Outside Toronto: The Unsung Canadian Cities Leading AI Innovation
Robin Grosset, Chief Technical Officer at MindBridge Ai, spoke about the future of AI at SAAS NORTH in Ottawa earlier this week. Here’s a…
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Canadian government invests $2.5 million in University of Alberta AI-supercomputing hub
The Government of Canada has announced $2.5 million in funding for the University of Alberta to establish an artificial intelligence-supercomputing hub for academic and…
Connection Silicon Valley announces Canadian Women’s Network fall cohort
Connection Silicon Valley has announced its fall cohort of startups accepted into the Canadian Women’s Network. The Canadian Women’s Network aims to help Canadian…
SingularityU Canada Summit coming to Edmonton in 2019
SingularityU is returning to Canada on April 23 to 24, this time hosting its Summit in Edmonton. The inaugural Summit was held in Toronto…
Panache Ventures adds Prashant Matta as first Toronto partner
Panache Ventures has announced its newest partner in Toronto. Prashant Matta joins Panache after over three years at OMERS Ventures, where he focused on…
Edmonton-based Showbie acquires classroom assessment platform Socrative
Edmonton-based Showbie, which has developed a classroom workflow app, has acquired Salt Lake City-basedSocrative from MasteryConnect, an assessment and curriculum platform for teachers. Founded…
Three Canadian companies among 2018 Thiel Fellows
The Thiel Foundation has named 20 people into the 2018 class of Thiel Fellows, including three Canadian Fellows. The Fellowship program, which launched in…
Today in gov’t funding: Cornwall Innovation Centre, Oteenow Employment & Training Society
Over the past week, two institutions have received funding from the government to support growth in the tech field. Here’s the latest roundup. Edmonton’s…
Canadian startup funding in 2017: A city-by-city ecosystem review
In January, PwC Canada and CB Insights released the MoneyTree report analyzing Canadian VC activity for Q4 and all of 2017. In a year…
Borealis AI launches graduate fellowship program to create more AI talent
RBC’s AI lab Borealis AI has launched a graduate fellowship program with the goal of building more AI talent in Canada. The program provides…
AI pioneer Richard Sutton a keynote speaker at AccelerateAB
Edmonton’s AccelerateAB announced that AI pioneer Richard Sutton will be its closing keynote speaker. Sutton is a distinguished research scientist with DeepMind, a professor…
RBC’s Borealis AI institute snags Washington State University professor
Borealis AI, an RBC Institute for Research in artificial intelligence, has announced that it has hired on professor Matthew E. Taylor as a senior…
Serious Labs raises $6.4 million for VR workplace training tech
Edmonton-based Serious Labs, which develops VR training solutions for the workforce, has raised a $6.4 million Series A. The funding was led by Connecticut-based…