FinOps has become the new superpower for CFOs
Unicorne’s Éric Pinet on how to avoid the spiraling costs of cloud services.
AI
TISC is fine-tuning AI for split-second decisions, starting on the basketball court
Canadian co-founded startup plans to tap machine learning talent in Canada and the US.
Nokia’s Ottawa expansion tests Canada’s definition of “sovereign AI”
Government calls $340-million project “gold standard” while critics say it’s a “toxic” foreign subsidy.
UAE research institute to open lab within Mila
Montréal AI research centre and Technology Innovation Institute team up as PM visits UAE.
Inside Ottawa’s cautious experiment with an AI-powered digital help desk
Plus: It’s ‘Valley or Bust’ for Canada’s young entrepreneurs.
Sweden brings urgency—and royalty—to Montréal as it seeks AI research partnership
Swedish deputy PM says countries must be “risk aware, not risk averse” as royal delegation visits Mila.
Inovia Capital opens Abu Dhabi office as Canada strengthens ties with UAE
Montréal VC firm looks to forge commercial and financial partnerships for its portfolio companies in the region.
The feds get 4,000 website complaints a day. Can a “responsible” AI chatbot untangle the mess?
At the Ottawa Responsible AI Summit, experts debated security, equity, and who gets a seat at the table.
Team of Toronto talent unites after Y Combinator to build Clado
Clado has raised $2 million USD for its mass-recruitment AI platform.
Okta to launch Canadian data cell as sovereignty debate intensifies
US data security company adds in-country cell that will keep customer data in Canada.
“We’re not gonna pretend that we could do the R&D that you do.”
Calgary-based VizworX finds building in 3D is easier than filing a SR&ED claim.
What is the economic promise of a Canadian sovereign cloud?
A data centre CEO and an academic say Canadian-owned digital infrastructure could unlock an AI industry.
Cohere and OpenAI lose key motions in high-stakes copyright fights
Judges in New York and Ontario ruled against both companies in separate lawsuits.
BenchSci inks multi-year partnership with Mila to develop AI for drug discovery
Collaboration aims to build AI systems capable of biological inference and experimental assay prediction.
Glowtify hopes to equip e-commerce marketers for the holidays with $3.4-million seed round
Startup claims it hit $1 million CAD in revenue this year and wants to triple that next year.