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Musk eyes OpenAI, Shopifyâs Kanye problem, and a Canadian startup at the Super Bowl
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Clio donates $3 million to create new innovation hub at the University of British Columbia
Space will serve as the formal Vancouver home of Creative Destruction Lab.
Canada looks to strike balance between AI innovation and regulation at Paris AI Summit
Trudeauâs likely last AI policy contributions come as the EU and US grow further apart.
Major media companies sue Cohere for alleged copyright infringement
Toronto Star, Condé Nast, Vox part of group alleging Cohere unfairly copied, used their content.
Photonic claims breakthrough in quantum computing error correction
Company paper claims a new code family can perform quantum operations with lower physical qubit requirements.
Payfare defends Fiserv acquisition deal from minority shareholder dissent ahead of vote
The payments processor said undervaluation and conflict of interest claims were âmisleading.â
How TD moved petabytes of data to the cloud with Microsoft and Accenture
The migration that rewrote the data playbook of one of Canada’s largest banks.
Canadian tech looks to support its own against US tariff threat
Tariff trackers, startup directories, and Buy Beaver apps are the latest fronts in the Canada-US trade war.
Clutch recovers valuation and eyes growth with $50-million Series D round
Online car seller has gone through âfair share of existential crises,â but is ready to build again, CEO says.
Shopifyâs strong Q4 earnings complicated by Kanye West Nazi T-shirt controversy
The e-commerce firm has removed Westâs store for violating its recently modified terms.
Alexi secures $4.5 million in venture debt from TD to develop AI tools for litigators
Debt financing comes eight months after legaltech startupâs $15-million Series A.
Thomson Reuters launches second Corporate Venture Capital Fund with $215 million
TRV continues to target Series A investments in its legal, tax, and accounting focus areas.
Loopioâs Zak Hemraj shares tips for Canadian CEOs leading teams through âcrisis after crisisâ
CEO says leaders must help their employees stay focused at TechTO.
GTMfund closes $54-million USD Fund II to back more early-stage Canadian B2B SaaS startups
Vancouver VC firm plans to grow its Canadian team, invest more in Canada via Fund II.