Today in company updates: TransPod, Absolute, Equibit
This week, several Canadian startups have made announcements, launching new products, partnerships, and more. Here’s the…
Canadian Startup News
Vention wants to democratize mechanical engineering with AI-based platform
Vention wants to democratize industrial design. By incorporating artificial intelligence in its platform, this Montreal startup…
Startup Canada Podcast: Chic Geek founder Kylie Toh on building a community for female entrepreneurs
Kylie Toh is an incendiary social entrepreneur igniting the Calgary tech, social entrepreneurship, and women-in-business community.…
Dovetale wants to use AI to help brand managers find their ideal influencer
Today, Dovetale launched a recommendations engine that allows brands to find influencers based on image recognition and machine…
5@7 FinTech panel explains how Montreal became an AI leader
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. 5@7 FinTech: Artificial Intelligence in Finance, an informative, knowledge-sharing…
Transferwise calls its Facebook bot enabling international money transfers a first in Canada
UK-based Transferwise, which moved into the Canadian in mid-2016, says it is the first service provider allowing peer-to-peer…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – eSight’s 20/20 wearables vision
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.64: Nikolay Malyarov, chief content officer of PressReader
Hosts Drew Ogryzek and Alex Moxin talk about Adaptech Solutions being tech agnostic, and what that means. Ogryzek speaks about…
Unlimited vacation and other forms of guilt-based management
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before… We’re a modern company and we’re blowing everything up. We don’t care…
CEO Allen Lau explains Wattpad’s plot twist on #TheDisruptors
On the latest episode of The Disruptors, co-host Amber Kanwar sat down with Wattpad CEO Allen Lau to discuss how the company…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 55: Is Snap’s IPO the next Twitter or a new way to exit?
Snap Inc. dove headfirst into the deep end earlier this month, filing for their much anticipated IPO. Prior to their official…
SnapTravel is taking on discount hotel websites with bots
Booking hotel rooms can be a hassle, especially when you’re trying to find something fast and within your budget, but sites…
Kepler Communications is on a mission to build a telecom network in space
Last week on The Disruptors, Mina Mitry pitched Kepler Communications, a company that’s building a network of low-cost satellites…
Element AI acquires MLDB.ai open source machine learning database
Element AI has acquired the entire team at MLDB.ai, an open source machine learning database. The acquisition includes all…
Sulon CEO says the evolution of computing starts with mixed reality
At its most recent meetup, TechToronto invited Sulon CEO Dhan Balachand to explain the differences in augmented reality (AR),…