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Coveo sees 39 percent year-over-year revenue growth in “record” Q3
This is the first earnings report since Coveo went public on the TSX.
Nord Quantique closes $9.5 million seed round co-led by BDC Capital’s Deep Tech fund
Nord develops hardware for fault-tolerant quantum computing.
D-Wave hopes to raise $431 million CAD as it prepares to go public via SPAC
Quantum computing startup aiming for a $1.5 billion valuation.
Forma.ai quadruples annual revenue, sets out to disrupt sales compensation
“Sales compensation is due for a change,” says CEO.
Stamped AI closes $2 million to simplify financial statement prep for SMBs
Stamped AI describes itself as a “tech-enabled audit firm.”
Hiring roundup: Carbon Engineering, ACTO, WorkJam, Wishpond, Volta, Silicon Valley Bank
Here are six Canadian tech firms that have added new talent this year.
Australian government taps Bedrock AI for RegTech challenge
Bedrock hopes to land $1 million contract to uncover poor capital market disclosures.
LeddarTech scores $140 million USD in Series D funding and debt
LeddarTech builds tech systems that support autonomous vehicles.
IBM partners with Québec government to open new accelerator program
Program focuses on quantum, AI, semiconductors, and high-performance computing.
White Star and OMERS-backed Wrk wants to be “Uber for office tasks”
Wrk on a mission to automate the future of, well, work.
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Plus: OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman ridicules startup fundraising process.
Mila, Vector Institute announce, extend partnerships with Canadian banks
Both work with CIFAR as part of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy.
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Certn acquires United Kingdom’s Credence to expand background checks solutions
Certn hired its first CTO in July to scale its technology.