Appetronix cooks up bigger robotic kitchen ambitions with Cibotica acquisition
Company says deal will support expansion beyond pizza-making robots into more cuisines.
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Canadian Robotics Council creates committee to boost investment in domestic robots
Founding members include BDC, Garage, Inovia, RBC, Two Small Fish, and Version One.
The man who helped build five generations of wireless retires from Ericsson’s Ottawa lab
Marcos Cavaletti helped guide the company into the 5G era. After 40 years, he’s finally logging off.
Carbonyx raises $1.2 million to turn mining waste into usable materials
CEO says true mission is to make carbon capture economically viable again.
A&K Robotics closes $8-million Series A round to put self-driving pods in airports
Vancouver-based company will use funding to move from pilots to permanent deployments.
NorthX invests $2.2 million in trio of BC wildfire tech startups
Crwn.ai, Nova, and Skyward Wildfire Technologies have secured follow-on funding.
Canada opens applications to build a public AI supercomputer
Up to $890 million up for grabs to design, construct, and operate the system.
Credo paid $92 million USD in cash to acquire Hyperlume, SEC filing reveals
With Hyperlume’s team and tech, Credo aims to deliver the AI infrastructure of the future.
Kepler to lead testing of European Space Agency’s high-speed data network
Toronto firm helped architect the first phase of the HydRON project.
Hypertec becomes key partner for Nvidia in Canada
OEM designation means more visibility amid the global AI race.
How new SR&ED changes could supercharge Canadian hard tech and manufacturing startups
Budget 2025 changes means tech companies with physical footprints should reclaim R&D investments.
Canada’s spotty support for innovation is grounding its space ambitions
Wyvern’s Kurtis Broda writes that the CSA needs to support moonshots from Canadian companies.
Blackline Safety to go private in $850-million deal
US-based Francisco Partners to lead privatization of TSX-listed industrial safety tech firm.
How Sonibel can hear when a welder makes a mistake
UBC grads raise $1.6 million USD for acoustic sensor that identifies errors while you weld.
Q&A: Clearpath Robotics’ Ryan Gariepy on killer robots and Canada’s defence strategy
Industry leader says Canada is leaving opportunity on the table in robotics.