Research hub’s AI Safety Studio looks to limit chatbot outputs that feed users’ delusions.

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Milestone follows recent seed investment from Staircase Ventures and Hyperplane VC.

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Ocean Supercluster-backed program is looking for eight ambitious, blue-economy startups.

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The Helcim Payment Extension will let businesses integrate payments into any software.

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The inside dish on how a global food delivery platform was built, tested, and scaled out of Toronto.

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An excerpt from 'Do More in Four: Why It’s Time for a Shorter Workweek.'

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Toronto startup hopes Series A round will propel it beyond its 60,000 patients.

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Power Corp.'s FinTech investment arm makes first formal foray into secondary investments.

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This year’s list includes returnees like Cyclic Materials, Mangrove Lithium, and Pani Energy.

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TKMS is courting a Canadian procurement order to build the next generation of Canadian submarines.

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Kitchener firm claims deal with Dutch data collector will put its tech at more than 300,000 global intersections.

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Sovereign tech policies must consider who’s in charge, not where tech is located.

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Vancouver startup aims to help firms provide SMB loans without building infrastructure.

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Sequence’s modular crypto infrastructure will support payments platform powering Stripe and Polymarket.

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Innovation Saskatchewan’s investment will go toward industry-led research and development.

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Pilot program in Carbonear, NL, follows similar cohorts in Toronto and Halifax.

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Code Ninjas Kanata is training kids from five to 14 on how to trust and code around AI.

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As peers and chatbot makers target AI shopping, Shopify aims to provide “the pickaxes” and product data.

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Startup’s new platform, CLōD, tackles two of the biggest barriers to enterprise AI adoption.

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Josh Nilson built a virtual world where gamers learn Michif through play and community.

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