Two Canadian tech companies named as finalists in 2019 SXSW Pitch competition
The eleventh annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Pitch competition has announced 50 finalists, and two Canadian companies, an…
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Element AI’s Yoshua Bengio says Canada is at the forefront of the AI revolution
As Canada continues to emerge as a leader in the artificial intelligence space, it’s worth assessing how new AI technologies…
Kindred founder says robot takeover is coming
An eclectic mix of politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, and tech innovators in Vancouver took part in a Shaping Davos panel…
NEXT Canada launches NextAI program to seed growth of Canada’s AI ecosystem
It’s a big week for AI in Canada. Yesterday, Bloomberg got the details on D-Wave co-founder Geordie Rose and former D-Wave…
Today in AI: Machine learning heavyweights launch AI startup factory, D-Wave co-founder reveals stealth AI company
Two big machine learning stories popped off this morning. Here are the latest developments sure to continue setting up Canada…
Two TandemLaunch startups explain why more companies are embracing AI
Consumer products built with what we loosely term artificial intelligence are growing exponentially. As computing and processing…
Startup job spotlight: content marketer at Granify
With startups leading the way in Canadian innovation, every day, BetaKit does its part to help fill the talent gap with our…
The Robots Will Take Over the World (If You Fund Them on Kickstarter)
With 12 days to go in its kickstarter campaign, Toronto’s Ainova Robotics Inc. has raised $25,000 of a $30,000 funding…
Watson Computers and Self-Driving Vehicles: Wavefronts Wireless 2014 Gave a Sign of Things to Come
“I for one welcome our new computer overlords.” Ken Jennings was humble in accepting his Jeopardy defeat to the…