connections between emerging companies and AI research, driving innovation within Canada’s AI ecosystem, and promoting AI adoption across various industries.
Fatima is passionate about empowering startups to unlock the transformative potential of AI.
Sessions
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: Go-to-Market Strategy
Create attention in crowded markets, convert that attention into actual demand, build distribution as your primary competitive advantage, and develop a systematic approach to capturing market share. See More.
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: AI & Automation
Leverage AI to create competitive advantages your competitors can't easily replicate, develop automation strategies that let small teams punch above their weight, build AI-native features into your product, and stay lean by using AI tools effectively. See More.
Mentor Office Hours
Office Hours: AI & Automation
Leverage AI to create competitive advantages your competitors can't easily replicate, develop automation strategies that let small teams punch above their weight, build AI-native features into your product, and stay lean by using AI tools effectively. See More.
AIFest
Data Rooms in 2026
Building a data room used to require either expensive advisors or a founder with an investment banking or consulting pedigree. In this talk, Fatima draws on her background in both to break down what actually matters in pre-seed and seed fundraising documents — from market sizing to financial models to sensitivity tables. See More.