Report: Canada must close its talent gap or risk falling behind in the AI race
Almost half of Canadian orgs feel their staff are not prepared to use AI.
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Sanctuary AI reveals seventh-generation robot it calls “analogous to a person”
The latest robot includes improvements to automation speed, range of motion.
Zafin founder and CEO joins latest slew of #CDNtech executive turnover
Martello, Boast, and Illumin have also shuffled their leadership teams since the end of March.
Boom and goConfirm launch new products from experienced #CDNtech leaders
Ex-Shopify execs spice up remote meetings, while Wave alumni launch an AI scam detector.
A|I: The AI Times – This Canadian AI startup will collab with semiconductor giant Arm
Plus: There’s more in #Budget2024 beyond AI.
Forcen closes $8.35 million in funding to develop its touch-tech for robots
The round was co-led by Brightspark Ventures and BDC Capital’s Deep Tech Venture Fund.
AI and Web3 startup Inference Labs secures $2.3 million in pre-seed funding
Startup wants to create an open-source AI inference market.
AutoAlign spins off from Armilla AI, launches firewall solution for LLMs
The solution guards against AI flaws while evolving alongside LLMs.
#Budget2024 emergency pod: spoiling for a fight
Canadian tech’s trust battery for the feds’ approach to innovation policy has drained.
Contango Digital Assets closes $5 million for “Blockchain x AI” seed fund
Backed by WonderFi CEO Dean Skurka, the fund seeks to support projects using both blockchain and AI.
A|I: The AI Times – The feds have used AI in nearly 300 projects
Plus: OpenAI prepares to fight for its life.
What’s in #Budget2024 for Canadian tech?
All eyes in Canadian tech are on AI, open banking, cleantech, and… taxes?
Untether AI to collaborate with semiconductor giant Arm on smart vehicle solutions
Untether says its energy efficient architecture is needed to support next-gen vehicles.
Vidyard rolls out AI avatars after securing funding from EDC and existing backers
With AI Avatars, Vidyard aims to facilitate “personalized video communications at scale.”
Pinterest is on a Toronto hiring spree to scoop up AI talent
CTO Jeremy King says company aims to use AI and ML to make Pinterest more “shoppable.”