AI | BetaKit - Part 59

Cohere is the highest ranking Canadian startup on Bessemer’s top 100 deeptech companies

Charlize Alcaraz June 14, 2023

The OpenAI competitor is joined on the list by Nexii, Svante, and fellow Toronto firm Xanadu.

Josh Scott June 14, 2023

CEO hails agreement as “important milestone,” plans to step down.

Alex Riehl June 14, 2023

Plus: Canada’s Cohere secures $270M to continue “foundational contributions” to AI.

Charlize Alcaraz June 12, 2023

While bootstrapped, VanHack said it grew to over 400,000 members.

Sarah Prevette June 12, 2023

BetaKit’s founder says learning how to prompt an AI engine is not just a tech skill—it’s a life skill.

Charles Mandel June 9, 2023

Competition Bureau, CRTC, and OPC to collaborate on digital markets, AI, data portability through the Canadian Digital Regulators…

Charlize Alcaraz June 9, 2023

Bessemer led the round with participation from Bain Capital, Behance founder, among others.

Josh Scott June 8, 2023

Led by ex-Google researchers, OpenAI rival Cohere aims to help firms adopt generative AI.

Alex Riehl June 7, 2023

Plus: Canadian AI computing startup Tenstorrent and LG partner to build chips.

Charles Mandel June 5, 2023

Organizations plan to collaborate on large language models and natural language processing.

Alex Riehl May 31, 2023

Plus: Ex-OpenAI execs raise $450 million for rival Anthropic.

Charlize Alcaraz May 30, 2023

Signatories include OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Vector Institute and Mila researchers, and musician Grimes.

Josh Scott May 30, 2023

As funding has dried up, David Dufresne and Matt Roberts say they plan to lead and price early-stage rounds.

Charles Mandel May 26, 2023

Vancouver startup attracts prominent investors, including Google Ventures, Cohere

Josh Scott May 25, 2023

BenchSci aims to help pharma companies speed up R&D using AI.