Coveo raises $227 million CAD to pursue “aggressive” growth in AI e-commerce market
Unlike some other Canadian AI companies, Coveo has flown relativity under the radar since it was founded in 2005. That hasn’t…
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Mylo raises $10 million Series A with support from National Bank, Desjardins
Montreal-based FinTech startup Mylo has raised $10 million in Series A financing for its saving and investing platform, in…
Accelerator Centre, Amazon collaborating on first Canadian Alexa tech accelerator
Applications are officially open for the Accelerator Centre’s Alexa Voice Tech Accelerator program at the University of Waterloo,…
A|I: The AI Times – Laws for literary robots
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Creative Destruction Lab expands seed-stage program to Paris
The University of Toronto’s Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) has announced a partnership with international business school…
Alberta tech leaders express concern over “short-sighted” provincial budget
Last week, Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP) tabled its first budget. The party behind Premier Jason Kenney drafted…
A|I: The AI Times – Quantum leap or quantum flop?
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Element AI partners with Mozilla on R&D for data trusts, ethical AI projects
Montreal-based Element AI, is partnering with Mozilla, the nonprofit behind the free and open-source web browser, to explore…
Despite rapid AI growth, CDL conference emphasizes need to move slow, “not break things”
Amid the exponential growth of artificial intelligence in both the fields of research and business, some in the industry are…
Google to continue collaboration with Kitchener-Waterloo’s Quantum Benchmark
One day after Google revealed its research paper claiming quantum supremacy, Kitchener-Waterloo-based startup Quantum Benchmark…
MindBridge partnering with Bank of Canada to detect payment fraud
Ottawa-based MindBridge Analytics announced, on Wednesday, a partnership with the Bank of Canada that will see the FinTech…
A|I: The AI Times – AI, Asia, and the future of health care
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
Two Canadian startups receive grants from Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative
Two Canadian startups have been named grantees of Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility initiative, a $25 million, five year…
Chata Technologies raises $4.5 million, announces commercialization of new product
Calgary-based Chata Technologies, which has developed a cloud-based conversational application allowing users to access, search,…
A|I: The AI Times – Can AI own its inventions?
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…