Tech talent-sourcing network VanHack secures $3 million for global expansion
While bootstrapped, VanHack said it grew to over 400,000 members.
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AI prompting Is the new coding for kids
BetaKit’s founder says learning how to prompt an AI engine is not just a tech skill—it’s a life skill.
Pick up the pace: federal agencies form new body aimed at collaborating on issues related to tech innovations
Competition Bureau, CRTC, and OPC to collaborate on digital markets, AI, data portability through the Canadian Digital Regulators…
EvenUp raises $50.5 million in Clio-backed round for AI that turns raw files into legal documents for personal injury lawyers
Bessemer led the round with participation from Bain Capital, Behance founder, among others.
Cohere announces $270-million USD Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
Led by ex-Google researchers, OpenAI rival Cohere aims to help firms adopt generative AI.
A|I: The AI Times – Public letter escalation: Bengio & Hinton sign another warning
Plus: Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips.
Vietnam’s FPT and Quebec’s Mila renew three-year strategic partnership, vow to practice responsible AI
Organizations plan to collaborate on large language models and natural language processing.
A|I: The AI Times – AbCellera and BenchSci secure big funding
Plus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.
Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio warn “risk of extinction from AI” in public letter
Signatories include OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Vector Institute and Mila researchers, and musician Grimes.
Ex-Panache, ScaleUp partners team up to launch new early-stage VC fund CMD Capital
As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.
Cognosys raises $2-million seed round to create AI personal assistants
Vancouver startup attracts prominent investors, including Google Ventures, Cohere
BenchSci closes $95-million CAD Series D to expand AI drug-discovery platform
BenchSci aims to help pharma companies speed up R&D using AI.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s Sam Altman says this Canadian city should become a hub for AI
Plus: ServiceNow commits $1 billion to AI-based enterprise startups.
AbCellera receives $300 million in combined government funding for biotech campus
The $701-million project aims to build a “state-of-the-art” campus, add 400 jobs.
Caucus group launched to deal with emerging technology like AI, blockchain
Concerns over the pace of blockchain, artificial intelligence spur group to grapple with regulation and innovation