BetaKit8 hours ago
University of Alberta partners with Silicon Valley VC firm to help commercialize research (opens in a new tab)
Celesta Capital will bring entrepreneurship training to students, researchers, and faculty this fall.
BetaKit8 hours ago
Families of Wes Hall, Patsy Anderson make $3-million donation to SickKids’ AI initiative (opens in a new tab)
SickKids AI program looks to deploy “responsible AI” across clinical care, research, education, and operations.
BetaKit9 hours ago
Repeat tech entrepreneur Ryan St. Germaine joins Raven as partner (opens in a new tab)
St. Germaine comes aboard as Vancouver-based Raven gears up to raise another fund.
The Globe and Mail11 hours ago
Shopify chief technology officer Mikhail Parakhin leaves after two years (opens in a new tab)
He oversaw the company’s engineering and data organizations, and efforts to adopt AI tools
The Globe and Mail1 day ago
AI stocks bounce back after bruising selloff last week (opens in a new tab)
CoreWeave jumps 3.4% after Goldman Sachs upgrades it to ‘buy’
The Globe and Mail2 days ago
Nvidia challenger Tenstorrent raises $1.5-billion, valuing Toronto-founded company at $6.2-billion (opens in a new tab)
AI semiconductor maker reportedly rebuffed buyout attempts by Intel and Qualcomm earlier this year
Financial Post5 days ago
Canadian businesses need to adopt AI more widely, but risks remain, Bank of Canada governor says (opens in a new tab)
Data from a recent Bank of Canada survey showed that AI adoption and use by business remains at an early stage
Financial Post6 days ago
Here's how Canada's data centre boom could hurt — or help — your wallet (opens in a new tab)
What the investments into AI data centres mean for Canadians’ jobs, wallets and well-being
Global News7 days ago
Rogue AI models could self-replicate in your smart ovens or TVs: Anthropic (opens in a new tab)
The report adds to broader concerns about the security risks tied to increasingly capable AI systems, including their potential to automate cyberattacks.
Global NewsOctober 13, 2026
AI hacking will be more common if changes aren’t made, scientists warn (opens in a new tab)
Dozens of Canadian academics are among an international group of scientists calling for better containment measures for AI models.
Global NewsOctober 13, 2026
Character.AI files for bankruptcy, will sell some assets to Disney for $20M (opens in a new tab)
Chatbot platform Character.AI said on Monday it has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and has agreed to sell some assets for US$20 million to Walt Disney.
Financial PostOctober 12, 2026
Canadian startup Q-Block liberates quantum lab gear by shrinking it to shoebox size (opens in a new tab)
Canada needs 'quantum wins' that don’t rely on winning a spending contest against the largest economies, Edmonton company says