Botler launches AI assistant to help immigrants make Quebec their home
When the Trump Administration passed an executive order barring entry from seven Muslim-majority countries, it made immigration…
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Today in funding: The Money Finder, Leankor, Integrate.ai, CSDC Systems
This past week, startups all across Canada got a boost with rounds of funding. Here’s the latest on who raised how much,…
Today in company updates: LANDR, Figure 1, and Flexiti Financial
Startups in Toronto and Montreal have been making positive moves in the past week. Here is the latest in product launches,…
Vancouver Tech Podcast Ep.62: Nikolas Badminton, futurist
On this week’s podcast, Drew Ogryzek talks about hiring incentives at his company. Alex Moxin put her node reading on…
PetBot uses AI to let your pets send you selfies
PetBot, a recent pitch on The Disruptors, has developed a device to change the way people interact with their pets while they’re…
Knote says its automated document analysis platform helps companies work smarter
Reading through hundreds of pages of textbooks just to find two or three main points is tedious and time-consuming. But in…
10 Montreal tech companies to watch in 2017
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Despite 2016 being labelled the worst year ever in terms of politics…
Today in company updates: Influitive, 500px, Kindred Systems, GoFetch, Nymi
Startups in Toronto and Vancouver are making moves. Here is the latest in product launches, partnerships, and company milestones…
NextAI announces Google and IBM partnerships, $5.15 million in funding
NextAI, NEXT Canada’s offshoot program dedicated to supporting AI companies, has announced funding and partnerships to assist…
Toronto-based Meta first company acquired by the Chan Zuckerberg initiative
Toronto-based Meta, which uses machine learning to organize information in scientific papers, has been acquired by Mark Zucerkberg…
With its eye on IBM’s AI XPrize, Dataperformers wants to democratize AI for enterprises
On the ground floor of the old Redpath sugar refinery on Montreal’s Lachine canal, an informal coworking space has brought…
Microsoft wants to double size of Maluuba’s Montreal office, donates $6 million to Université de Montréal for AI research
On the heels of its Maluuba acquisition announcement, Microsoft announced that it will be doubling the size of Maluuba’s…
RBC launches machine learning lab in U of A, announces Dr. Richard Sutton as head academic advisor
RBC Research, which was first established at the University of Toronto’s Banting Institute to publish new research in…
Futurist Optimist: why 2017 is the dawn of an amazing world
We’ve experienced some incredible technological and societal changes throughout 2015 and 2016. Circular and sharing economies,…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 50: Can Canada build an AI supercluster?
This week, as it reaches an arbitrary milestone, the CanCon podcast turns towards the next technology frontier, Artificial…