BluWave-ai, Tehama receive collective $4.4 million from FedDev Ontario for product development, hiring
The federal government investment is expected to create 85 jobs in the Ottawa region.
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A|I: The AI Times – Canada’s latest unicorn is a quantum computing firm
Plus: Louis Têtu explains how Coveo is bucking tech trends ahead of SAAS NORTH keynote.
Raquel Urtasun’s Waabi gearing up to hit the road
Waabi is unveiling its self-driving technology.
Attabotics secures $95 million CAD from EDC, Ontario Teachers’ to scale its warehouse robots
With new robot built, Attabotics CEO says “the hard part’s done.”
FreshBooks, Plusgrade, Day & Ross among six Scale AI projects to receive $25 million
Funded projects vary in applications, from the travel industry to accounting.
Louis Têtu explains how Coveo is bucking tech trends ahead of SAAS NORTH keynote
Serial entrepreneur to share hard-earned stories and predictions at SAAS NORTH.
Waverly and the broken internet
Building a better algorithm is not enough to fix the modern internet.
A|I: The AI Times – Inside Google’s commitment to Québec tech
Plus: TuSimple fires its CEO amid federal probes.
Xanadu closes $100 million USD Series C as quantum computing firm becomes Canada’s latest unicorn
Xanadu wants to bring the first commercially available quantum computers to market.
Google opens new Montréal office, commits $2.75 million to Québec tech
Google finally opens new Montréal office after big 2020 commitment to expand in Canada.
A|I: The AI Times – U of T gets an AI nod from Eric Schmidt
Plus: CIFAR appoints 8 new AI chairs.
CIFAR appoints 8 new AI chairs as Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy enters phase two
CIFAR is responsible for implementing the $443 million federal AI strategy.
University of Toronto one of nine schools chosen for Eric Schmidt’s new $148 million AI research initiative
U of T only Canadian university to secure funding from former Google CEO to apply AI to STEM research.
A|I: The AI Times – Can this Element AI co-founder fix the Internet?
Plus: Google in talks to invest $200 million into Cohere.
Visier acquires assets of skills intelligence startup Boostrs
Visier’s foray into M&A comes one year after it raised $154 million from Goldman Sachs.