Our Story

Turning Every Place Into a Learning Adventure

Agents of Discovery is an award-winning, Harvard-incubated, AI and augmented reality company that creates immersive, place-based interactive experiences for education, tourism, culture, sports, and smart cities. By blending AI-driven content generation with place-based AR gameplay, Agents turns physical spaces such as museums, airports, campuses, libraries, stadiums, cultural villages, and entire cities into intelligent learning environments.

The Agents of Discovery platform emphasizes inclusion by enabling teams to customize their content and make it available to users at safe locations for self-guided experiences. Features such as text-to-speech and multiple language options ensure the platform is accessible to players with diverse abilities and backgrounds, while its emphasis on active, community-building play supports a sense of well-being, connection, and belonging for every user.

Meet Our Executive Team

MARY CLARK

Chief Executive Officer

Mary is a dynamic leader with a passion for creating education technologies that change the world. A visionary entrepreneur who brings a unique perspective to product development, Mary brings years of experience as a teacher and science textbook writer to her executive role. She holds a B.Sc. (Honors) and B.Ed. from the University of Alberta, as well as an M.Ed. (with a focus on education technology) from the University of British Columbia.

Mary has been the recipient of numerous awards, ranging from the Louise McKinney Award for Top Student at the University of Alberta in the Faculty of Education, Edwin Parr Teacher Award for Best First Year Teacher in Alberta, and Canada’s Top 50 women in STEM. Check out Mary Clark’s interview with Okanagan Edge discussing Kelowna Chamber of Commerce’s Top 40 Over 40 program.

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JOEL KRUPA, PhD

Chief Academic Officer

Joel started his career as an intern in the office of former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has gone on to hold senior leadership and advisory roles in a range of sustainability-oriented public, private, and civil society organizations. At Agents of Discovery, Joel collaborates with public and private organizations across the United States, Australia, and Canada to improve their visitor experience and enhance engagement with youth. Joel completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Engineering after earning degrees from the University of British Columbia, Oxford, LSE, and the University of Toronto.