CTRL Labs acquires North’s patents for Myo armband technology
New York-based CTRL Labs, which is working on a device that can translate electrical muscle impulses into digital signals,…
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Six neurotech startups take home $50,000 from ONtrepreneurs Program
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) has announced the the early-stage neurotech entrepreneurs taking home $50,000 as part of…
Today in FedDev funding: VentureLAB ($5M), Waterloo EDC ($3M)
Today, the federal government announced two financial contributions to accelerators and startups across Ontario through FedDev…
Google to double the size of its Kitchener-Waterloo engineering office
Google is reportedly gearing up to more than double the size of its engineering office in Kitchener-Waterloo. The Waterloo…
UWaterloo, Microsoft partner to use AI for socially-driven projects
Microsoft has partnered with the University of Waterloo’s Artificial Intelligence Institute, Waterloo.ai, to provide funding,…
#TrueNorth19 speakers argue the future of privacy is the cloud
At day one of True North 2019, held by Communitech in Kitchener-Waterloo, MedStack CEO Balaji Gopalan and Ann Cavoukian, a…
Leaders Prize offers $1 million for an AI solution to fake news at #TrueNorth19
This afternoon at the True North tech conference in Kitchener-Waterloo, Communitech, in partnership with the Schulich Foundation…
National Research Council launches AI, cybersecurity, IoT hub in Waterloo
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has launched the Collaboration on Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things,…
Intellijoint Surgical to lead new medtech innovation hub in Waterloo
Intellijoint Surgical, a Kitchener-Waterloo-based medical device company, has announced the creation of the Medical Innovation…
Government picks American-based Honeywell to test quantum encryption in space
The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has signed a $30 million deal with American multinational Honeywell for the design and implementation…
Vidyard expands offering to bring personalized video to sales teams
Vidyard, which helps marketing and sales teams leverage analytics from video, has announced major updates to its free video…
As SEC files suit, Kik’s Ted Livingston argues loss would be “disastrous” for crypto
The United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially charged Kik over its 2017 initial coin offering…
Waterloo-based North’s Focals AR smart glasses now feature Slack integration
It seems Waterloo-based North is adding new features to its Focals smart glasses rather quickly. The latest new functionality…
Kin launches $5 million USD crypto defence fund to fight the SEC
The Kin Foundation has launched a “Defend Crypto” defence fund to take on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…
ApplyBoard raises $55 million CAD Series B for international student recruitment platform
ApplyBoard, a Kitchener-Waterloo-based AI-enabled recruitment platform helping international students apply to post-secondary…