Mila partners with PolArctic to measure sea ice in the High Arctic
Partnership will pair Mila’s AI expertise with PolArctic’s traditional knowledge and ocean science.
AI
“We’re counting coupons”: Tech leaders question how foreign investment is shaping domestic innovation
MaRS panel explores Canada’s innovation struggles, from talent retention to tech adoption.
How Indigenous technologists are building data sovereignty into AI
Mila’s Indigenous AI Gathering explored how to create AI solutions without data extraction.
SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records
St. John’s software startup’s backers include Staircase Ventures and the founders of Verafin.
GroundedAI secures $2 million to help modernize tunnel building
BC startup sees room to facilitate Canada’s major infrastructure projects push.
Which LLMs are secretly Canadian?
Plus: OMERS Ventures head departs for Kensington.
InsideDesk closes $12.6 million USD to grow its dental payment management platform
Toronto startup’s backers include Pender, Round13, and Graphite.
Siemens Canada to expand Saskatoon R&D hub by 10,000 square feet
Expansion will advance ‘industrial AI’ in company’s semiconductor design.
Alberta and Québec partner on AI in government
Provinces sign a memorandum of understanding to share technical assets, develop joint projects.
1Password launches AI token spend management
Amid soaring costs, the Toronto firm aims to help clients get a handle on their AI usage.
AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab
Oak Lab hopes to one day create an AI agent that can run on just 20 watts of power.
Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian institutions for AI research
AI giant offering Claude credits to major institutions like U of T, Amii, Mila.
Solving.AI wants AI to teach you how to use work software (properly)
Montréal startup raises $1.1 million to help fix corporate software adoption rates.
What Canadian tech startups should know about AI in the workplace
Amid a “Wild West” for AI regulation, lawyers from Littler encourage companies to mind existing laws.
Dubai’s Ahoy to hire 200 in Montréal as it relocates R&D hub
Move comes months after AI firm struck “nine-figure” deal to buy Montréal’s Wrk.