Two Canadian startups team up to build Lucy, the FinTech chatbot
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Lucy is the name of the fossil, Australopithecus afarensis, cousin of the…
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Montreal and Toronto mayors hope trade mission to Israel will result in more investment, collaboration in Canada
Between November 12 to 19, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre and Toronto mayor John Tory will travel to Israel to convince Israeli…
Notman House gets spooky to support local nonprofits
Barbie and Ken, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and a host of demons, ghouls, and other interesting characters came together…
Hexoskin signs contract with Canadian Space Agency to monitor astronaut’s health in space
Wearable technology is quickly becoming more integrated into daily life. Fitness trackers and smartwatches are just the beginning…
Today in AI: Machine learning heavyweights launch AI startup factory, D-Wave co-founder reveals stealth AI company
Two big machine learning stories popped off this morning. Here are the latest developments sure to continue setting up Canada…
Lazaridis Institute announces 10 companies accepted into its Scale-Up program’s first-ever cohort
After doing a national tour with the goal of recruiting startups to join its Scale-Up program, the Lazaridis Institute has…
Impak Finance says it’s launching Canada’s first socially-responsible bank
Pour lire cet article en français, cliquez ici. Consumers are becoming more and more engaged. They want to buy local, from…
New Frank + Oak 50/50 Founders’ Fund promises funding equality to entrepreneurs
Today, Frank + Oak announced the launch of its 50/50 Founders’ Fund as part of its effort to support early stage entrepreneurs,…
Montreal-based Dialogue the latest startup to enter burgeoning employee healthcare space
With the launch of its integrated healthcare platform, Dialogue is the latest Canadian startup looking to tackle the employee…
Two TandemLaunch startups explain why more companies are embracing AI
Consumer products built with what we loosely term artificial intelligence are growing exponentially. As computing and processing…
Montreal’s AquaHacking competition encourages tech to tackle world’s water problems by working with cities
Water is the most precious resource we have. Here in Canada, we might like to think that we have a limitless supply, but the…
Two Canadian startups land a spot at Google Demo Day Women’s Edition
Two Canadian startups have landed a spot at Google’s Demo Day Women’s Edition: Waterloo-based P&P Optica, a startup…
Startupfest launching ResolveTO in Toronto to encourage enterprises and startups to build solutions together
Since 2011, Startupfest has been attracting over 2,000 founders, investors, and analysts to Montreal to learn from tech leaders…
Smart city accelerator InnoCité MTL announces its third cohort
InnoCité MTL, a Montreal-based accelerator focused on building solutions to create smart cities, has announced the four startups…
Queer Tech MTL wants to encourage startups to hire from the LGBT community
It’s no secret that the technology industry needs to work on building—and retaining—a more diverse workforce. While awareness…