Kitematic founders nab $65 million USD to help devs run AI models locally with Ollama
The open-source AI developer tool has grown to nearly nine million users.
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Mila partners with PolArctic to measure sea ice in the High Arctic
Partnership will pair Milaâs AI expertise with PolArcticâs traditional knowledge and ocean science.
GroundedAI secures $2 million to help modernize tunnel building
BC startup sees room to facilitate Canadaâs major infrastructure projects push.
InsideDesk closes $12.6 million USD to grow its dental payment management platform
Toronto startup’s backers include Pender, Round13, and Graphite.
Alberta and Québec partner on AI in government
Provinces sign a memorandum of understanding to share technical assets, develop joint projects.
1Password launches AI token spend management
Amid soaring costs, the Toronto firm aims to help clients get a handle on their AI usage.
AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab
Oak Lab hopes to one day create an AI agent that can run on just 20 watts of power.
Solving.AI wants AI to teach you how to use work software (properly)Â
MontrĂ©al startup raises $1.1 million to help fix corporate software adoption rates.Â
TouchBistro acquired by subsidiary of Constellation Software
Harris Computer reportedly paid $100 million for the Toronto restaurant tech firm.
Nord Quantique announces latest advance in quantum error correctionÂ
QuĂ©bec company says it has reduced âbookendâ errors to under 0.1 percent.Â
Alberta opens online gambling market to private operators
Province is the second in Canada to allow in private operators like DraftKings and FanDuel.
Reaction Dynamics CEO wants more Canadian LPs to back moonshots
At a Startupfest hardtech panel, Bachar Elzein argued for a wider private capital pool.
Alberta to invest $50 million into Amii over five years
Investment will be broken down across five provincial ministries.
Assent makes first acquisition deal with purchase of German firm IPoint
Ottawa centaur says deal will help expand its supply-chain compliance platform.
MDA Space will buy 567-million-euro majority stake in French satellite company
Acquisition will create one of the largest space-based geointelligence businesses in the world, MDA says.