ChatFeatured secures $2 million USD to optimize your company’s chatbot reach
Toronto startup helps brands get mentioned by Claude, ChatGPT, and other chatbots.
Funding
The social network that wants to help athletes succeed after sport
Former hockey pro Kirsten Toth raises $1.7 million USD to build networking platform just for athletes.
Futurpreneur applications surge as more youth explore entrepreneurship
National non-profit saw application rise 50 percent nationwide and 65 percent in Alberta in latest fiscal quarter.
Kitematic founders nab $65 million USD to help devs run AI models with Ollama
The open-source AI developer tool has grown to nearly nine million users.
SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records
St. John’s software startup’s backers include Staircase Ventures and the founders of Verafin.
InsideDesk closes $12.6 million USD to grow its dental payment management platform
Toronto startup’s backers include Pender, Round13, and Graphite.
Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian institutions for AI research
AI giant offering Claude credits to major institutions like U of T, Amii, Mila.
Solving.AI wants AI to teach you how to use work software (properly)
Montréal startup raises $1.1 million to help fix corporate software adoption rates.
Q&A: Hussein Fazal on Super.com’s 10-year journey to becoming a unicorn
CEO reflects on evolution from online travel agency to “savings super app” post-Series D.
Ontario gets new fund to back university life sciences spinouts
U of T, McMaster, and Ontario government team up on new $40-million fund.
Alberta invests $37 million into advanced drilling technology
Funding comes through Emissions Reduction Alberta’s Drilling Technology Challenge and will support 10 projects.
Winnipeg adtech Taiv among recipients of PrairiesCAN AI adoption funding
Canada’s AI minister announces $10.2 million for six Manitoba businesses.
Paraito raises $2.65 million to automate grunt work for Québec notaries
Inovia-backed startup out of Montréal is using AI to speed up real estate title searches.
Katalyze AI thinks the future of pharma operations is teams of AI agents
WFHomie co-founder and former Sanofi leader close $10.5 million USD to speed drug development.
AI minister says Ottawa considering taking the lead on AI investment rounds
Minister Evan Solomon spoke to the government’s shift from supporter to stakeholder on The BetaKit Podcast.