Ballooning AI costs have Canadian startups weighing alternatives | BetaKit
Canadian startup leaders brace for more price increases to the models they rely on. As frontier AI model providers…
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Waive Medical targets US expansion after graduating Google for Startups | BetaKit
Healthtech company is the first and only Google for Startups graduate based in Sudbury. Just a few weeks ago,…
Canada’s AI strategy looks to shift government from startup supporter to stakeholder | BetaKit
New $500-million fund will take equity stakes in promising Canadian AI firms. Canada’s new AI strategy makes it clear…
Mecka AI announces $60 million USD to power physical AI
Canadian-led startup aims to build “the data and deployment layer” for robotics. Mecka AI, which aims to train robots…
Ottawa to launch new startup investment fund as part of AI strategy, source says
Open this photo in gallery: The federal government’s artificial intelligence strategy has been highly anticipated by tech companies, researchers and…
AI could democratize access to expert coaching, sports tech entrepreneurs say | BetaKit
Industry leaders see AI as a “complementary piece” of the puzzle alongside actual coaches. Canadian sports tech entrepreneurs say…
Spotlighting Canada’s Most Ambitious | BetaKit
Plus: Feds considering Bill C-22 amendments. What a week! BetaKit pounded the pavement hard over the last seven days…
Why regulatory rigour is becoming a competitive edge in clinical AI | BetaKit
AI promises faster workflows, but healthcare orgs want clear answers on privacy, reliability, and accountability. Silicon Valley taught startups…
Canadian startups face a home-market adoption problem, CentML co-founder says | BetaKit
Before it sold to Nvidia, Toronto AI startup struggled to find local adopters willing to take a risk. While…
Quantum computing for drug discovery still hasn’t had its “ChatGPT moment,” biotech founder says | BetaKit
ProteinQure’s co-founder argues “messy biology experiments” are still the bottleneck. Quantum chemistry has been touted as having the potential…
Raquel Urtasun wants Canada to go “all in” on physical AI | BetaKit
Waabi founder said at BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall that Canada could lead the physical AI revolution. Raquel Urtasun…
Databricks and Ada execs on what’s fuelling the Gen Z AI backlash | BetaKit
Reynold Xin and Mike Murchison say there is space for students to reframe their relationship to AI. Recently, young…
Relay secures $50 million USD to bring more small businesses to its banking platform | BetaKit
Toronto FinTech firm aims to build “financial command centre” for self-made small businesses. Toronto-based FinTech startup Relay announced on…
Cohere acquires second company with German ties in Reliant AI | BetaKit
Acquisition is intended to accelerate entry into the healthcare sector. Toronto-based AI scaleup Cohere has acquired yet another German-rooted…
Kritik is equipping profs for the AI “arms race” coming to classrooms | BetaKit
Ex-Top Hat founder’s edtech startup sells peer-grading and AI software to university professors. When every university student can have…
Inside ventureLAB’s bid to bring AI to Ontario’s critical industries | BetaKit
The Critical Industrial Technologies initiative helps Ontario’s SMEs move from working pilot to working business. When Halal Meals joined…
Nmbr says it’s reshaping payroll competition in Canada. Now it wants to go worldwide | BetaKit
With a presence in every province, Nmbr CEO Simon Bourgeois says it’s time to think internationally. The average person…
Ontario government invests $5 million into life sciences and healthtech startups | BetaKit
Kare Chemical Technologies, Myomar Molecular, Stoked Bio, among the recipients. The Government of Ontario is investing another $5 million…