Geoff and Sam Teehan, a father-son duo, aim to transform their AI side project—a viral colour memory game created through vibe-coding—into a sustainable gaming company.…
Government-associated AI policy leaders met at the British High Commission in Ottawa to discuss forming a coalition of "middle powers" to create AI safety guardrails distinct from the United States an…
BrokerPlus, a new AI-powered mortgage brokerage backed by Michael Hyatt, launched to disrupt the traditional mortgage industry by empowering brokers with artificial intelligence tools.…
Anthropic restricted access to its frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, then removed them entirely, prompting Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst to warn against building on technology from a single countr…
Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst argues that the recent ban of Anthropic's AI model in certain jurisdictions validates Cohere's push for sovereign AI, emphasizing the need for countries to control their …
Shopify shareholders voted down a proposal from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) that would have required the company to respect human rights and align with international…
Canadian LLM developer Cohere reports a surge in inbound interest after the US blocked Anthropic's latest models, positioning itself as a sovereign alternative to US AI providers.…
Fellow, an enterprise meeting assistant, has surpassed 5,000 customers after rebooting for the AI era. The company aims to achieve $100 million in revenue by 2028.…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup features unprecedented technology integration, including motion-sensor balls, computer-vision player tracking, AI analysis for coaches and referees, cooling vests, upgraded tel…
Canada-based startup Legacy Keeper launched on June 15, 2026 as an AI-powered estate-planning platform for financial advisors and families. The platform processes wills, trusts, and insurance document…
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…