“The problem is me”: Bunz owner brings in Gen Z pranksters to save dying platform
Firat Eren plans to make TikTok twinfluencers Martin and Josip Kristo the new face of the company.
Canada poaches 64 global scholars in bid to bolster domestic talent pipeline
Most recruits come from the US, bringing talent from places like Cornell, Harvard, Yale, and MIT.
Most Canadian execs say sovereign AI is important. Few know what it actually means
Cohere study shows one in three executives have difficulty describing sovereign AI.
Kepler Communications’ space-based data centres come online
Toronto firm is now delivering space compute capabilities to commercial and government partners.
Osedea expands consulting footprint with Ventriloc acquisition
By buying another Québec firm, Osedea hopes to build a homegrown rival to consulting giants.
The Kelowna company helping map your way out of a wildfire
BackRoadIntel is helping wildfire evacuees know where to expect potholes and bumpy conditions on BC’s tenuous service roads.…
Father-son founders raise $875,000 to help anyone build worlds in Roblox
Montréal startup Élisa Interactive is using AI to help bring 3D world design to non-developers.
Magic Potion Games raises Series A as its Club Penguin successor exits beta
Kelowna studio led by veteran Canadian developers hopes Imagine Island can provide safe online gaming for kids.
Anthropic job posting suggests it’s eyeing Alberta for data centre buildout
AI giant hiring community engagement manager and national compute lead to bring “gigawatts of compute” to Canada.
Space lands a16z speedrun backing for its vision to turn the cloud into your hard drive
Startup raises $2.4 million USD to build a more seamless version of Dropbox and Google Drive.
Campus safety platform Legio raises $5 million USD from Klass Capital
Funding will help with product development and sucuring partnerships with post-secondary institutions.
Xanadu and University of Alberta partner on quantum-powered cancer research
Researchers hope quantum computing can help develop next-gen photosensitizers for light-based therapies.
Telesat’s steep Q2 net loss slows its stock bull run
Satellite operator attributes its $559-million net loss to increased value of debt and warrants.
The AI text conundrum
Plus: AbCellera cashes in on menopause drug breakthrough.
RBC and BMO to sell off Canadian payment giant Moneris in $2-billion deal
US-based private equity firm Francisco Partners purchases one of Canada’s largest payment processors.