AI
A|I: The AI Times – Behind the push to call AI sentient
Plus: Meta’s chatbot won’t stop talking about itself.
Bootstrapped since 2008, Evidence Partners closes $20 million to tackle automated literature review market
Evidence Partners caters to more than 60% of the world’s largest pharma, medical device companies.
D-Wave lists on New York Stock Exchange following close of SPAC deal
D-Wave’s stock price jumped as much as 30 percent on opening day.
A|I: The AI Times – DeepMind cracks biology’s biggest problem
Plus: Google Is Selling Advanced AI to Israel, Documents Reveal.
Four Canadian companies selected for inaugural CB Insights Advanced Manufacturing 50 list
BenchSci, Vention among Canadian startups in the list.
A|I: The AI Times – A giant wave of machine-learning acquisitions
Plus: Stradigi.ai says it’s still alive.
Accenture continues Canadian tech acquisition spree with Solvera Solutions, Eclipse Automation
Accenture has acquired six Canadian companies since 2020.
BrainBox AI’s Series A round reaches $30 million following EDC top-up
BrainBox AI’s HVAC systems help buildings consume less energy.
Oncoustics secures $5.5 million CAD to help spot liver disease using AI
Startup aims to “decrease or eliminate” need for high-end imaging, painful biopsies.
A|I: The AI Times – Inside Apple’s struggle to build a self-driving car
Plus: Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy announces he’s leaving the company.
Intelligent City puts scaffolding in place to scale sustainable building solution
Intelligent City has secured $22 million CAD from investors like BDC.
BlackBerry, L-SPARK unveil third cohort for connected car accelerator
Third cohort sees return of Deeplite, Sensor Cortek.
Stradigi.ai vows to continue despite laying off more than two-thirds of its staff
Musician will.i.am is among the investors in the Québec AI startup.
NEXT Canada partners with engineering firm Hatch for latest Next AI program
NEXT Canada taps Hatch for mentorship in metals, infrastructure, and energy.