3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (417+ words) betakit.com Toronto’s Wittington Ventures has closed its third venture capital (VC) fund, securing $180 million CAD to invest in more climate, commerce, consumer, healthcare, and food technology startups at the Series A and B stages. The news: Wittington Ventures managing…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (108+ words) More than 1,000 homes in a planned community near Winnipeg’s University of Manitoba campus will heat and cool their homes with geothermal energy after the Province announced $4 million in funding yesterday. From the source: “Our hope is to transform the University…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (504+ words) The Government of Canada unveiled its National AI Literacy Initiative Wednesday morning, delivering on a promise outlined in Canada’s broader National Artificial Intelligence Strategy. The initiative was announced by federal AI Minister Evan Solomon at a launch event at Edmonton’s…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (614+ words) Yet another AI researcher has issued a staggering warning: the cutthroat race to build ever-more-powerful AI systems could wipe out humanity. The news: Jacob Coxon announced on Tuesday that he resigned from his role as a researcher at Anthropic because…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (468+ words) Montréal-based startup Onix has raised $5 million USD ($6.9 million CAD) for an app that offers a library of health and wellness advice, provided by AI versions of practitioners chosen by the company. Onix announced on Wednesday that its pre-seed convertible note…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (239+ words) Neo Financial has laid off more than 100 employees. In the statement, Neo said the company has grown rapidly over the years, allowing complexity to creep in and ultimately slow operations down. The company said parting ways with so many employees…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (578+ words) As discussions around making governments more efficient flourish, the City of Toronto is betting on Canadian AI solutions and the problems that technology companies want to solve. But turning that interest into an actual municipal deployment is much harder. That…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (779+ words) Data centre development is ramping up in Canada, with the giant facilities meant to power AI cropping up across the country. While the US has already spent several years building out the infrastructure behind the AI revolution, Canada is just…...