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Ontario universities’ report says schools must help students use AI properly

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 16:01

Post-secondaries need more money and expertise to deal with AI shift, Council of Ontario Universities says.

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Questrade’s Salim Naran doesn’t understand why more people aren’t using AI for personal finance

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 13:17

At Toronto Tech Week, Naran said uptake of AI tools for financial management is “surprisingly low.”

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Why regulatory rigour is becoming a competitive edge in clinical AI

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 12:21

AI promises faster workflows, but healthcare orgs want clear answers on privacy, reliability, and accountability.

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How Aurmada threads the needle of fashion and defence tech

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 10:41

Toronto startup is developing kevlar base layers and sensor-equipped garments for soldiers and everyday consumers.

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Arteria AI CEO Shelby Austin is wary of Canada naming national tech champions

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 06:30

Austin argues the country needs to “widen our aperture” and let the market pick winners.

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Canadian startups face a home-market adoption problem, CentML co-founder says

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 15:35

Before it sold to Nvidia, Toronto AI startup struggled to find local adopters willing to take a risk.

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Government considering amendments to Bill C-22 amid backlash from tech, civil liberties groups

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 15:06

Feds say legislation will still require companies to retain metadata from users.

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Purpose CEO Som Seif says “self-centred” finance industry is killing competition

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 13:10

Amidst battle with OSC, Seif claims incumbents wield the regulated nature of the financial industry against change.

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Quantum chemistry for drug discovery still hasn’t had its “ChatGPT moment,” biotech founder says

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 11:51

ProteinQure’s co-founder argues “messy biology experiments” are still the bottleneck.

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Wealthsimple to offer early access to IPO trading

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 11:12

Upcoming IPOs for SpaceX and Anthropic are boosting demand.

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Raquel Urtasun wants Canada to go “all in” on physical AI

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 09:55

Waabi founder said at BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall that Canada could lead the physical AI revolution.

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Saris raises $28.8-million USD Series A to automate banks’ back offices

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 09:29

Canadian founders of YC-backed Oohlala Mobile return with new startup.

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Q&A: Erin O’Toole says Canada needs to play catch-up on defence innovation

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 07:00

Erin O’Toole wants Canadian innovators to seize the moment before it’s gone.

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Canada’s quantum Cassandra is finally heard 

Thu, 05/28/2026 - 06:00

Turing Award winner Gilles Brassard has spent decades warning about the threat posed by powerful quantum encryption.

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Investor burn books and FaceTiming Serena Williams: three founder fundraising stories from Homecoming

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:34

CEOs of Float, Neo Financial, and Rebel told Homecoming attendees how they courted investors.

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Award-winning author Ken Liu is not afraid of AI slop

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 16:50

Liu is fine with AI coding, but finds the notion of it writing stories for him “revolting.”

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Jim Balsillie says Canada must put forward economic policy for the 21st century

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 16:37

CCI chair spoke on taking a lesson from US economic policy during BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall.

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Cohere’s Nick Frosst thinks Canadian energy can be “100 percent” renewables

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 13:51

Growing Canada’s domestic capacity was a focus of Homecoming’s sovereignty-themed panel.

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“Not a blip”: AI was Canada’s venture market mover in 2025

Wed, 05/27/2026 - 13:37

Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.

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