Four Canadian companies selected to Comcast SportsTech Accelerator

Four Canadian tech startups have been selected to join Comcast NBCUniversal’s 2024 SportsTech Accelerator.  The accelerator…

AI chip race: Groq CEO takes on Nvidia, claims most startups will use speedy LPUs by end of 2024

After a viral moment, Groq CEO Jonathan Ross told me the ‘eye-watering costs’ of inference make…

Ontario companies receiving $17.2 million in federal funding to commercialize quantum solutions

Twelve Ontario quantum tech companies are receiving a combined $17.2 million in repayable funding from the…

Y Combinator and Yoshua Bengio-backed Armilla AI secures $6 million CAD in new funding

Toronto-based Armilla AI has raised $6 million CAD ($4.5 million USD) in seed funding to scale…

Exclusive | Adtech pioneers launch AI startup to empower publishers and brands at ‘crucial moment’

Firsthand emerged from stealth today to build a platform that allows publishers and brands to create…

Maple VC co-leads $4-million USD seed round for Canadian-led Inference.ai

Inference.ai is the one of the latest Canadian-founded startups to secure an investment from Maple VC. …

Staircase Ventures bets on Sibli as VC firm reveals first four investments

Early-stage venture capital (VC) firm Staircase Ventures has made one of its first bets on Montréal-based…

Vector Institute leaders chart AI hub’s progress and the challenges that remain

Last week, Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) hub the Vector Institute celebrated its work over the past…

Professor Esma Aïmeur discusses the double-edged sword of GenAI ahead of the World AI Cannes Festival

The majority of GenAI conversations in the media revolve around corporations, in particular, who are hiring,…

OpenHouse.ai raises $1.5 million for house-planning and marketing tool

Calgary-based proptech startup OpenHouse.ai has raised $1.5 million for its AI-powered house planning and marketing platform…