Intelligent City puts scaffolding in place to scale sustainable building solution
Intelligent City has secured $22 million CAD from investors like BDC.
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BlackBerry, L-SPARK unveil third cohort for connected car accelerator
Third cohort sees return of Deeplite, Sensor Cortek.
Stradigi.ai vows to continue despite laying off more than two-thirds of its staff
Musician will.i.am is among the investors in the Québec AI startup.
NEXT Canada partners with engineering firm Hatch for latest Next AI program
NEXT Canada taps Hatch for mentorship in metals, infrastructure, and energy.
A|I: The AI Times – It’s never been more important to address diversity in AI
Plus: Why business is booming for military AI startups.
Ada opens machine learning centre in Israel, hires CPO
Israel’s growing AI market pulls in a Canadian unicorn.
Ecopia AI announces $8 million SDTC partnership to create 3D vector maps of Canadian cities
Project aims to support sustainability-related, net-zero initiatives.
A|I: The AI Times – Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever
Plus: Tesla is cutting about 200 Autopilot jobs.
US court partially rejects Urbx motion to dismiss Attabotics patent lawsuit
Only a portion of Attabotic’s claims are moving forward.
A|I: The AI Times – Pan-Canadian AI strategy, part two
Plus: Stradigi AI lays off no less than 50 employees.
Maxa raises $2.9 million CAD to help businesses automate resource planning
Investor says ERP space is “ripe for change.”
FinTech chatbot startup Finn AI gets acquired by former partner Glia
Finn AI has also worked with Visa, BMO, and ATB Financial.
Mercator AI raises $1 million CAD to fuel North American expansion
Startup uses AI to generate early leads on construction projects for general contractors.
Government of Canada invests $506 million into AI, computer science research
University of Calgary, University of Victoria, Memorial University to secure research funding.
Federal government reveals plans for $443 million second phase of Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
Investments include a collective $60 million for Amii, Mila, Vector Institute.