Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook among Quantum Industry Canada’s three new board appointments
The Xanadu CEO joins representatives from Anyon Systems and Quantacet.
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Inverted AI closes $5.3 million CAD in seed funding for vehicle safety simulation tech
Startup builds AI-powered non-playable characters for advanced vehicle testing.
How Xero overhauled its customer support function using gen AI
For gen AI solutions to deliver value, you need a north star for both your organization and customers.
Vistara Growth secures $200-million CAD initial close for fifth private credit fund
Vistara sees opportunity post-SVB as bank lenders, VCs pull back.
A|I: The AI Times – Google launches its hopeful GPT-4 killer
Plus: “Gentle Canadian” @BasedBeffJezos raises $14M for AI hardware startup.
Durable raises $18 million CAD as it looks to help service-based businesses run on autopilot
Startup claims six million sites have been built with the platform in its first year.
Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders.
EZee Assist reveals $1.85 million in funding to help franchises manage institutional memory
Toronto startup caters to clients like BeaverTails and Real Property Management.
FinChat secures $1.5 million USD from Social Leverage to expand AI-powered stock research platform
FinChat surpassed 100,000 users within a month of its launch.
A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is back, Microsoft grabs a board seat, OpenAI plans governance changes
Plus: PASQAL commits $90 million to quantum initiative to DistriQ in Sherbrooke.
#CDNtech talks AI disruption and the state of SaaS
Canadian tech luminaries probe deep questions in this compilation of interviews recorded live at SAAS NORTH.
Two years after Graphite Ventures spinout, MaRS IAF is ready to invest again
With new hires, managing director says IAF has achieved “critical mass.”
PASQAL, Investissement Québec launch $90-million Quantum Computing initiative
The initiative intends to promote Sherbrooke, Québec as an international quantum hub.
A|I: The AI Times – As Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, Cohere CEO slams the “self righteousness” of effective altruism
Plus: Microsoft looks to scale Québec presence with $500-million USD investment.
Semantic Health acquired by US-based medical documentation firm AAPC
Semantic uses AI to help hospitals improve their medical coding, auditing, and documentation processes.