What Alberta Innovates learned from sending 50 local startups to SXSW
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A|I: The AI Times – The feds have used AI in nearly 300 projects
Plus: OpenAI prepares to fight for its life.
Untether AI to collaborate with semiconductor giant Arm on smart vehicle solutions
Untether says its energy efficient architecture is needed to support next-gen vehicles.
Vidyard rolls out AI avatars after securing funding from EDC and existing backers
With AI Avatars, Vidyard aims to facilitate “personalized video communications at scale.”
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite acquisition fuels shift to intelligence
Plus: Amazon scraps Alexa Developer Rewards Program.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian banks rank high in global AI innovation
Plus: Haun Ventures gets back into blockchain by investing in Chainalysis.
Why Pinterest is after Canada’s AI talent
Plus: What’s going on at CleanBC?
These global tech giants are recruiting Canadian workers
Shopify, Mastercard, Autodesk are seeking software, data engineers.
BetaKit Innovation Leaders – Patron Partners
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Riskthinking.AI selected by OSFI to provide financial institutions with climate risk data
Exercise aims to encourage FIs to adopt sound climate risk management practices.
R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed makes first cuts since Dax Dasilva’s return
Plus: Nuvei to officially go private in $6.3B deal.
Now-private Farmers Edge partners with Gevo to carbon track US agriculture
Gevo’s project is backed by grant funding from the USDA.
A|I: The AI Times – Microsoft and OpenAI team up to build $100-billion AI supercomputer
Plus: Feds pledge $2B to bolster AI compute, startups, and safety.
Appili Therapeutics to be acquired by Virginia-based life sciences company Aditxt
Deal is contingent upon Aditxt raising at least $20 million USD.
IPON invests $4.6 million to build IP capacity at post-secondary institutions
IPON has made $6.6 million in investments in the last year.