L’Institut quantique becomes the first IBM Q Hub in Canada
L’Institut quantique (IQ), a research organization located at the University of Sherbrooke in Québec, is joining the IBM…
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A|I: The AI Times – A global agenda
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Tugboat Logic closes $10.8 million CAD led by Inovia Capital
Tugboat Logic, which provides automated tech for the security assurance market, has raised a $10.8 million CAD ($8 million…
Clearpath Robotics raises $40 million CAD Series C for industrial robot division
Waterloo-based Clearpath Robotics has raised a $40 million CAD ($29 million USD) Series C round. The capital will be used to…
Scale AI invests $10 million to create ten AI university chairs across Canada
Québec-based artificial intelligence (AI) supercluster Scale AI is investing $10 million to support the creation of at least…
Element AI launches new collaborations in Singapore, South Korea
Element AI has launched two new artificial intelligence (AI) collaborations in Asia-Pacific, one with a South Korean investment…
A|I: The AI Times – Strategic investments
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
DarwinAI brings explainability platform to aerospace industry through Lockheed Martin partnership
DarwinAI, a Kitchener-Waterloo-based artificial intelligence startup, is partnering with global aerospace company Lockheed…
Cinchy secures $10 million, looks to expand data network into healthcare amid COVID-19
Toronto-based startup Cinchy has closed a $10 million CAD Series A funding round as it looks to help financial and healthcare…
A|I: The AI Times – Amazon introduces Kendra
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
CIFAR launches 14 AI research projects to help in fight against COVID-19
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is launching 14 projects through a new grant program focused on research…
A|I: The AI Times – Teaching common sense
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Ziva Dynamics raises $9.8 million CAD for character creation technology
Vancouver-based Ziva Dynamics, a startup that develops character simulation software for the film and entertainment industry,…
Finger Food Advanced Technology acquired by Unity Technologies
Finger Food Advanced Technology Group (ATG), a Port Coquitlam, British Columbia-based firm that builds custom tech solutions…
SAM raises $3.6 million for platform that helps spot global crises
Edmonton-founded artificial intelligence (AI) startup Social Asset Management (SAM), which analyzes open and connected data…