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Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders. Canadian-led, United States-based Extropic has closed $14.1 million in seed funding to build “physics-based…
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI has a new team to fight ‘superintelligent’ AI
Plus: Experts and VCs disagree on the actual perils of AI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Spotify CEO’s Neko Health gets some big-name backers
Plus: There’s a $10M bounty to integrate AI into food production. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Dye & Durham accuses startup rival of ripping off its software
Plus: Vantage Circle and Eventcombo are moving HQs to Calgary. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…
F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance unravelling, Kraken founder investigated by FBI
Plus: Mastercard’s new AI tool helps British banks tackle scams. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from…
Restructuring is here for Canadian startups as VC funding dries up
Plus: Two global SaaS firms relocate HQs to Calgary. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…
AI risks: overblown, existential threat, or something else? VCs and tech experts disagree
Conversations about the promises and perils of AI took centre stage in Toronto at the tech conference Collision. Leading venture capitalists (VCs) and top…
A|I: The AI Times – Can Québec’s Quantum Innovation Zone fill Canada’s D-Wave-sized hole?
Plus: AWS investing $100 million in generative AI center. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…
Cognosys raises $2-million seed round to create AI personal assistants
Vancouver startup attracts prominent investors, including Google Ventures, Cohere Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cognosys has secured $2 million CAD in a seed round. Sangeen…
Cohere among first investments from Salesforce’s new $250 million AI fund
Toronto-based startup Cohere is among the first four companies to receive funding from Salesforce Ventures’ newly-launched $250 million fund as part of a broader…