Front Row Ventures
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Front Row Ventures closes over-subscribed $5.5 million CAD pan-Canadian fund

By students, for students firm plans to invest in 50 startups over the next four years. Front Row Ventures, the university student-led fund that…

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AI PanCan Strategy
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CIFAR appoints 8 new AI chairs as Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy enters phase two

CIFAR is responsible for implementing the $443 million federal AI strategy. The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) has named eight new artificial intelligence…

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Protein Industries Canada secures $30 million from Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, launches AI-focused co-investment program

Applications for the new program are open until October 26. Federal innovation cluster Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has received a $30 million commitment from…

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A|I: The AI Times – Pan-Canadian AI strategy, part two
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A|I: The AI Times – Pan-Canadian AI strategy, part two

Plus: Stradigi AI lays off no less than 50 employees. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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Federal government introduces new legislation aimed at governing privacy, AI
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Federal government reveals plans for $443 million second phase of Pan-Canadian AI Strategy

Investments include a collective $60 million for Amii, Mila, Vector Institute. Innovation minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on Wednesday how the federal government plans to…

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