Wealthsimple unveils new family and business products as it broadens banking push
At Wealthsimple Presents, company says it wants to be the platform for your entire financial life.
Prairies
Alberta partners with Amii to establish Health Innovation Lab
Lab will focus on integrating AI into provincial healthcare development.
PrairiesCan reveals $6.8 million in AI support funding at Upper Bound
Edmonton’s largest AI conference celebrates its fifth anniversary this year.
Inside the Calgary medtech company born from one man’s determination to treat his own son
Saving Adam was the first mission. Selling the science is the next.
Vendasta levels up with European deal to roll out MARiO AI
Saksatoon startup working with Italy’s largest internet company.
OpenAI violated Canadian privacy laws, federal and provincial watchdogs say
Privacy commissioners say OpenAI broke the rules by scraping Canadian data to develop and train ChatGPT.
Canada’s plan to ban crypto ATMs worries industry, advocates
Nearly 4,000 cryptocurrency ATMs are located across Canada.
Alison Kaizer says founders must build hiring muscles in the AI era
Golden Ventures partner uses Uniting the Prairies stage to argue hiring shouldn’t be outsourced.
What Canadian founders can learn from Silicon Valley’s speed
At Uniting the Prairies, Chris Neumann argues for learning from the US while building in Canada.
Women’s Equity Lab Manitoba closes Fund 3 at $300,000
Fund reached full subscription in record time, maxing out in roughly a month.
PrairiesCan invests $7.9 million in funding to support Co.Labs, local AI firms
Funding was announced in Saskatoon at the Uniting the Prairies conference.
Montréal’s Deep Sky partners with French energy company ENGIE
Under the partnership, ENGIE will purchase carbon removal credits, collaborate on research and development.
Alberta puts $91 million into Industrial Transformation Challenge
Challenge’s next iteration will focus on projects helping industry invest in the emerging technologies.
How four Edmonton startups are collaborating to fight wildfires
At Edmonton Unlimited panel, local tech leaders talked earning trust in a challenging industry.
Feds invest more than $8 million in defence production in Saskatchewan
Advanced manufacturing, AI drone command, and heavy-vehicle testing all receive support.