Legacy Keeper, a Victoria, BC-founded platform, launched to streamline estate planning using AI agents, aiming to reduce workload for financial advisors.…
Toronto startup Kintra is deploying an AI-powered biometrics platform that tracks hormones and other biomarkers via saliva to support UFC fighter Aiemann Zahabi ahead of his June 14 bout at the White …
Canadian startup leaders are bracing for further price increases on AI models, prompting them to explore alternative solutions. The rising costs are forcing companies to reconsider their reliance on e…
Prime Minister Mark Carney launched Canada's AI for All strategy on June 4, directing more than $200 million CAD to the country's three national AI institutes and the Canadian AI Safety Institute. The…
Canadian AI company Cohere has denied any commercial relationship with Palantir Technologies, stating in an emailed statement that "Palantir is not a customer or partner." The denial follows social-me…
The Council of Ontario Universities released an AI Task Force report on May 29, 2026, calling for federal investments in sovereign AI research infrastructure and talent, provincial support for made-in…
The Government of Canada plans to name and fund national "technology champions," directing significant resources to selected firms. Arteria AI CEO Shelby Austin warned against this approach during Tor…
Toronto-based CentML was acquired by Nvidia last year in a deal that could exceed $400 million USD, but co-founder Gennady Pekhimenko said the company struggled to find Canadian customers before the a…
Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of Waabi and a University of Toronto professor, told a BetaKit town hall on May 25 that the world is entering a "physical AI" revolution and urged Canada to "go all in"…
Canada's AI minister Evan Solomon said he is more concerned with fostering domestic unicorns like Cohere than with monopoly risks, asking how he can create 20 more such companies. Solomon made the rem…
Databricks co-founder Reynold Xin and Ada CEO Mike Murchison told a University of Toronto convocation event that Gen Z backlash against artificial intelligence stems from legitimate fears about job di…
Toronto-based Cohere builds enterprise-grade language models designed for private deployment inside customer infrastructure, focusing on regulated data in sectors like financial services and energy. C…