After Ecobee, Stuart Lombard has no regrets
Ecobee’s ex-CEO and President on building consumer hardware in Canada and what comes next.
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Ocean tech company Xeos Technologies acquired by Spain’s Satlink
Xeos helps track and control assets that operate in harsh maritime environments.
Taylor Swift & the Apple Vision Pro are the biggest tech stories of 2024 (so far)
There is now software designed as an offensive weapon to fight other software. Arm the Swifties.
NGen investing $32.3 million into 15 advanced manufacturing projects
Tech startups CarbiCrete, 3D BioFibR, Falkbuilt among recipients.
Nord Quantique claims industry first quantum error correction at qubit level
Québec startup aims to develop more scalable hardware for quantum computing.
Untether AI’s new CEO is here for global scale
Chris Walker left retirement to lead Untether AI’s “scaling moment.”
Workspace analytics startup Relogix acquired by HubStar
Ottawa startup develops sensors that track office space occupancy.
Canada, UK sign agreements to work together on AI compute capacity, high-tech research
Agreement follows the collapse of free trade talks between the countries last week.
Exro to acquire California-based SEA Electric in $332-million CAD EV-tech deal
Exro said deal provides it with “a defined path” to profitability.
Femtum raises $5 million CAD to commercialize lasers for semiconductor manufacturers
Seed round was led by deep tech fund i4 Capital and ELAS Technology Investment.
Bello raises $1.5 million for its consumer water filter and infuser
Bello wants to help eliminate plastic bottles with long-lasting filter, multi-use flavour capsules.
ventureLAB receives $4.5 million from feds to scale more hardware, semiconductor companies
The funding is aimed at supporting 30 companies and commercializing 25 new products.
Untether AI names Intel veteran Chris Walker as its new CEO
AI chip startup also adds ex-Google, Nvidia exec Amir Salek to board.
Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders.
Nicotine addiction treatment tech startup Ditch Labs acquires IP assets of French firm Enovap SAS
Acquisition comes nine months after Ditch Labs secured $3.25 million CAD in seed funding.