RBC launches billion-dollar Canadian tech growth fund
Canada’s biggest bank wants to help the country’s next tech champions scale.
Canadian Startup News
Onix raises $5 million USD to create AI library of health and wellness “experts”
Montréal startup is betting on small language models and demand for data privacy.
Vention opens new physical AI lab to put more “R” into its R&D
Cohere’s Joelle Pineau will give part-time help setting research agenda at Montréal-based company.
Feds pump $11 million into BC tech, including solar and drone delivery
Funding includes nearly $3 million to UBC and almost half a million to Open Waters Solar.
Neo Financial lays off roughly 10 percent of its staff
Calgary-based FinTech cut 102 employees to create a “simpler and faster team.”
Smart Cities AI Challenge: Taking urban challenges to Canada’s AI startups at ALL IN
Smart Cities AI Challenge is one of three reverse pitch competitions at Canada’s largest AI and tech event.
US government invests $200 million USD in Canadian-founded quantum firms
D-Wave and Rigetti both receive $100 million as US government takes stakes in quantum companies.
Here’s how every Canadian province and territory is governing data centres
From stand-alone policies to disincentivizing investment, here’s a guide from coast to coast.
Saskatchewan’s tech incubator wants to help non-tech businesses adopt AI
Executive director says program can help more businesses think of themselves as tech companies.
ASI Engineering lands nearly $1 million to scale AI for asset management
Funding comes through federal government’s Business Scale-up and Productivity program.
How Dedicatted is taking retail AI beyond the pushy bot
Dedicatted’s bilingual assistant for Taw9eel drives discovery, conversion and customer trust.
Feds appoint Patrick Pichette CEO of new digital transformation agency
Ex-Google CFO and Inovia partner to lead org focused on modernizing public service.
Molagri wants to design a pesticide that evolves as quickly as pests
Toronto startup looks to emerge from Y Combinator’s Demo Day with “war chest” to hire more scientists.
Quandela brings first photonic system to Canada’s Quantum Computing Sandbox
French company gives businesses and researchers access to quantum capabilities on Canadian soil.
Protein Industries Canada invests more than $2 million into AI for AgTech
Two projects will seek to develop AI solutions for crop disease, grain monitoring.