Karen HR acquired by Alexander Mann Solutions
Karen HR, a Toronto-based AI company with a recruiting software tool for human resources workers, has been acquired by global…
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BlackBerry, Microsoft partner to bring new tech to Indigenous nations
BlackBerry and Microsoft are partnering with professional services firm Forrest Green to launch a project with the goal of…
A|I: The AI Times – MIT wants to give everyone AI superpowers
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
CanCode gives First Robotics $1.4 million to teach 85,000 people digital skills
Toronto-headquartered First Robotics, an organization that runs digital skills competitions across Canada, has received a $1.4…
Manulife another Canadian bank using Kasisto’s AI tech
New York-based Kasisto, creators of the KAI FinTech platform, and Manulife Bank have announced the launch of MAI, a conversational…
BlackBox, Age of Minds join Centech’s AI accelerator program
Montreal-based accelerator AI@CENTECH has selected the five startups to be participating in its first cohort, two of which…
Today in FedDev funding: VentureLAB ($5M), Waterloo EDC ($3M)
Today, the federal government announced two financial contributions to accelerators and startups across Ontario through FedDev…
Quebec’s Scale AI supercluster announces first four supply chain projects
The Quebec-based Scale AI Supercluster, one of five members of the federal government’s Innovation Superclusters Initiative,…
BenchSci’s total funding reaches $27 million as Gradient ups investment
Toronto-based BenchSci, an AI biomedical startup, has raised approximately $6.7 million CAD in financing, bringing its total…
A|I: The AI Times – The AI fight against fake news
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
UWaterloo, Microsoft partner to use AI for socially-driven projects
Microsoft has partnered with the University of Waterloo’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, Waterloo.ai, to provide funding,…
Xanadu raises $32 million Series A for quantum cloud computing platform
Toronto-based Xanadu has raised a $32 million Series A round, led by OMERS Ventures, with participation from Georgian Partners,…
Two months after rebrand, Looka opens new corporate headquarters in Toronto
AI-powered logo design company Looka has established new corporate headquarters at 220 Adelaide St. in Toronto. Looka said…
Leaders Prize offers $1 million for an AI solution to fake news at #TrueNorth19
This afternoon at the True North tech conference in Kitchener-Waterloo, Communitech, in partnership with the Schulich Foundation…
A|I: The AI Times – IBM wants to be a powerhouse (again)
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…