UAE research institute to open lab within Mila
Montréal AI research centre and Technology Innovation Institute team up as PM visits UAE.
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Inside Ottawa’s cautious experiment with an AI-powered digital help desk
Plus: It’s ‘Valley or Bust’ for Canada’s young entrepreneurs.
Sweden brings urgency—and royalty—to Montréal as it seeks AI research partnership
Swedish deputy PM says countries must be “risk aware, not risk averse” as royal delegation visits Mila.
Inovia Capital opens Abu Dhabi office as Canada strengthens ties with UAE
Montréal VC firm looks to forge commercial and financial partnerships for its portfolio companies in the region.
The feds get 4,000 website complaints a day. Can a “responsible” AI chatbot untangle the mess?
At the Ottawa Responsible AI Summit, experts debated security, equity, and who gets a seat at the table.
Team of Toronto talent unites after Y Combinator to build Clado
Clado has raised $2 million USD for its mass-recruitment AI platform.
Okta to launch Canadian data cell as sovereignty debate intensifies
US data security company adds in-country cell that will keep customer data in Canada.
What is the economic promise of a Canadian sovereign cloud?
A data centre CEO and an academic say Canadian-owned digital infrastructure could unlock an AI industry.
Cohere and OpenAI lose key motions in high-stakes copyright fights
Judges in New York and Ontario ruled against both companies in separate lawsuits.
BenchSci inks multi-year partnership with Mila to develop AI for drug discovery
Collaboration aims to build AI systems capable of biological inference and experimental assay prediction.
Glowtify hopes to equip e-commerce marketers for the holidays with $3.4-million seed round
Startup claims it hit $1 million CAD in revenue this year and wants to triple that next year.
Fewer, larger financings give Canadian VC a boost in Q3 as domestic PE stays hot
CVCA says rise in growth investment “a good sign” but early-stage VC activity continues to lag.
CoLab cashes in on AI demand with $72-million USD funding round
Y Combinator alum claims more than 47,000 engineers are waitlisted for its AI-powered collaboration tool.
Is SaaS dead? Tech leaders debate whether it’s time for requiem or rebirth
At SAAS NORTH, founders wrestle with relevance, results, and the new AI paradigm.
NLPatent’s $3-million USD raise helps it power patent research with AI
Former IP lawyer aims to help peers take advantage of agentic AI.