PasswordBox, Intel alums build enterprise low-code tool for natural language models
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PasswordBox, Intel alums build enterprise low-code tool for natural language models

Montréal startup’s backers include Panache, Inovia, and Real Ventures. Led by a team with a decade of experience building artificial intelligence (AI) and deep…

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High performance computing platform Agnostiq closes $6.1 million seed extension round

The startup received $2 million USD in seed funding in 2021. Toronto-based Agnostiq closed a $8.22 million CAD ($6.1 million USD) seed extension funding…

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A|I: The AI Times – Google bets on Anthropic, Ada makes more layoffs

Plus: The fight against AI art. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
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A|I: The AI Times – Tenstorrent swaps CEOs, DeepMind exits Edmonton

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…

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Canadian startup news of the week (1/29/23)

Plus: Another Shopify C-suite exec departs. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn

Renowned chip designer Jim Keller has become CEO of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company Tenstorrent. Keller, who first joined Tenstorrent as president and…

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Attabotics secures $95 million CAD from EDC, Ontario Teachers’ to scale its warehouse robots
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A|I: The AI Times – With a new robot and fresh funding, Attabotics CEO says “the hard part’s done.”

Plus: Raquel Urtasun’s Waabi gears up to hit the road. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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VMware launches new AI centre in Montréal
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A|I: The AI Times – Ontario’s new IP czar, Montréal’s new AI hub

Plus: Shinydocs, Encircle, Proto receive cumulative $7.5 million from FedDev Ontario. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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A|I: The AI Times – Darth Vader belongs to AI now

Plus: Google Ventures shelves its algorithm. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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Mila, Intel expand partnership to use AI for addressing climate change, digital biology

Intel initially teamed up with Mila last April to accelerate drug discovery. Montréal-based artificial intelligence (AI) research institute Mila is expanding its partnership with…

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