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New federal directive looks to increase automated decision making in government

Isabelle Kirkwood March 5, 2019

The Canadian government has announced the launch of the Directive on Automated Decision Making, a mandate which aims to guide…

Sera Wong February 19, 2019

Interset, a SaaS company specializing in cybersecurity and security analytics software, has been acquired by UK-based Micro…

Isabelle Kirkwood February 15, 2019

BlackBerry QNX today received a $40 million investment, announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to help develop safe and…

Kevin Sandhu February 14, 2019

Thanks to my friends at BetaKit, for the last three years I’ve had the opportunity to share my thoughts about some amazing…

Meagan Simpson February 12, 2019

Shopify has passed the $1 billion USD annual revenue mark, as announced in its fourth quarter and 2018 year-end financial report…

Isabelle Kirkwood February 12, 2019

The Knowledge Society (TKS), an educational program to create “Olympic level innovators,” announced it is expanding its…

Sera Wong January 31, 2019

An Ottawa-based startup is receiving $615,000 in funding from FedDev Ontario, one of the federal government’s regional development…

Isabelle Kirkwood January 25, 2019

The City of Ottawa is preparing to open a 16-kilometre test track for autonomous vehicle technologies in the former location…

Sera Wong January 24, 2019

Code for Canada has announced it is looking for applicants for its annual fellowship program, expanding for the first time…

Caitlin Hotchkiss January 10, 2019

Serial tech entrepreneur Godard Abel has led a $10 million USD investment in retail tech startupThreeKit, a 3D product configurator…

Caitlin Hotchkiss December 20, 2018

Ottawa’s Carleton University has announced its partnership in the new Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH) consortium.…

George Khalife November 30, 2018

At the SaaS North conference in Ottawa—HQ to Canada’s largest e-commerce company, Shopify— this week, over 1,500 attendees…

Robin Grosset November 30, 2018

Robin Grosset, Chief Technical Officer at MindBridge Ai, spoke about the future of AI at SAAS NORTH in Ottawa earlier this…

Jessica Galang November 28, 2018

Ottawa-based SaaS accelerator L-SPARK has released the results of its annual State of Canadian SaaS report, which leverages…

Jessica Galang November 21, 2018

Shopify has acquired Swedish startup Tictail. Tictail’s marketplace allows users to shop for clothing, home decor, and…