Bia Health raises $2.15 million for AI to reduce unnecessary medical interventions | BetaKit
A Québec healthtech startup thinks its AI assistant can help healthcare providers make better (and less costly) decisions about…
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Blair Health secures $4.2 million to make specialized women’s care more accessible | BetaKit
Toronto startup aims to power “specialist-level care without the specialist wait.” Toronto-based technology startup Blair Health has set its…
Altis Labs raises $25 million USD Series A to expand AI for cancer trials | BetaKit
New funding will help build out a platform designed to detect treatment effects sooner. Altis Labs has new funding…
Orbits secures $2 million USD to manage home logistics with AI | BetaKit
A16z Speedrun, N49P, Garage back Orbits’ consumer launch of AI household assistant. A new Canadian technology company with links…
Portage closes fourth FinTech VC fund at $600 million USD | BetaKit
Portage is the FinTech investment arm of Power Corporation-owned Sagard. As the national focus turns to catalyzing investment capital…
NorBot closes $1 million to establish a commercial robotics integrator
Aspiring Vancouver-based commercial robotics integrator NorBot Technology has secured $1 million CAD in pre-seed funding. The news: NorBot aims…
Mundo announces $24 million USD to help tackle AI’s “next frontier” | BetaKit
US investors back startup’s plan to provide the data and tools for understanding sensory information. Vancouver-based Mundo AI has…
Fisent Technologies raises $4.3 million USD to help enterprises automate AI use | BetaKit
Toronto startup’s revenue grew more than 200 percent last year amid economy-wide rush to adopt AI. Toronto’s Fisent Technologies…
SAAS NORTH AI, Dominion Dynamics launch new dual-use defence summit | BetaKit
Deploy is a founder-focused summit in Ottawa for companies expanding into defence. Canadian conference SAAS NORTH AI is partnering…
Superwhisper partners with Cohere for all-Canadian voice-to-text AI | BetaKit
Cohere is partnering with fellow AI startup Superwhisper to have its transcription model power the Toronto startup’s voice-to-text dictation..…
Ramp fully launches in Canada alongside new Toronto office | BetaKit
New York-based FinTech enters a market currently held by domestic players like Float and Venn. New York City-based FinTech…
Cohere joins Silicon Valley heavyweights in call for open-source AI | BetaKit
AI’s biggest players sign on to Jensen Huang letter supporting open-weight AI models—except for Anthropic. Canadian AI scaleup Cohere…
Pascal Siakam’s edtech accelerator awards three startups with $50,000 | BetaKit
It was the beloved former Raptor’s second year co-judging the DMZ co-hosted event. NBA champion “Spicy P” was back…
Jane App acquires clinic software startup Ginger Desk | BetaKit
Jane App has scooped up the Vancouver startup Ginger Desk, adding more clinic administration capabilities in its first public…
Kitematic founders nab $65 million USD to help devs run open-source AI locally with Ollama
The open-source AI developer tool has grown to nearly nine million users. Canadian-founded, Palo Alto-based software startup Ollama has…
Solving.AI wants AI to teach you how to use work software (properly) | BetaKit
Montréal startup raises $1.1 million to help fix corporate software adoption rates. A lot of workplace software is complex,…
Mecka AI acquires Docula as it builds the data layer for robotics | BetaKit
Three-person Canadian AI startup joining the majority-Canadian Mecka team. Mecka AI has acquired a Vancouver startup to help it…
Robotics startup Sanctuary AI appoints former MDA exec as CEO
Interim CEO’s departure continues string of leadership changes at Vancouver-based startup. Sanctuary AI has a new CEO and a…