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Madison McLauchlan (she/her) reports on tech and innovation for BetaKit from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. You can reach her (in French or English) at madison.mclauchlan@betakit.com or on Signal at madisonmcla.12.

FinTech

Hopper’s tech will power RBC’s travel reward program

Mar 30

Montréal company lands deal shortly after shakeup in Capital One partnership.

AI

Mila teams up with Mozilla to build open-source AI tools

Mar 26

Firefox maker investing initial $1 million into partnership with Montréal AI institute.

Markets

Opendoor hiring in Canada as it looks to make Toronto a “major hub”

Mar 26

Up to 100 people could join Toronto team, but company has no immediate plans to enter Canadian market.

Deep Tech

Montréal computer scientist Gilles Brassard wins Turing Award for quantum discoveries

Mar 18

Université de Montréal professor honoured alongside US physicist Charles H. Bennett.

Reports

The compound impact of AI on the labour market

Mar 9

Plus: Wealthsimple’s new first, Dominion Dynamics’ new wingman.

AI

Spellbook looks to scoop up legal AI competitors with $40-million USD in debt financing

Mar 4

Legaltech startup on track to hit $100-million USD ARR off faster-than-expected growth.

Funding

NationGraph raises $18 million USD to bring AI to the black box of government contracting

Mar 3

Canadian co-founded startup is building AI intel platform for teams selling to governments.

Events

Montréal AI conference ALL IN to expand with events in Vancouver, Toronto

Mar 3

Scale AI-run event series hits Vancouver on April 15 and Toronto on May 28.

a group of five people is meeting in a board room with the logo of the Well Health company on the wall
Reports

CCI wants governments to buy more Canadian healthtech

Mar 2

Tech advocacy group urges overhaul of procurement and data management to support domestic companies.

Funding

Québec government invests $36 million to sustain Mila’s AI research

Feb 27

Funding comes through Québec’s five-year innovation strategy.

Defence Tech

Bubble Technology Industries awarded contract to detect space radiation for astronauts

Feb 26

Ontario defence and aerospace firm to receive $5.5 million from Canadian Space Agency.

Funding

How Stay22 went from pandemic freefall to one of Montréal tech’s biggest growth stories

Feb 26

After losing 90 percent of its revenue in 2020, travel tech startup secures $122-million USD investment.

Funding

Private equity firm Novacap closes seventh and largest tech fund

Feb 25

The nearly $3.8-billion USD fund continues “disciplined” tech buyout strategy.

Events

Can Canada find digital sovereignty in the Fediverse?

Feb 25

At FediMTL, advocates say growing the social web is vital to combating Big Tech.

FinTech

Loop aims to make screen-scraping obsolete for business accounts

Feb 24

Toronto FinTech targets enterprise accounts as it waits for open banking.

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