Cohere announces $270-million USD Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
byLed by ex-Google researchers, OpenAI rival Cohere aims to help firms adopt generative AI.
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A|I: The AI Times – Public letter escalation: Bengio & Hinton sign another warning
byPlus: Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips.
Vietnam’s FPT and Quebec’s Mila renew three-year strategic partnership, vow to practice responsible AI
byOrganizations plan to collaborate on large language models and natural language processing.
A|I: The AI Times – AbCellera and BenchSci secure big funding
byPlus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.
Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter
bySignatories include OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Vector Institute and Mila researchers, and musician Grimes.
Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital
byAs funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.
Cognosys raises $2-million seed round to create AI personal assistants
byVancouver startup attracts prominent investors, including Google Ventures, Cohere
BenchSci closes $95-million CAD Series D to expand AI drug-discovery platform
byBenchSci aims to help pharma companies speed up R&D using AI.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s Sam Altman says this Canadian city should become a hub for AI
byPlus: ServiceNow commits $1 billion to AI-based enterprise startups.
AbCellera receives $300 million in combined government funding for biotech campus
byThe $701-million project aims to build a “state-of-the-art” campus, add 400 jobs.
Caucus group launched to deal with emerging technology like AI, blockchain
byConcerns over the pace of blockchain, artificial intelligence spur group to grapple with regulation and innovation
A|I: The AI Times – At I/O, Google makes up for lost time
byPlus: Bessemer and SoftBank bet big on AI.
“The revolution has launched”: OpenAI’s Sam Altman charts the promise and peril of AI at Toronto event
bySam Altman has become the world’s most powerful optimist.
ChrysaLabs raises $15 million to help farmers unearth soil data using AI
byChrysaLabs’ soil-testing tech has been used on over two million acres of farmland.
Boast.ai report maps government tax, grant programs available for small businesses
byCompanies can combine SR&ED with other funding programs.