Health Canada expedites approval of 1QBit chest radiography AI tool to help fight COVID-19
Health Canada has expedited the approval of an artificial intelligence-powered chest radiography tool, developed by Vancouver-based…
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Blue J Legal receives $2 million for legal-tech platform
Toronto-based Blue J Legal has received $2 million CAD in growth capital financing from CIBC Innovation Banking. Blue J has…
A|I: The AI Times – Machine learning vs. COVID-19
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Vector Institute repurposing AI infrastructure to support Ontario’s COVID-19 health data project
The Toronto-based Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence is repurposing artificial intelligence computing infrastructure…
A|I: The AI Times – Searching for patterns
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
A|I: The AI Times – Conflicting COVID-19 opinions
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Element AI creates platform to help researchers identify patterns in COVID-19 research
Montreal-based startup Element AI is offering a free AI-powered platform aimed to help scientific researchers, public health…
A|I: The AI Times – A risky bet
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
DarwinAI, University of Waterloo develop neural network for COVID-19 detection
Kitchener-Waterloo startup DarwinAI, which aims to help developers accelerate deep learning development, has co-developed a…
Cleantech startup BluWave-ai closes $3.9 million in seed funding
BluWave-ai, an Ottawa-based energy startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve operations for energy grids and…
AI platform developer Ada Support raises $63.7 million CAD Series B
Ada Support, which has developed a AI-powered software platform to support customer service teams in large businesses, has…
11 Canadian companies in Y Combinator’s Winter 2020 Demo Day
This week, Y Combinator (YC) held its Winter 2020 Demo Day, the 30th for the Silicon Valley incubator. To minimize health concerns…
A|I: The AI Times – Canada’s quantum edge
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Oil and gas intelligence startup Validere raises $20 million CAD
Artificial intelligence (AI) and internet of things (IoT) startup Validere has raised $20 million CAD ($15 million USD) in…
A|I: The AI Times – How to decode a pandemic
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…