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…
Former Maluuba co-founders launched Skyfall AI to build artificial intelligence that can replace CEOs by using 'world models' to run companies, building on their pioneering work in deep learning in Ca…
Toronto-based startup ChatFeatured has raised $2 million USD to help brands optimize their visibility in responses from chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT. The funding will support the company's platfor…
Tailscale is approaching 40,000 paid business customers, driven by AI tailwinds as the secure networking startup hires new VP Mike Shaver to guide its next phase amid a boom in AI agent recommendation…
The founders of Kitematic raised $65 million USD to develop Ollama, an open-source tool that lets developers run AI models locally. The platform has grown to nearly nine million users.…
Vancouver-based personal training app Flex AI is shutting down after failing to secure an acquisition and exhausting its funding, co-founder and CEO Amin Niri told employees in a March 24 email. The A…
Indigenous technologists gathered at Mila's Indigenous AI Gathering to discuss building data sovereignty into artificial intelligence, aiming to create AI solutions that respect Indigenous data govern…
Montréal startup Solving.AI raised $1.1 million to develop an AI platform that teaches employees how to use corporate software effectively, aiming to improve software adoption rates in businesses.…
The death of Canada's proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act has left tech startups in a legal vacuum, according to Toronto-based employment lawyer Monty Verlint of Littler. Existing human righ…
Dubai-based physical AI startup Ahoy is relocating its R&D hub to Montréal, planning to hire 200 people for research, engineering, and go-to-market roles. The company, which develops AI infrastructure…
Alberta is investing $50 million into the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) over five years, announced by Premier Danielle Smith. The funding, drawn from five provincial ministries, aims t…