AI chipmaker Tenstorrent closes nearly $700-million USD Series D …
Dec 2, 2024 · Canadian-founded, United States (US)-based artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company Tenstorrent has secured more than $693 million USD in Series D funding from a slew of big-name investors, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s investment firm and electronics giant Samsung.. The AI chipmaker said it plans to use the funding to build out its open-source AI software stacks, ramp up hiring ...
Workers are embracing AI faster than employers can keep up
Nov 27, 2024 · Unlock the future of work: dive into the State of Skills in AI Report today! Discover the essential skills shaping tomorrow’s workforce. Access the report here and stay ahead in the AI-driven job market.. Images licenced by FSC and provided to BetaKit.
Dentists helping dentists: Clinician-founded OraQ secures $2.6M …
Nov 25, 2024 · Calgary-based healthtech startup OraQ AI has closed $2.6 million CAD in seed funding from dentists and others to commercialize its clinical decision support platform for dental practices.. Led by dentists-turned-tech entrepreneurs, OraQ has developed software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze dental and medical records and help other dentists assess patient risk, with the goal ...
Neo Financial’s $360-million Series D features big names, …
Nov 11, 2024 · Calgary and Winnipeg-based challenger bank Neo Financial has secured $362 million CAD in Series D financing as the FinTech scaleup looks to offer Canadians more competitive alternatives to traditional banks.. The financing, which closed last month, consists of $112 million CAD in equity and $250 million CAD in debt.
Why Hopper might be the next Canadian tech company to play …
Dec 2, 2024 · Shopify calls on feds to “do whatever is necessary” to resolve Canada Post strike before Black Friday . Shopify released an open letter calling on the federal government to “do whatever is necessary,” including binding arbitration or legislation, to get striking Canada Post workers back to work ahead of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend.
Addressing Canada’s speed of financial innovation | BetaKit
Nov 10, 2024 · We have a podcast double feature for you this week, featuring two different conversations from the recent Elevate FinTech stage, which was programmed by BetaKit.. Combined, I think they provide a pulse check on the state of financial innovation in Canada, and where it intersects with competition, government policy, and the nation’s underbanked.
Elevate FinTech speakers tout need for customer-centric …
Oct 7, 2024 · At Elevate’s FinTech stage, programmed by BetaKit as part of the broader tech and innovation festival, FinTech leaders came together to challenge traditional banking, air frustrations with its current limitations, and discuss moving into a …
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Georgian Partners isn’t the only one | BetaKit
Oct 21, 2024 · It was only a matter of time. The Globe and Mail said the quiet part out loud on Friday, with new reporting from Sean Silcoff indicating Georgian Partners—Canada’s largest independent VC firm with $5.6 billion USD in assets under management—wrote down 28 investments in 21 companies across five funds, representing a …
Cohere secures federal backing to build multibillion-dollar …
Dec 6, 2024 · Toronto-based generative artificial intelligence (AI) startup Cohere plans to build a multibillion-dollar AI data centre in Canada with the support of the federal government.. Cohere is partnering with CoreWeave to build this facility, which is expected to come online in 2025.