Nrth Festivalās inaugural opening night was a prompt to bring human control back to tech
Tech leaders talk human agency in the AI world as GROAT Kyle Lowry encourages entrepreneurs to chase their āyes.ā
Elevate transforms into Nrth Festival in opening-night rebrand
After nine years as Elevate, tech festival updates name to provide direction in an increasingly uncertain world.
Heidi invests nearly $26 million to establish Toronto as North American headquarters
Australian healthtech plans to hire 30 more staff in Canada, its second-largest market.Ā Ā
Altis Labs raises $25 million USD Series A to expand AI for cancer trials
New funding will help build out a platform designed to detect treatment effects sooner.
Shopify becomes OpenAIās first e-commerce partner with ChatGPT Ads integration
Integration allows merchants to sync storefronts and advertise directly inside ChatGPT in the US.
Aidan Gomez says Cohere wonāt get into the business of making chips
Toronto AI company wonāt follow competitors in pursuit of in-house semiconductors.Ā
OpenAI managing director says Canada an āobvious placeā for data centre
George Osborne also praised the country’s efforts to solicit international investment and boost AI adoption.
Terry Fox Research Institute commits $25 million to AI powered health projects
Fourteen Canadian projects can use TFRIās secure platform to analyze āvast amounts of complex health data.”
Yoshua Bengioās LawZero receives $300 million backing from Canada and Germany to pursue safer AI ambitions
Non-profit startup will use the funding to establish a Berlin office and a Canadian sovereign compute partnership.
Cohere reaches terms with German peer Aleph Alpha to take on AI giants
Combined company will retain the Cohere name and become dual-headquartered in Toronto and Berlin.
BDC outlines how it will deploy $1 billion from its Defence Platform into funds and startupsĀ
Crown corporation increased direct defence investment capacity and pledged more to defence-focused fund-of-funds.Ā
Bell announces $50-billion buildout to produce Canadaās largest data centre in Saskatchewan
Non-binding MOU would be largest private capital investment in provinceās history, quadrupling planned capacity.
Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez says Canada could become a data centre superpower
Remarks at the Canadian Global Growth Forum follow recent guidelines on data centre development in Canada.
Intrepid Growth Partners secures $525-million USD final close for inaugural AI fundĀ
Former leaders from OMERS, CPPIB, and CDL lead fund to find āthe next generation of AI founders.ā
TrackingĀ the Canadian capital commitments surrounding Carney’s investment summit
BetaKitās running list of the major investors committing billions of dollars to Canadian projects.