An Indigenous AI framework | BetaKit
Plus: Richard Sutton’s new lab has lofty goals. At Mila’s Indigenous AI Gathering this week in Montréal, AI minister…
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Chinese AI model takes U.S. tech industry by surprise with abilities rivaling Claude and ChatGPT
Open this photo in gallery: People stand near Moonshot’s booth during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, China, on…
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,…
AI4Eyes sets its sights on faster dry eye diagnoses in Montréal clinics | BetaKit
Healthtech startup will start testing new tech as part of Quebec-backed medtech initiative. Some Québec clinics might soon use…
AI-for-health care startup Signal 1 takes off as it borrows page from Shopify and Slack
Open this photo in gallery: Signal 1 AI co-founders Mara Lederman, left, and Tomi Poutanen in the company’s office in…
Canadian surgical AI startup wins VivaTech pitch contest | BetaKit
Reveal Life Science uses molecular vision to detect cancers during surgery. A Canadian medtech startup, built on another Canadian…
Autonomique says backflipping robots are not the point | BetaKit
Montréal- and Menlo Park-based startup deploying physical AI at Ontario F&P plant. There’s a lot of froth in the…
OpenAI sued by mother of Montréal woman who died by suicide | BetaKit
Complaint comes as Canada introduces bill that would hold chatbot providers liable for harms. The mother of a Montréal…
Nesto secures nearly $1.5-billion valuation in new Series E round | BetaKit
Montréal-based digital mortgage lender wants to speed up approvals using AI. Montréal-based online mortgage lender Nesto has secured a…
Montréal research hospital opens new healthtech innovation hub
IMPACT Centre to help startups test and scale medical tech in real-life settings. A top research hospital in Montréal…
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…
Trane and BrainBox AI open Montréal lab to cut energy waste in buildings | BetaKit
Companies say emissions cut from AI systems will offset enviornmental cost of running AI. Montréal startup BrainBox AI and…
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…
AI investment firm DevCap closes $5 million as it eyes public listing
10 startups in, the poker players-turned-VC behind the firm unpack its progress and plans. Montréal-based Developer Capital (DevCap) has…
Motorola acquires Canadian startup Hyper, known for AI tech that handles non-emergency 911 calls
Open this photo in gallery: Hyper co-founders Ben Sanders (left) and Damian McCabe at the Halton Regional Police Service headquarters…
Google for Startups Accelerator reveals 14 “AI-driven” Canadian cohort | BetaKit
Class of 2026 marks the first time 10-week program has hosted a startup from Sudbury. The Google for Startups…
JetScaleAI secures $5.4 million to keep cloud costs and climate impact down | BetaKit
Former Dataperformers leaders aim to help companies optimize their cloud infrastructure. As computing costs and climate impact soar amid…
Haply Robotics raises $16 million to build the “steering wheels” for physical AI | BetaKit
How the Montréal startup plans to own the touch layer of robotics. How do robots touch and feel? As…