Ottawa introduces bill to ban social media for kids under 16
Draft legislation would create new regulator to govern online safety, including AI chatbot use.
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Clio acquires fellow Canadian legaltech firm Jurisage
Deal gives Clio the legal database it needs to advance its AI roadmap on home turf.
AI rollup company Beacon closes $225-million USD Series C round
Toronto holding firm fuels up to continue software acquisition spree.
Cohere signs exploratory AI agreement with Québec government
MOU tasks Toronto AI company with exploring AI use in province’s public service.
Waive Medical targets US expansion after graduating Google for Startups
Healthtech company is the first and only Google for Startups graduate based in Sudbury.
DataBraid secures $1.9 million USD to solve insurance brokers’ “portal hopping” problem
Brainchild of Koru and Scoop aims to solve the quiet inefficiency eating away at brokers’ margins.
Physical AI and economic nationalism at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall
Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.
Q&A: OpenCode’s founder on how the AI agent went from zero to 8 million users in a year
Jay V talks key growth decisions and agentic AI’s next wave of adoption.
Inside the GTA facility housing one of Canada’s most powerful supercomputers
Trillium helps Canadian researchers with massive jobs like simulating oceans and modelling stars.
Why scaling requires more than speed
IDEA Mississauga’s Step-Up Program helps founders build the strategy and systems for growth.
Clio expands into the US with New York headquarters
Expansion is Vancouver-based company’s first dedicated US office, and tenth globally.
National AI institutes get funding and talent boost from AI strategy
Mila, Amii, Vector Institute, and CAISI receive over $200 million in financial commitments.
Canada’s AI strategy looks to shift government from startup supporter to stakeholder
New $500-million fund will take equity stakes in promising Canadian AI firms.
Cohere says it is not working with Palantir
Toronto AI company says it has no relationship with US firm, despite reports of a partnership.
Scispot closes $8-million USD Series A to become the operating layer for life sciences labs
Singh brothers aim to provide the infrastructure to power self-driving labs.