AI | BetaKit - Part 25

By Charlize Alcaraz August 3, 2023

Samsung, Hyundai, Kia back AI chip manufacturer Tenstorrent in $100-million USD round

Tenstorrent receives major backing from strategic investors ahead of planned Series D round next year.

By Alex Riehl August 3, 2023

Plus: Yoshua Bengio issues stark warning to U.S. Senate.

By Charlize Alcaraz July 31, 2023

Nault: AI is the “latest shiny thing that a lot of people are running after.”

By Charlize Alcaraz July 27, 2023

Foxquilt uses data analytics and AI to match businesses with insurance products.

By Charlize Alcaraz July 26, 2023

Canadian rapper Drake launched his website Drake Related using Shopify Collective.

By Josh Scott July 26, 2023

HumanFirst’s backers include Panache, Inovia, and Real Ventures.

By Alex Riehl July 26, 2023

Plus: Meta, Google, OpenAI promise White House responsible AI development.

By Josh Scott July 25, 2023

AI-powered auditing-tech firm adds new interim leader as CEO and founder depart.

By Aly Gillani July 20, 2023

Steve Wozniak tells Canadian Private Technology Conference to find “reasonable ways” to deal with AI.

By Josh Scott July 19, 2023

Toronto-based Cohere has also partnered with McKinsey.

By Alex Riehl July 19, 2023

Plus: Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick.

By Josh Scott July 18, 2023

Founded by a trio of Vancouverites, Reworkd has nabbed funding from Panache.

By Charles Mandel July 14, 2023

The Vancouver firm is the latest of several wildfire-detection startups that expect to see flames fan their fortunes.

By Charlize Alcaraz July 14, 2023

MaRS, Innovate UK have worked together in the past to launch a manufacturing incubator.

By Alex Riehl July 14, 2023

Plus: Experts and VCs disagree on the actual perils of AI.