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Tristan is a creative technologist, filmmaker, and AI strategist with more than two decades at the intersection of storytelling, emerging technology, and digital production.

His career spans visual effects, immersive media, and interactive technology — from broadcast graphics to VR and 360° storytelling to AI-assisted creation. His work has received a Canadian Screen Award for immersive documentary, a W3 Award for Visual Effects, and international recognition across experimental formats. In 2019 he was featured in the National Computer History Museum for his work on computer-to-human-to-computer interface.

Tristan began researching AI in 2019, starting with generative adversarial networks (GANs). In 2023 he built ORBI — a mixed reality AI assistant that lived as a floating orb in passthrough mode on Meta Quest. In 2024 he piloted an agentic patient-tracking system for a dental network, using a local LLM to run and sort queries autonomously. Both projects were grant-funded by IRAP and NSERC in Ontario.

That hands-on AI research became the foundation for Northcast. Tristan recognized the shift: businesses are no longer found through blue links on Google alone. They're discovered through AI assistants, large language models, and intelligent recommendation systems. Northcast combines content production, AI strategy, and digital infrastructure to help businesses remain visible, trustworthy, and discoverable in an AI-driven world.