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AI and Web3 startup Inference Labs secures $2.3 million in pre-seed funding

Startup wants to create an open-source AI inference market.

How this climate-focused AI solution is driving business innovation.

Plus: Montréal startup community’s bid to save Notman House fails.

Freeland: “We believe in this budget. We really believe in the investments this budget is making.”

BDC and IQ accepted another bid for the Montréal startup hub, but it’s unclear by who.

Plus: Meet Kas, Avidbots’ new cleaning robot for retail spaces.

With AI Avatars, Vidyard aims to facilitate “personalized video communications at scale.”

Plus: What’s going on at CleanBC?

Funding will support Eirene’s expansion into the US.

W24 participants include Senso, DraftAid, AgentHub, GovernGPT, Datacurve, and more.

After launching in PEI and Newfoundland in January, Willful now serves all 10 provinces.

Plus: Notman House is for sale. A startup-led effort wants to buy it back.

Province hints that the OSC is developing new rules to support angel investors.

Real estate startup Guiker is proposing a fractional ownership model to keep Notman House within Montréal’s tech community.…

Plus: CDPQ quietly shutters $250-million D&I fund.