AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab
Oak Lab hopes to one day create an AI agent that can run on just 20 watts of power.
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Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian institutions for AI research
AI giant offering Claude credits to major institutions like U of T, Amii, Mila.
Solving.AI wants AI to teach you how to use work software (properly)
Montréal startup raises $1.1 million to help fix corporate software adoption rates.
What Canadian tech startups should know about AI in the workplace
Amid a “Wild West” for AI regulation, lawyers from Littler encourage companies to mind existing laws.
Dubai’s Ahoy to hire 200 in Montréal as it relocates R&D hub
Move comes months after AI firm struck “nine-figure” deal to buy Montréal’s Wrk.
Alberta to invest $50 million into Amii over five years
Investment will be broken down across five provincial ministries.
Assent makes first acquisition deal with purchase of German firm IPoint
Ottawa centaur says deal will help expand its supply-chain compliance platform.
Q&A: Minister Evan Solomon on why Ottawa wants Canadians to adopt AI
Federal AI minister on why AI is a foundational technology and why Canada needs sovereign digital alternatives.
Does Anthropic want to eat your business?
Plus: How AI chatbots are being tricked into smear marketing.
OpenText lays off two percent of its workforce
Roughly 400 global employees are now out of work, but OpenText says Canadian impact is “minimal.”
AI4Eyes sets its sights on faster dry eye diagnoses in Montréal clinics
Healthtech startup will start testing new tech as part of Quebec-backed medtech initiative.
Canada’s telco and banking incumbents form AI consortium
Scotiabank, Sun Life, Telus, and Lightworks team up to build AI infrastructure at the enterprise level.
ElevenLabs to open Toronto office and double Canadian headcount by end of 2026
Max Lemmens will lead AI voice startup’s expansion efforts as new Canadian GM.
Alberta is open-sourcing its AI playbook for government
Province releases series of white papers explaining how it used Claude, Gemini to upgrade government systems.
Descartes cruises into Latin America with acquisition of last-mile management platform Drivin
Waterloo-based logistics tech firm makes its 37th acquisition since 2016.