Canada AI

Canadian AI Fintech

Oct 24, 2019 ● Meagan Simpson MindBridge Partnering with Bank of Canada to Detect Payment Fraud

The financial institution is hoping to develop an AI solution that can spot abnormalities in payment transactions

Canadian AI Policy & Ethics

Oct 18, 2019 ● Krista Davidson AI Research Detects Online Trolls in Canadian Election

CIFAR AI Chair Reihaneh Rabbany and her team at McGill use data mining to detect suspicious online behavior

Canadian AI Funding

Oct 17, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Chata Technologies Raises $4.5 million, Announces Commercialization of New Product

Calgary-based Chata Technologies has developed a cloud-based conversational application that gives users the power of NLP

Canadian AI Education General AI News

Oct 04, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood SFU Gets $17 Million from BC Government to Establish Quantum Research Institute

The Institute will focus on building quantum computing software and algorithms

Canadian AI

Sep 26, 2019 ● Jessica Galang Element AI CEO Says “I’m Not Leaving,” Shares Commercialization Challenges

On the #ElevateAI stage, JF Gagné shared challenges of scaling Element AI and spoke about what's next

Canadian AI Funding

Sep 24, 2019 ● Meagan Simpson ODAIA Raises $1.6 Million to Commercialize its Predictive AI platform

ODAIA's SaaS platform helps companies better understand their customers' user journeys

Canadian AI Retail & Commerce Funding

Sep 24, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Daisy Intelligence Raises $10 Million CAD, Looks to Become “the World’s Largest” AI Company

Daisy will use the funding to expand globally and invest in sales and customer success

Canadian AI Opinion

Sep 23, 2019 ● Canada.ai #AINorth: Your Guide to All Things AI at Elevate

Be sure to follow #AINorth for updates all week long

Canadian AI

Sep 23, 2019 ● Heidi Gammuac Calgary’s StellarAlgo is Bringing its AI Talents to Sports Leagues Across North America

Their customer data platform uses predictive tech to help sports teams gain insight into their fan universe

Canadian AI Policy & Ethics Fintech

Sep 18, 2019 ● Alex Coop Most Canadians Are Worried AI is Advancing Too Quickly, and They Expect Banks to Have Answers, Says Study

The survey of 1,200 Canadians was sponsored by TD Bank in May 2019

Canadian AI Education

Sep 18, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Amii Innovates Announces First Cohort, Looks to Accelerate AI Adoption

Amii Innovates is one of four program areas within Amii

Canadian AI Funding

Sep 18, 2019 ● Sean Silcoff Element AI Closes Financing, Securing $200-million Backed by the Caisse, Quebec and McKinsey

Element AI's latest raise makes for one of the largest venture-capital financing rounds by a Canadian technology company

Canadian AI Funding

Sep 10, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Canadian, Quebec Governments Pledge $15 Million to Create AI Centre in Montréal

Isabelle Kirkwood