Montréal restaurant reservation startup to continue as standalone brand.

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Build Canada, CCI, and others say group needs tech sector representation.

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Avax One will spend $30-35 million to develop the 10MW natural gas-powered facility.

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Jesse Wiebe’s Canadian Startup Capital Association aims to connect a “fragmented” landscape and shape policy.

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At Queertech breakfast, AI minister says feds will regulate lightly on innovation and tightly where harms emerge.

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Fatima Zaidi shares the red flags she spotted while dealing with an AI-generated applicant.

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CEO says true mission is to make carbon capture economically viable again.

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Vancouver-based company will use funding to move from pilots to permanent deployments.

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CEO of Calgary’s Showpass says monopoly ruling means new opportunities for competitors, venues, and fans.

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Toronto FinTech firm says its new AI agent can take hours of bookkeeping off finance teams’ plates.

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Wittington, Mayo Clinic back startup’s plan to build world’s first virtual biomarker library.

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Waterloo company wins grant funding for nuclear microreactor and water purification projects.

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Liam Gill argues Ontario needs to be a customer for AI, not just a talent factory.

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StackAdapt CEO Vitaly Pecherskiy says AI has changed what customers need from software.

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Cohere senior staff product manager unpacks open-source speech-to-text AI model.

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Plus: Cohere exec pledges AI firm will stay Canadian.

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Several projects include a focus on automating workflows, integrating AI.

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Crwn.ai, Nova, and Skyward Wildfire Technologies have secured follow-on funding.

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Wise’s Lauren Langbridge writes that there’s a simple way to make international payments better.

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David Lee takes the reins as Wattpad parent Webtoon streamlines its operating structure.

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