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Canadian life sciences is at a “generational moment,” but experts disagree on its future
At MaRS Impact Health, leaders debate what government should do to grow the sector.
Global payroll platform Borderless AI now lets employees get paid in crypto
Toronto startup says the tool aims to cut the hassle and cost of moving money after payroll lands.
Cohere to acquire Germany’s Aleph Alpha in sovereign AI play
Combined company will bear Cohere name with Aidan Gomez leading as CEO.
Biossil exits stealth with $70 million USD to give failed medicines a second chance
Toronto-based biotech startup counts OpenAI, Founders Fund, and Staircase Ventures as backers.
The man who helped build five generations of wireless retires from Ericsson’s Ottawa lab
Marcos Cavaletti helped guide the company into the 5G era. After 40 years, he’s finally logging off.
Canada’s new US economic advisory committee draws backlash from tech leaders
Build Canada, CCI, and others say group needs tech sector representation.
Canada’s AI regulation will be “airtight” on bias, racism, and hate, Solomon says
At QueerTech breakfast, AI minister says feds will regulate lightly on innovation and tightly where harms emerge.
Float launches agentic AI solution for corporate credit cards
Toronto FinTech firm says its new AI agent can take hours of bookkeeping off finance teams’ plates.
Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation takes one small step to support life on the Moon
Waterloo company wins grant funding for nuclear microreactor and water purification projects.
Ontario can’t lead in AI if it won’t buy Ontario innovation
Liam Gill argues Ontario needs to be a customer for AI, not just a talent factory.
How StackAdapt quietly built an adtech giant
StackAdapt CEO Vitaly Pecherskiy says AI has changed what customers need from software.
Q&A: Behind the scenes of Cohere’s new AI transcription model
Cohere senior staff product manager unpacks open-source speech-to-text AI model.
Turbopuffer doesn’t want to be Canada’s fastest-growing tech company
Plus: Cohere exec pledges AI firm will stay Canadian.
Wattpad swaps presidents as Aron Levitz departs to build something new
David Lee takes the reins as Wattpad parent Webtoon streamlines its operating structure.