Peripheral nets $8.7 million USD to bring spatial intelligence tech to sports
Deloitte Ventures, Inovia Capital back Toronto startup’s AI for live sports vision.
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Campus safety platform Legio raises $5 million USD from Klass Capital
Funding will help with product development and sucuring partnerships with post-secondary institutions.
OnGuardAI launches app to flag scam calls in real time
Montréal startup aims to help seniors by alerting families while scam calls are in progress.
Lessons on early-stage fundraising from Canadian startups that have closed rounds
Three IAF-backed founders share what investors want to see beyond the pitch.
Ottawa tech worker builds app to detect nearby smart glasses
Marcos Rezende wants to let users know they might be getting discreetly recorded.
Brdg secures $850,000 to modernize construction financing
Forum-backed Montréal startup aims to simplify construction loan management with AI.
Q&A: What Cory Doctorow would do as Canada’s AI minister
Author and digital rights activist talks jailbreaking, the AI-pilled government, and Aeron chair analogies.
The AI text conundrum
Plus: AbCellera cashes in on menopause drug breakthrough.
Convictional to shut down, return investor money, after AI-era pivot falls short
Former B2B e-commerce startup says it couldn’t find enough customers for its Slack alternative.
How Theia’s 3D motion tech is helping healthcare workers avoid injury
New Brunswick study is evaluating patient-turning device with Canadian motion-sensing tech.
Fisent Technologies raises $4.3 million USD to help enterprises automate AI use
Toronto startup’s revenue grew more than 200 percent last year amid economy-wide rush to adopt AI.
Transformer Lab wants to automate research with new AI tool Primus
The AI lab claims it has produced 30 “Masters to PhD-level” research papers in 30 days.
US chip giant AMD to acquire Taalas
Launched by former AMD employees and Tenstorrent leaders, Taalas aims to turn AI models into custom silicon.
Has the AI “techlash” reached Canada?
Plus: Google shakes up DeepMind.
Shopify stock surges on revenue beat in big quarter for merchants
Gross profit grew by 30 percent as company shipped agentic AI tools for e-commerce.