Québec AI Funding: Canada Invests 98.6 Million Dollars in 23 AI Industry Projects
Canada’s drive to turn artificial-intelligence research into economic value moved decisively forward on 10 July. Speaking at Scale AI’s…
Bridging Canada’s AI Talent Gap—One Paid Student Placement at a Time
Canada’s push to turn world-class artificial intelligence research into commercial advantage gained fresh momentum this week. The Vector…
Can Protexxa’s AI Defender Scale After Its $10 Million Series A?
Canada’s cyber-security sector cheered in June 2024 when Toronto startup Protexxa closed a 10-million-dollar Series A, the largest funding…
Grok 4 lands at No 1 on the benchmark leader board today – what Musk’s record breaking model means for Canada’s AI ambitions
Elon Musk’s xAI released Grok 4 today and independent firm Artificial Analysis immediately ranked it the most capable generative model so far,…
Elon Musk’s X parts company with CEO & “CRO” Linda Yaccarino, Canadian advertisers and lawmakers return to uncertain territory
When Linda Yaccarino accepted the chief executive role in 2023, she also became, in effect, chief reputation officer. Her NBCUniversal…
AI Drones Aid B.C. Wildfire Fight as SkyScout Leads Canada’s New Response Strategy
British Columbia’s most intense wildfire week of 2025 brought a Canadian milestone. As flames tore through the province in late June,…
Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun is Building the Future of Self Driving Trucks from Canada
A Safer, Science Led Vision for Autonomous Vehicles Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of Waabi, captivated audiences at Web Summit Vancouver in…
Nvidia’s CentML Acquisition Sparks Fresh Fears of Canada’s AI Brain Drain
Canada’s standing in artificial intelligence is under renewed scrutiny after reports confirmed Nvidia’s acquisition of Toronto-based CentML.…
Canada Drops Digital Tax Under U.S. Pressure, Handing Big Tech a Multibillion-Dollar Relief
Canada has abruptly shelved its proposed 3% digital services tax just hours before implementation, handing U.S. tech giants such as Google,…
Canada Opens CA $300 Million Fund to Keep AI Compute at Home
Canada is dangling up to CA $5 million per project to help home-grown start-ups pay their spiralling GPU bills. The AI Compute Access Fund,…