Taking Pride in Canadian tech
Plus: The former Meta employee trying to stop Canada’s AI brain drain.
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Can one venture studio stop Canadaâs AI brain drain?
With AXL, Dr. Daniel Wigdor plans to help launch 50 AI companies in the next five years and keep them in Canada.
Caseware replaces the majority of its C-suite as AI comes for the accounting tech stack
CEO David Marquis said heâs focused on âwhat’s required to win in the future.â
Federal challenge grants Photonic and Xanadu funding to advance quantum defence tech projects
Quantum computing firms among the 19 semi-finalists in latest DND-led IDEaS challenge.
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.
Cohere remains Canadaâs AI hope
Plus: The bright spot in QuĂ©becâs gloomy VC landscape.
What can talking to AI teach us?
Former DarwinAI CEO Sheldon Fernandez discusses the virtues of being vulnerable with his ChatGPT-4o instance.
WonderFi Q2 earnings show widening losses ahead of Robinhood takeover
A volatile crypto market has affected the Canadian startupâs final months of independence.
Cohere secures $500 million USD at $6.8-billion valuation, hires former Uber and Meta execs
Chip giants AMD and Nvidia return as Canadaâs Radical Ventures and Inovia co-lead.