AI rollup company Beacon closes $225-million USD Series C round
Toronto holding firm fuels up to continue software acquisition spree.
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Cohere signs exploratory AI agreement with Québec government
MOU tasks Toronto AI company with exploring AI use in province’s public service.
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.
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.
Cohere says it is not working with Palantir
Toronto AI company says it has no relationship with US firm, despite reports of a partnership.
Stablecoins will eventually “leapfrog” real-time rail payments, finance leaders say
Panelists at the 2026 Canadian Finance Summit agreed that stablecoins present better value than RTR payments.
Mecka AI announces $60 million USD to power physical AI
Canadian-led startup aims to build “the data and deployment layer” for robotics.
Robinhood officially enters Canada, following WonderFi acquisition
WonderFi’s president and CEO departed following the close of the deal.
Could AI give us more time for creativity? Maybe if you’re an entrepreneur
Re-Work event explored how work will change as AI takes on human tasks.
AI could democratize access to expert coaching, sports tech entrepreneurs say
Industry leaders see AI as a “complementary piece” of the puzzle alongside actual coaches.
Canadian B2B software firms are falling behind in agentic AI: report
Georgian survey shows domestic companies lag international peers in “foundational” AI adoption.