Cohere sees “huge” inbound after the US blocks Anthropic’s latest models
Canadian LLM developer sells itself as sovereign alternative to US AI providers.
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Fellow surpasses 5,000 customers after rebooting for the AI era
Enterprise meeting assistant hopes to achieve $100 million in revenue by 2028.
Tailscale updates Aperture to help businesses manage fast-changing AI tools
Toronto startup adds new features aimed at shadow AI, corporate data access, and agent controls.
With update to Canada’s privacy laws, feds are building a “super-regulator”
Bill C-36 would hand private-sector privacy authority to Canadian Digital Safety Commission.
Former employee sues BDC Capital for wrongful dismissal
Claim alleges “hostile work environment” and concerns over D-Wave sale.
OpenText commits to creating 400 jobs in Ireland amid Carney’s state visit
Kitchener-Waterloo company doubles investment in Ireland as Canada makes AI agreements with the country.
Feds and City of Toronto to establish new sports tech hub at TMU
Toronto accelerator program is expected to support as many as 60 sports tech startups.
1Password acquires Apono to become the “control plane” for businesses using agentic AI
Toronto firm says deal aids transition from securing credentials to governing access.
Databiomes sets sights on moderating toxic gaming chats with first AI model
Startup launches on-device chat, voice moderation on Epic Games’ marketplace.
Maneva raises $27-million USD Series A to expand AI vision in manufacturing
Capital will be used to scale into North America, expand into Asian markets.
Can a saliva test make UFC athletes better fighters? This Canadian startup is betting on it
Ahead of White House fight, Kintra is using AI-powered biomarkers to help fighters eke out an edge.
Ballooning AI costs have Canadian startups weighing alternatives
Canadian startup leaders brace for more price increases to the models they rely on.
Sentinel R&D at centre of Russian accusations that Canada is a “warmonger”
Comments follow recent deal between Hamilton-based drone company and Ukraine’s Airlogix.
Elon Musk’s X continues to violate Canadian privacy law with Grok deepfakes, watchdog finds
Privacy commissioner calls for stronger powers to force xAI to comply with recommendations.
Koho becomes Canada’s latest unicorn following $130-million Series E round
FinTech firm passes 2.5 million users as it navigates “final stages” of acquiring banking licence.