With new funding, Astrus has secured $3.6 million CAD to date for its AI microchip design offering
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With new funding, Astrus has secured $3.6 million CAD to date for its AI microchip design offering

Astrus wants to cut down the time-consuming analog microchip design process. Toronto-based Astrus, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up the microchip design…

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A|I: The AI Times – Anthropic in talks to raise another $2B, a16z discussed backing Midjourney rival
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A|I: The AI Times – Anthropic in talks to raise another $2B, a16z discussed backing Midjourney rival

Plus: Samsung to manufacture chips from AI chip startup Tenstorrent. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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Tenstorrent and Samsung
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A|I: The AI Times – Canadian AI chip manufacturer closes $100M from global backers

Plus: Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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Canadian startup struggles continue as Silofit closes up shop, Top Hat and Fable cut staff
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Canadian startup struggles continue with more layoffs, shutdowns

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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Tenstorrent and Samsung
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Samsung, Hyundai, Kia back AI chip manufacturer Tenstorrent in $100-million USD round

Tenstorrent receives major backing from strategic investors ahead of planned Series D round next year. Toronto-based Tenstorrent, which builds computers meant to train and…

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outdoor portrait of Tentree and Veritree CEO Derrick Emsley he wears a branded baseball hat and hoodie with out of focus forest in the background
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Tentree founders spin out platform to help businesses keep their tree planting promises

Derrick Emsley and his brothers never set out to build a clothing company. Emsley may be the CEO and co-founder of Tentree, the Vancouver-based…

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A|I: The AI Times – Samsung workers made a major error by using ChatGPT

Plus: Anthropic’s $5B, 4-year plan to take on OpenAI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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Private wireless network startup Expeto closes $12 million Series B supported by Samsung Next, 5G Open Innovation Lab
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Private wireless network startup Expeto closes $12 million Series B supported by Samsung Next, 5G Open Innovation Lab

Expeto enables large enterprises to extend private networks via any type of cellular connectivity. Vancouver-based Expeto has secured $12 million in Series B funding…

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