Global trends report shows AI adoption still lags in Canada
In Canada, only 35 percent of organizations say AI is ‘widely implemented.’
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Canadian AppDirect co-founder launches Landbase with Inovia, Desmarais family backing
Landbase has closed $12.5-million USD in seed funding for its AI-powered go-to-market solution.
AI is learning fast, are we?
Future Skills Centre is helping Canadians prepare for a rapidly changing labour market.
Ideon, Calabrio headline $53 million AI project investment from DIGITAL Innovation Cluster
DIGITAL said its investment joins an additional $106 million of industry partner backing.
Academics, nonprofits caught in middle of data consent fight as AI companies push for access to copyrighted works
The open web is closing as copyright holders bar companies like OpenAI & Cohere from using their work.
Northside Ventures closes first early-stage VC fund at $15 million CAD
This emerging manager just met his target amid one of the worst fundraising environments in a decade.
Canadian healthtech company Deep Breathe bags top prize at US Army’s xTechInternational 2024
Portable ultrasound diagnostics startup takes home $95,000 after winning pitch competition in Spain.
Canadian Ilya Sutskever’s Safe Superintelligence closes $1 billion USD in funding
Startup co-founded just three months ago is reportedly valued at $5 billion USD.
Round13, Nvidia-backed Wombo announces $12.2-million CAD to launch more generative AI apps
After surviving collapsed fundraise and class-action, Wombo contends with copyright concerns as it funds for growth.
Recon Instruments’ co-founder wants to advance autonomous driving systems with latest venture Matt3r
Hamid Abdollahi believes his startup has found the “k3y” to develop safer autonomous vehicles.
AI roundtable: Hugging Face, Zapier, Tenstorrent (and more)
The BetaKit Podcast offers vantage points on AI from North American tech leaders.
Sagard hires Georgian’s Parinaz Sobhani as investment firm’s first head of AI
Alternative asset manager bets AI will play a big role in investing over the next decade.
Shopify taps Microsoft executive Mikhail Parakhin as its new CTO
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke praised Parakhin’s “deep expertise” in AI and machine learning.
Viggle AI closes $26-million CAD Series A to expand AI-powered video generator
Toronto startup behind viral Lil Yachty walkout meme fuels up to build on its growth.
ALL IN 2024 returns to Montréal for its second year
Canada’s leading AI conference to feature speakers from Mila, Forethought, and Meta.