Carbon6 to be acquired by US-based SPS Commerce for $301 million CAD to grow e-commerce merchant toolkit
Co-founder says company was grateful to land rare nine-figure Canadian tech exit.
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BrainBox AI acquired by Irish HVAC giant Trane to cut building emissions using AI
Acquisition marks bright spot amid dim exit landscape in Québec.
Wrong answers only: industry continues to grapple with “inherent characteristic” of GenAI
Koho and Cohere discussed outputs and feedback, AWS previewed a proposed fix at re:Invent.
2025 tech predictions: embrace chaos
AI agents! Political shenanigans! Canadian tech acquisitions! Big Tech breakups!
In 2024, Canada struggled to find its place in the global AI race
Canada can’t outspend its peers. So how might it outsmart them?
The biggest tech stories of 2024
Plus: Annual grades for Wealthsimple, Shopify, Cohere, and more.
Koho rolls out AI tool to help investigate fraud and scams
FinTech startup not yet confident about generative AI in customer-facing products.
Global AI gets a startup perspective: Insights from ventureLAB’s Garry Chan
“I liken it to raising a child. You try to teach good habits early.”
Four new Canadian tech announcements in the Fall Economic Statement that shouldn’t be overlooked
BDC AI funding, procurement reform, money for Black entrepreneurs might have been missed in yesterday’s chaos.
Feds struggle to table Fall Economic Statement following Minister Freeland’s shock resignation
Mini-budget with many tech commitments comes during a day of chaos on the Hill.
Flare raises $42.5-million CAD Series B to go global with cyber threat detection tech
Threat exposure management startup aims to head off credential theft with AI tools.
Privacy Commissioner announces LinkedIn will pause training AI with data of Canadian members
Commissioner said LinkedIn believed its training model was privacy protective, but agreed to engage in discussions.
Geoffrey Hinton decries tech companies chasing “short-term profits” in Nobel Prize acceptance speech
British-Canadian calls for “urgent and forceful attention” to combat AI safety risks at Stockholm ceremony.
Alberta Enterprise Corporation launches Accelerate Fund IV with $15 million to back early-stage tech startups
First close from AEC brings Fund IV more than halfway to its $25-million target.
Spexi raises $16.2-million CAD Series A for blockchain-based drone imagery network
Startup’s long-term goal is to reward drone pilots on its platform with a native crypto utility token.