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…
Canadian Minister Evan Solomon announced a $1 million grant to the Manitoba Construction Sector Council and $9 million in interest-free loans to five Manitoba companies for AI projects, including $5 m…
Federal AI Minister Evan Solomon explains why the Canadian government views AI as a foundational technology and emphasizes the need for sovereign digital alternatives, urging Canadians to adopt AI to …
ElevenLabs opened its first Canadian office in Toronto and appointed Max Lemmens as General Manager for Canada, aiming to double its 13-person Canadian workforce by the end of 2026. The voice-AI compa…
Scotiabank, Sun Life, Telus, and Lightworks have formed a consortium to build enterprise-level AI infrastructure in Canada, aiming to strengthen the country's competitive position in artificial intell…
Alberta is open-sourcing its AI playbook for government by releasing a series of white papers detailing how it used Claude and Gemini to upgrade government systems.…
Katalyze AI, co-founded by a former Sanofi leader and WFHomie co-founder, raised $10.5 million USD to deploy teams of AI agents that accelerate pharmaceutical drug development operations.…
Anthropic's AI model Fable is once again accessible to Canadian users after the US lifted a ban that was imposed due to a jailbreak exploit. The company noted that the same vulnerability affected othe…
On June 12, 2026, a US export-control directive forced Anthropic to disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models for non-US-national users globally, including foreign employees, until the restriction wa…
Canada's AI Minister Evan Solomon said Ottawa may take a lead role in investment rounds for Canadian AI companies, citing a lack of lead investors. The federal government has established a $500 millio…
Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon announced on The BetaKit Podcast that the federal government is considering leading investment rounds in artificial intelligence companies, signaling a shift from sup…