OnGuardAI, a Montréal- and Atlanta-based startup, launched a scam-protection app in the US on Friday to flag fraudulent calls in real time, coinciding with National Financial Awareness Day. The app, d…
Ottawa-based product designer Marcos Rezende launched NearLens, a free iOS app that uses Bluetooth signals to detect nearby camera-equipped smart glasses such as Ray-Ban Meta, addressing privacy conce…
The Ontario government has proposed a Data Centre Playbook that will base data centre approvals on economic development, digital sovereignty, and community benefits, and plans to require data centres …
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…
Anthropic announced on Tuesday that it will add watermarks to text generated by its AI models, such as Claude, in response to European regulations, though the company did not specify how the watermark…
Convictional, a former B2B e-commerce startup, will shut down and return investor money after failing to find enough customers for its AI-era Slack alternative. The company announced the decision, cit…
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…
Transformer Lab, an AI research organization, has launched Primus, a new AI tool designed to automate research, and claims it has produced 30 'Masters to PhD-level' research papers in 30 days.…
AMD has acquired Toronto-based chipmaker Taalas, the latest in a series of Canadian semiconductor startups snapped up by U.S. firms, prompting calls for a national strategy to retain homegrown talent.…
Saskatchewan mining company Max Power is using proprietary AI software called Maxx Lemi to expand and commercialize Canada's first natural hydrogen well at the Lawson Natural Hydrogen Complex, after r…
SAAS NORTH AI, Canada's largest software-as-a-service conference, is partnering with Dominion Dynamics and AI company Anvil to launch DEPLOY, a single-day summit in Ottawa on Nov. 5 for founders and i…
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced a definitive agreement to acquire Toronto-based Taalas, a startup that hardwires AI models onto custom chips, with financial terms undisclosed. Taalas, founded i…
An automated bakery in Montréal was vandalized for the second time in recent months, with the words 'action anti tech' spray-painted on the business, reflecting growing anti-technology sentiment in Ca…
Shopify beat revenue expectations in its second-quarter earnings, with revenue growing 34 percent year-over-year to $3.58 billion USD ($5 billion CAD), and net income reaching $1.5 billion USD. The e-…
University of Toronto associate professor Sanja Fidler is leaving her role as Nvidia's VP of AI research after eight years at the company, as announced in a LinkedIn post on Friday. Fidler, who joined…
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…
At Startupfest 2026 in Montréal, The BetaKit Podcast live panel discussed why startups fail and how AI can help or hinder success. Panelists included Johnathan Nightingale and Melissa Nightingale of R…
Mode40 and CME partner to launch AeroTrace, a Prairies-wide AI initiative for aerospace, aviation, and defence, designed to demonstrate the value of AI-enabled systems in industrial manufacturing.…
Canadian FinTech firms are facing intensified competition as international giants like Robinhood, Ramp, and Revolut enter the Canadian market, prompting domestic players such as Wealthsimple and Quest…