Canada will get a national summit in October to back procurement of homegrown tech
Source Canada backers include OMERS Ventures and RBCx.
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CEO of meal delivery company Goodfood abruptly departs amid recent losses
Montréal firm also plans a formal review of its operations.
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Caseware replaces the majority of its C-suite as AI comes for the accounting tech stack
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Federal challenge grants Photonic and Xanadu funding to advance quantum defence tech projects
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Databricks opens Vancouver R&D centre as data giant anticipates $100-billion USD valuation
New hub will be led by Ken Wong, who founded Vancouver startup Datajoy.
Canadian-led Dayforce to be taken private by Thoma Bravo in $12.3-billion USD deal
Toronto- and Minneapolis-based HR software firm joins wave of tech privatization deals.
Feds sign new agreement with Cohere to explore AI uses within government services
AI startup partnered with the Canadian government in June on AI research and safety.
Markhamâs tech ecosystem helped this founder take on constructionâs biggest bottleneck
With early backing from ventureLAB and YSpace, BidBlox AI is modernizing preconstruction across North America.
Vendasta launches AI agents to bring âenterprise-gradeâ automation to small businesses
Saskatoon software firm aims to make agentic AI more accessible for SMBs.
Queer tech founders explore move to Canada as US abandons DEI
Misfit Ventures co-founders say âreverse brain drainâ of talent could be a silver lining for Canada.
Friendlier closes $4.5 million to help more food service operators ditch single-use containers
Guelph cleantech startup claims it has helped reuse over 3.3 million containers since 2019.
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