I'm Mykola Holovetskyi, Head of Government Special Delivery (GSD) at the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Technology and Innovation, where I build and deploy production-grade AI systems that have fundamentally redefined how fast government can move, compressing traditional 6-to-12-month delivery timelines into minutes.
fig. 02 · 4,000+ buildersI started organizing tech events early in my career and never stopped, scaling from local meetups to conferences and hackathons that have brought together thousands of builders, developers, and leaders across government, enterprise, and tech. I co-founded Edmonton's longest-running weekly tech meetup, helped launch Canada's first public-sector AI academy, and have built communities that span cities and borders. I've presented at NY, SF, and LA Tech Weeks.
see: github.com/ mholovetskyiI'm a prolific open-source creator who builds tools, platforms, and infrastructure in public. My projects include OpenClaw Enterprise, an open-source AI agent platform, and I train my own LLMs at home, running an entire fleet of AI agents that handle my daily operations. I've authored 20 publications on AI systems architecture and agentic AI, with two books released.
Beyond government and open source, I work directly with traditional businesses to modernize their operations through AI, bridging industries that have run the same way for decades with the technology that can fundamentally reshape them.
motto · est. alwaysI believe technology can transform industries and change lives, and that the fastest path to impact is to build in the open, ship relentlessly, and bring the global builder community along for the ride.
Cliché
Every other coding agent competes on capability. Cliché rides the same frontier models — bring your own key — and competes on the one thing they don't ship: deterministic guardrails the model cannot talk its way past. Hard spend cap, loop breaker, reward-hack check, cost ledger. Apache-2.0.
OpenClaw Enterprise
A zero-trust agent platform for teams that need AI autonomy without giving up control: IAM/RBAC, audit logging, multi-cloud secrets, Kubernetes deployment — the enterprise plumbing agents actually need to run inside a bank, a hospital, or a government.
Deutsche Ecosystem Map
An interactive atlas of Germany's founders, funds, labs, and communities — the operators actually shaping the country's next decade of technology, mapped in one place so newcomers and insiders can navigate the same terrain.
Veless
Rent autonomous agents by the run. Every output replayed, every price earned, every oath enforced by a trust kernel. Named for Veles — the god who stood by the marketplace. A market where machine labor is sworn and settled.
MovEd targets inefficient public services with hackathon
"This is a significant gap in the adoption of modern technology, so I wanted to bring a change to that.
From barstools to big ideas: 100 weeks of Edmonton Tech Wednesdays
"The article discusses the significance of Tech Wednesdays, a weekly meetup in Edmonton, founded in March 2023 by Paul Bakhmut and now run by Mykola Holovetskyi. This inclusive event attracts a diverse...
Agentic Government — Enabling Public Service with AI
The event 'Agentic Government - Enabling Public Service with AI' hosted by Mykola Holovetskyi will take place on June 6, 2025, at 4:00 PM. It features the Government of Alberta showcasing operational AI technologies that enhance public service delivery and policy development. Attendees will gain insights on implementing scalable AI infrastructure through demonstrations of three key systems: SuperBinder for collaborative document management, LogicStudio.ai for designing agent workflows, and an AI Starter Template for rapid application deployment. Key speakers include Janak Alford, Deputy Minister, and AI Architect Mykola Holovetskyi. The session is part of #NYTechWeek, aimed at connecting the tech ecosystem.
Alberta unleashes hackers on Ottawa to make the case for AI
"1,100 tech enthusiasts, one massive federal dataset, and a bet that AI can make government more accountable.
Government of Alberta uses Claude to find and fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities across government systems
"466 million lines of code scanned in 20 hours — work that would have taken years the traditional way.
Edmonton Tech Wednesdays — the crowd that built the scene
"Community first. Everything else follows.
Guest lecture at the University of Alberta
Speaking to students at the University of Alberta on building products, going from idea to shipped, and the reality of entrepreneurship.
Open Mic Pitches at eHUB
Hosting Open Mic Pitches at eHUB, the University of Alberta's student entrepreneurship hub — helping first-time founders take the stage.
Speaking at Platform Calgary
On stage at Platform Calgary — Alberta's largest innovation hub — talking AI, government, and the shape of what's next.
How to Be Useful in the Age of AI
A field manual for the human side of the AI shift — the skills, mindsets, and systems that keep you irreplaceable when the models get everything else.
You-as-a-Service
Self-deployment, version control, and weekly operations for strategic humans. Run yourself the way great teams run their software.
The Boring Business Renaissance
The biggest companies built with AI won't be AI companies. They will be the ones that use AI to make the unglamorous parts of business run faster, cheaper, and better than anyone else.
The Wrapper Problem Is Worse Than You Think
If your moat is someone else's model, you don't have a moat. You have a lease. Here's why wrapper companies look like real businesses right up until they aren't.
The AI Startup Graveyard, by the Numbers
92% of AI startups fail. $17.5 billion in venture capital has already evaporated. And the market is still writing checks. What separates the survivors from the statistics?
Have something that should exist? Write.
Open to interesting problems. The fastest way to find out more is to write.