As Google and Cohere expand multilingual AI offerings, experts warn of “plausible BS”
Human translators still needed alongside automated tools, experts say, citing legal and safety risks.
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Inside FreshBooks’ struggle to reach profitability
FreshBooks is on a multi-year rollercoaster ride of executive turnover, staff reductions, and office shutdowns.
“It used to be lonely being Indigenous in tech” How one tech founder’s question led to a community of hundreds
The Indigenous Tech Circle has grown to include more than 340 members across the US & Canada.
Academics, nonprofits caught in middle of data consent fight as AI companies push for access to copyrighted works
The open web is closing as copyright holders bar companies like OpenAI & Cohere from using their work.
“It’s just straight math”: Assent CEO Andrew Waitman sets bar higher after hitting centaur status
Waitman pushing Ottawa compliance software company to reach $200 million ARR within four years.
Recon Instruments’ co-founder wants to advance autonomous driving systems with latest venture Matt3r
Hamid Abdollahi believes his startup has found the “k3y” to develop safer autonomous vehicles.
Fifteen years after spinning out Hootsuite, Invoke gets with the Incrowd
How the digital agency founded by Ryan Holmes returned to its product-building roots.
Vint Cerf’s internet history lesson at University of Waterloo mixes humour and hope with words of warning
The co-developer of TCP/IP shares thoughts on interoperability, accessibility, preservation.
One year later, what filled the hole SVB left in Canadian tech lending?
Venture debt lending has slowed but ex-SVB talent has spread across Canada’s innovation banking practices.
Middleware land grab: Flinks wants to kill screen-scraping and make APIs king
Montréal FinTech hopes to cement “special position” in North America’s financial ecosystem.
Notman House is in trouble. What’s next for the home of Montréal tech?
OSMO Foundation owes unpaid mortgage fees and creditors are pushing for a sale.
Canada losing its appeal to Indian tech workers following diplomatic tensions, affordability challenges
Nearly half of the tech workers who moved to Canada between April 2022 and March 2023 originated from India.
With Collision nearing a one-year Toronto extension, efforts are mounting for a West Coast alternative
Vancouver group advocates for Collision, as SAAS NORTH organizers look to offer a locally run alternative.
Inside the reborn OneEleven
Less than two years after the Toronto tech hub’s sudden closure and reopening, its managing director says the “turnaround…