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…
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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…
Biopharma giant Sanofi to grow Toronto presence with expanded AI centre | BetaKit
French company says $294-million investment will create 50 new jobs. Sanofi announced on Monday that it is investing $294…
Plum acquired by US-based Phenom to reduce bad hires in the age of AI
Phenom expands into Canada with its third acquisition this year. Kitchener-Waterloo’s Plum has been acquired by Philadelphia-based Phenom, another…
Canada's Newcomer Children Have an Academic Integration Gap. A Community-Owned Ontario Startup Just Partnered With Three School Boards to Close It – The Manila Times
Canada’s Newcomer Children Have an Academic Integration Gap. A Community-Owned Ontario Startup Just Partnered With Three School Boards to Close…
In AI, it’s US vs. the world
Plus: This Canadian company almost hired an AI candidate. Canada strengthened economic ties with new global partners this week…
Cohere to acquire Germany’s Aleph Alpha in sovereign AI play | BetaKit
Combined company will bear Cohere name with Aidan Gomez leading as CEO. Toronto-based AI scaleup Cohere announced Friday morning…
Biossil exits stealth with $70 million USD to give failed medicines a second chance | BetaKit
Toronto-based biotech startup counts OpenAI, Founders Fund, and Staircase Ventures as backers. Toronto-based biotech startup Biossil has exited stealth…
Turbopuffer doesn’t want to be Canada’s fastest-growing tech company
Plus: Cohere exec pledges AI firm will stay Canadian. Former Shopify engineer Simon Hørup Eskildsen really hopes he isn’t…