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Waabi partners with Uber Freight to deploy its autonomous trucking tech |

Waabi’s self-driving solution has already hit the road in Texas as part of 10-year agreement. Toronto-based autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Waabi has teamed up…

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Ideogram launches with $22.3 million CAD for generative AI text-to-image platform like DALL-E

a16z, Canadian AI expert Raquel Urtasun, Github co-founder Tom Preston-Werner invested. Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ideogram, which offers generative text-to-image technology, has launched…

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Volvo backs Waabi to accelerate driverless trucks commercialization

Waabi unveiled its self-driving product in November to gear up for road tests. Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Waabi, which develops solutions for autonomous…

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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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Canadian startup news of the week (11/20/22)

Plus: Nobul, Hopper top Deloitte Canada’s Fast 50. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important…

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Raquel Urstasun’s Waabi gearing up to hit the road

Waabi is unveiling its self-driving technology. Waabi, the Toronto-based autonomous vehicle (AV) startup led by artificial intelligence (AI) luminary Raquel Urtasun, has unveiled the…

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Five Canadian startups crack CB Insights’ 2022 AI 100 list

Four out of the five Canadian companies come from Toronto. Five Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) companies have been named in CB Insights’ sixth annual…

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Venus Williams to headline Elevate, Startupfest shares lineup as both tech events prep for in-person 2022 returns
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Venus Williams to headline Elevate, Startupfest shares lineup as both tech events prep for in-person 2022 returns

Waabi founder among Elevate’s speakers, while Startupfest’s lineup includes Phoenix Fire co-founders, Paper CEO. Toronto-based events and programming organization Elevate and Montréal tech festival…

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