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CAAIN appoints Darrell Petras to lead agTech innovation agency

The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup. The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN), a non-profit backed by the federal government,…

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CAINN appoints Darrell Petras to lead agTech innovation agency

The new CEO previously co-founded a livestock-management software startup. The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN), a non-profit backed by the federal government,…

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MaRS, UK innovation agency team up to host eight UK startups for new AI incubator

MaRS, Innovate UK have worked together in the past to launch a manufacturing incubator. With more companies looking to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) and…

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CCI laments lack of detail on SR&ED, innovation agency as feds share economic update

Fall Economic Statement indicates projects are underway, but not at a pace the innovation community likes. The new innovation agency? That review of research…

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Five months in, details on Canada’s new Innovation and Investment Agency remain sparse
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Five months in, details on Canada’s new Innovation and Investment Agency remain sparse

What’s the feds’ plan? Only Dan Breznitz seems to know. Delivering the budget speech in April, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland asserted the Liberal…

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