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Healwell shakes up C-suite following Well Health takeover, shifts CEO Alexander Dobranowski to president
Healwell’s new CEO and chief commercial officer both come from its latest acquisition, Orion Health.
Trulioo sees “significant growth” in Asia-Pacific region soon after entering market
Identity tech company rode a wave of demand from online stores and FinTech firms.
Can Canada become the best in the world at using AI?
Commercialization is a national imperative at Remarkable 2025.
Electric vehicle maker Rivian elects Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez to board of directors
Rivian looks to integrate AI as it branches into more affordable models in the next few years.
1Password expands Extended Access Management platform with agentic AI security
Co-CEO says the rise of AI agents has created business security concerns.
Latest Google for Startups Accelerator cohort makes AI de facto entry requirement
Montréal-based companies lead the pack of B2B SaaS startups selected for 10-week program.
At World Summit AI, cautious tone of researchers drowned out by cutthroat adoption race
Cohere says first movers on AI agents will gain “competitive advantage.”
TruthSayer claims its AI “Hedge Fund-in-a-Box” is a cheaper, smarter alternative for investments
The Canadian company believes it can outperform conventional trading strategies using AI models.
Vector Institute hires ex-TD, Thomson Reuters leader Glenda Crisp as president and CEO
Crisp replaces Tony Gaffney, who departed after less than half of a five-year term as head of the AI hub.
Yoshua Bengio warns of “catastrophic risks” of agentic AI at World Summit AI
Deep neural networks trailblazer recommends building non-agentic AI programs without goals of their own.
Enterprise AI companies announce hiring spree for Montréal AI talent
Toronto-based Alexa Translations draws on local talent to power new translation LLM.
Innovobot unveils “refreshed” deep tech VC fund under Neha Khera’s leadership
After “intense” attempt to raise her own fund, Khera aims to back 25 to 30 deep tech startups with IRV.
PolicyMe eyes new insurance products, more big-name partners after raising $30 million over two years
Toronto insurtech startup is investing big in AI but cautious about implementation in “tricky” industry.
Bell and Ericsson’s Ottawa team field-test AI-powered tech to reduce cell network traffic jams
Companies say the link adaptation tech is a first and could boost speed and capacity.