How Indigenous technologists are building data sovereignty into AI
Indigenous AI Gathering at Mila explored how to create AI solutions without data extraction.
Canadian Startup News
SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records
St. John’s software startup’s backers include Staircase Ventures and the founders of Verafin.
Banff Venture Forum ends 25-year run as new capital summit emerges
Banff Capital Summit will broaden event’s focus beyond VC to full “capital stack.”
GroundedAI secures $2 million to help modernize tunnel building
BC startup sees room to facilitate Canada’s major infrastructure projects push.
Which LLMs are secretly Canadian?
Plus: OMERS Ventures head departs for Kensington.
InsideDesk closes $12.6 million USD to grow its dental payment management platform
Toronto startup’s backers include Pender, Round13, and Graphite.
Siemens Canada to expand Saskatoon R&D hub by 10,000 square feet
Expansion will advance ‘industrial AI’ in company’s semiconductor design.
Alberta and Québec partner on AI in government
Provinces sign a memorandum of understanding to share technical assets, develop joint projects.
How Ben Machine Products is helping power Canada’s defence push from Vaughan
The firm has supported Oscar-winning camera technology and fighter jet components.
Toronto Tech Week doubles attendance in second year
Grassroots tech conference hosted 32,000 attendees across more than 600 events, organizers say.
1Password launches AI token spend management
Amid soaring costs, the Toronto firm aims to help clients get a handle on their AI usage.
General Fusion “pleased” with public-market debut after redemption-heavy SPAC deal
Deal gives fusion company enough cash to complete its current program.
AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab
Oak Lab hopes to one day create an AI agent that can run on just 20 watts of power.
Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian institutions for AI research
AI giant offering Claude credits to major institutions like U of T, Amii, Mila.
Manzil launches “halal version of Robinhood” in US as it eyes global growth
The Islamic FinTech startup is moving from managed investing to self-directed trading.