Waterloo-based logistics tech firm makes its 37th acquisition since 2016.

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Inovia-backed startup out of Montréal is using AI to speed up real estate title searches.

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New Small Business Procurement Program will standardize contracts and integrate AI.

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WFHomie co-founder and former Sanofi leader close $10.5 million USD to speed drug development.

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Virtual healthcare that puts women’s control at the forefront is attracting VC dollars.

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Plus: Shopify and Shopline settle copyright suit.

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Ferreol’s alloys built high-performing skis. Scandium wants to use them to make spacecraft one day.

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US federal regulator says Montréal travel app’s previous tech unfairly charged customers.

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London FinTech firm says debt-fuelled acquisition spree, billing error leave its options limited.

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Vancouver-based BTQ will pay just over $30 million CAD for the French quantum firm.

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Anthropic says the jailbreak that prompted the contentious foreign-access ban worked on other AI models, as well.

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Local telecom to use connectivity for communications and emergency response.

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Toronto’s University Health Network debuts new neurosurgical technique to insert Elon Musk-owned medical device.

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Shopify had accused Singapore-based Shopline of copying its e-commerce software.

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As IEEE Quantum Week returns to Toronto, Nvidia’s Sam Stanwyck analyzes quantum computing’s momentum.

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A former police investigator argues that AI security needs to be treated as a distinct discipline.

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Cory Doctorow argues that the best way to reclaim our digital sovereignty is to jailbreak Canada.

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Alex Tapscott on what the Canadian Pacific Railway teaches us about building Canada’s next great national projects.

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Minister Evan Solomon spoke to the government's shift from supporter to stakeholder on The BetaKit Podcast.

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