Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude large language models, has posted job listings for a community engagement manager and a national compute lead, indicating plans to bring 'gigawatts of compu…
Air Transat will deploy StratosX's AI-powered software to reroute planes, crews, and passengers during operational disruptions, aiming to reduce the impact of flight delays and cancellations. The Mont…
Toronto-based AI startup Blueprint has raised $1.4 million CAD in funding, backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), to develop a platform that enables users to turn text prompts into hardware prototypes,…
Toronto-based Kodeon has acquired Montréal mental wellness platform Breethe in its fourth and largest acquisition to date, with the deal closing earlier this month for an eight-figure sum consisting p…
NLPatent rebranded as Clerq on August 18 and launched an agentic AI platform for patent research workflows, introducing rapid invention-disclosure triage and full patentability reports with cited refe…
NLPatent, a Toronto-based AI patent search and drafting platform, has rebranded to Clerq to meet growing demand for patent automation as AI drives patent volume. CEO says the new platform will help cl…
Ontario opened a 30-day consultation on August 13 for a proposed framework that would require new large data centres, generally those above 1 MW, to obtain government approval before connecting to the…
Cory Doctorow, tech journalist and author of 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI,' proposed that Canada repeal its 2012 anti-circumvention law Bill C-11 to allow jailbreaking American techno…
Fisent Technologies, a Toronto-based startup, raised $4.3 million USD to help enterprises automate AI use, as its revenue grew more than 200 percent last year amid the economy-wide rush to adopt AI.…
TetraGen Robotics, a Winnipeg-based autonomous welding robotics company, has raised $1.8 million CAD in an oversubscribed seed round led by Calgary's StepChange Capital, with participation from Vancou…
Intellistake Technologies signed a definitive agreement on August 3, 2026, to acquire Dallas-based NanoAi Technologies for C$17 million in Intellistake common shares, with the deal announced August 4 …
Vancouver-based Intellistake will acquire Dallas-based NanoAi for $17 million in stock, combining its enterprise AI infrastructure with NanoAi's air screening devices. The deal was announced in a Beta…
Canadian cybersecurity firms 1Password and Lastwall say no product could have prevented the OpenAI hack, as agentic threats drive innovation in the sector. The statement was made in a BetaKit article.…
Questrade unveiled an MCP connection and conditional trade automation at a July 29 product showcase in Toronto, allowing customers to connect brokerage accounts to Claude or Claude Code for portfolio …
Alberta's technology minister Nate Glubish told the Velocity Symposium that the province's growing use of AI is forcing government contractors to adapt or risk losing business, citing an example where…
Jonathan Schaeffer, a former founder of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), has launched Kind Local Pro (KLP) through his company Synsira Software, a privacy-first AI model that runs en…
Award-winning Canadian science-fiction author and tech activist Cory Doctorow argues in his new book 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life after AI' that people must be in charge of their technology, n…
Cohere has joined a coalition of Silicon Valley heavyweights, including Jensen Huang, in signing a letter supporting open-weight AI models, though Anthropic did not participate. The call for open-sour…
AI-native Canadian startups are outpacing their international peers in revenue growth and operational efficiency, according to a new report from Amazon Web Services (AWS). The study credits deep techn…
The Government of Canada launched a public consultation survey on AI transparency, announced Thursday by AI Minister Evan Solomon and open until Sept. 23. The survey seeks input from Canadians, busine…