Alberta to invest $50 million into Amii over five years
Investment will be broken down across five provincial ministries.
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Assent makes first acquisition deal with purchase of German firm IPoint
Ottawa centaur says deal will help expand its supply-chain compliance platform.
How Summit Lithium’s Amanda Hall emerged from the investment “valley of death”
Cleantech founder kicked off Startupfest event focused on impact investing.
Canada is spending on defence tech. Markham wants to build it
Emergent Solutions is among startups betting on Markham as demand grows for resilient tech.
Q&A: Hussein Fazal on Super.com’s 10-year journey to becoming a unicorn
CEO reflects on evolution from online travel agency to “savings super app” post-Series D.
MDA Space will buy 567-million-euro majority stake in French satellite company
Acquisition will create one of the largest space-based geointelligence businesses in the world, MDA says.
Q&A: Minister Evan Solomon on why Ottawa wants Canadians to adopt AI
Federal AI minister on why AI is a foundational technology and why Canada needs sovereign digital alternatives.
Harley Finkelstein’s Startupfest talk interrupted by protester
Shopify president asked about support for Israel’s actions in Gaza while speaking with Georges St-Pierre.
At Startupfest, Georges St-Pierre and Harley Finkelstein compare notes on fear, focus, and ambition
UFC champ and Shopify president kick off Montréal tech conference with fireside chat.
Meta to build Canada’s largest data centre north of Edmonton
Company says its $13-billion investment will support 3,000 jobs.
Ontario gets new fund to back university life sciences spinouts
U of T, McMaster, and Ontario government team up on new $40-million fund.
Alberta invests $37 million into advanced drilling technology
Funding comes through Emissions Reduction Alberta’s Drilling Technology Challenge and will support 10 projects.
Xanadu visits the White House for quantum summit
Toronto quantum computing firm was the lone Canadian representative in attendance.
OpenText lays off two percent of its workforce
Roughly 400 global employees are now out of work, but OpenText says Canadian impact is “minimal.”
Winnipeg adtech Taiv among recipients of PrairiesCAN AI adoption funding
Canada’s AI minister announces $10.2 million for six Manitoba businesses.