Finger Food receives $3.5 million from Opportunity Calgary Investment Fund for new office
Finger Food Advanced Technology Group, a Port Coquitlam, BC-based firm that builds custom technology solutions using artificial…
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The five Canadian startups competing in the IBM Watson AI XPrize
At the beginning of December, the global IBM Watson AI XPrize will announce its top 10 semi-finalists before heading into its…
Classcraft raises $10 million to use video games in education
Sherbrooke, Que.-based Classcraft, which uses video games to help kindergarten to grade 12 students be more engaged at school,…
Element AI announces $200 million CAD Series B round
Element AI has closed a much-anticipated venture round, raising a $200 million CAD ($151.4 million USD) Series B from the Government…
Amii Innovates announces first cohort, looks to accelerate AI adoption
The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) has launched Amii Innovates, a program aimed to guides teams and businesses…
Grammarly the newest Bay Area company to set sights on Vancouver
San Francisco-based Grammarly, which has developed an AI-powered digital writing assistant, is opening its newest office in…
CryptoNumerics launches tool to help companies identify dataset privacy risks
CryptoNumerics has released a new tool, Re-Identify, to help companies test and measure whether their datasets protect the…
Talent4AI wants to address the demand for AI talent by connecting students and industry
A new Montreal-based platform wants to connect upcoming data scientists and engineers to real-world internship opportunities.…
Inabuggy expands grocery delivery service, covering six cities across Canada
Toronto-based Inabuggy, whose main offering includes grocery delivery, has launched its delivery service in Edmonton. Inabuggy,…
Parity secures $1.25 million from Silicon Valley Bank
Toronto-based Parity, which builds software that uses AI to eliminate energy waste in multi-residential buildings, has received…
A|I: The AI Times – Is your money safe from criminal AI?
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…
BC-based Lightship Works using AI to aid first responders with natural disasters
Lightship Works, a SaaS startup based in Kamloops, BC, is integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into its disaster response…
Canadian, Quebec governments pledge $15 million to create AI centre in Montréal
The federal and Quebec governments have announced the creation of a Montréal-based international centre of expertise for the…
AI startup My Intelligent Machines raises $2.6 million seed round
Montreal-based My Intelligent Machines (MIMS), which is developing a platform to help life sciences companies maximize their…
A|I: The AI Times – Elon Musk thinks your brain works too slow
The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the…