4+ hour, 26+ min ago  (384+ words) The Government of Canada today announced $8. 4 million in financial support for several Edmonton-area businesses, several of which will see funding accelerate automation." Edmonton-Centre MP Eleanor Olszewski, who is the minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada (Prairies Can), announced the…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (969+ words) Xanadu wants to be the first tech company in the world to deliver fault-tolerant quantum computing at scale. To reach that lofty goal, it must also do something few Canadian tech companies have successfully managed: navigate the public markets. The…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (477+ words) More than $6 million in federal funding is coming to Alberta to support Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), including millions for maritime defence monitoring technology and $3 million to establish a new commercialization and integration centre at the University of Alberta (U…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (486+ words) San Francisco-based real estate tech firm Opendoor, led by former Shopify executive Kaz Nejatian, plans to grow its team with more Canadian talent, despite no immediate plans to operate in the Canadian market." "Toronto is the single greatest source of…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (316+ words) The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) has announced its latest funding call with a $9-million open competition designed to support agricultural innovation." The federally-backed, not-for-profit dedicated to driving agricultural innovation opened the competition to applicants on March 23, stating…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (461+ words) Calgary's Denvr Dataworks and Ottawa's Dominion Dynamics have announced a partnership to develop a sovereign simulation environment for unmanned drones that fly alongside crewed fighter jets." "We believe Canada can be a world leader in building autonomous systems that operate…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (762+ words) We're in a moment in Canada." That's the message Evan Solomon took away from his recent appearance at Platform Calgary on Wednesday, where he took to the stage for a conversation on the future of AI in Canada. The federal…...

1+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (284+ words) The marquee opening event of Toronto Tech Week returns with a focus on Canadian sovereignty. Hosted at the iconic TIFF Lightbox, Beta Kit Most Ambitious: Town Hall will bring together over 500 leaders from across Canada's tech and innovation ecosystem on…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (448+ words) The Government of Manitoba is launching public consultations on AI that will inform future provincial policy. Mike Moroz, Manitoba's innovation and technology minister, announced the consultations earlier this month, saying feedback from Manitobans was aimed at "confronting the growing risk…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (304+ words) The federal government is injecting $900 million into the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) to jumpstart a drone innovation hub and launch a defence-focused stream under its Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)." Industry minister M'lanie Joly and defence minister David…...