Tailscale catches AI tailwinds as it nears 40,000 paid business customers
New VP Mike Shaver to guide startup’s next phase amid AI agent recommendation boom.
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How Venford says its digital-twin tech successfully predicted Spain’s World Cup win
The young Toronto startup develops software for policy planning.
Kitematic founders nab $65 million USD to help devs run AI models with Ollama
The open-source AI developer tool has grown to nearly nine million users.
Personal training app Flex AI is shutting down
CEO cites difficulty creating a sustainable business in the crowded fitness tech category.
An Indigenous AI framework
Plus: Richard Sutton’s new lab has lofty goals.
Mila partners with PolArctic to measure sea ice in the High Arctic
Partnership will pair Mila’s AI expertise with PolArctic’s traditional knowledge and ocean science.
“We’re counting coupons”: Tech leaders question how foreign investment is shaping domestic innovation
MaRS panel explores Canada’s innovation struggles, from talent retention to tech adoption.
How Indigenous technologists are building data sovereignty into AI
Indigenous AI Gathering at Mila explored how to create AI solutions without data extraction.
SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records
St. John’s software startup’s backers include Staircase Ventures and the founders of Verafin.
GroundedAI secures $2 million to help modernize tunnel building
BC startup sees room to facilitate Canada’s major infrastructure projects push.
Which LLMs are secretly Canadian?
Plus: OMERS Ventures head departs for Kensington.
InsideDesk closes $12.6 million USD to grow its dental payment management platform
Toronto startup’s backers include Pender, Round13, and Graphite.
Siemens Canada to expand Saskatoon R&D hub by 10,000 square feet
Expansion will advance ‘industrial AI’ in company’s semiconductor design.
Alberta and Québec partner on AI in government
Provinces sign a memorandum of understanding to share technical assets, develop joint projects.
1Password launches AI token spend management
Amid soaring costs, the Toronto firm aims to help clients get a handle on their AI usage.