Montréal computer scientist Gilles Brassard wins Turing Award for quantum discoveries
Université de Montréal professor honoured alongside US physicist Charles H. Bennett.
The compound impact of AI on the labour market
Plus: Wealthsimple’s new first, Dominion Dynamics’ new wingman.
Spellbook looks to scoop up legal AI competitors with $40-million USD in debt financing
Legaltech startup on track to hit $100-million USD ARR off faster-than-expected growth.
NationGraph raises $18 million USD to bring AI to the black box of government contracting
Canadian co-founded startup is building AI intel platform for teams selling to governments.
Montréal AI conference ALL IN to expand with events in Vancouver, Toronto
Scale AI-run event series hits Vancouver on April 15 and Toronto on May 28.
CCI wants governments to buy more Canadian healthtech
Tech advocacy group urges overhaul of procurement and data management to support domestic companies.
Québec government invests $36 million to sustain Mila’s AI research
Funding comes through Québec’s five-year innovation strategy.
Bubble Technology Industries awarded contract to detect space radiation for astronauts
Ontario defence and aerospace firm to receive $5.5 million from Canadian Space Agency.
How Stay22 went from pandemic freefall to one of Montréal tech’s biggest growth stories
After losing 90 percent of its revenue in 2020, travel tech startup secures $122-million USD investment.
Private equity firm Novacap closes seventh and largest tech fund
The nearly $3.8-billion USD fund continues “disciplined” tech buyout strategy.
Can Canada find digital sovereignty in the Fediverse?
At FediMTL, advocates say growing the social web is vital to combating Big Tech.
Loop aims to make screen-scraping obsolete for business accounts
Toronto FinTech targets enterprise accounts as it waits for open banking.
Sluggish growth, lost value: what decades of data reveal about Canada’s early-stage funding gap
NACO and Startup Genome report argues that Canada’s tech ecosystem lost $66 billion USD in value.
Québec has a new digital sovereignty plan. Will it work?
The $1.4-billion plan was tabled on the heels of a digital fiasco at the provincial auto board.
Cohere reportedly soars past revenue target, with $240-million USD ARR
Canada’s AI champion had projected $200 million USD ARR last year.