Canadian AI Civic Tech Funding
Aug 02, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Ratio.City Raises $1 Million Seed Round for AI-Powered Urban Analytics Platform

The Toronto-based Proptech startup specializes in using data for urban development

Canadian AI Civic Tech
Aug 01, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Ample Labs, Ada Officially Launch AI Chatbot for Toronto’s Homeless Community

Chalmers was created to instantly connect Toronto’s homeless community with local resources.

Canadian AI Funding
Jul 31, 2019 ● Meagan Simpson Wisely Raises $1.5 Million CAD Seed Round for AI Helping Nonprofits Fundraise

The Toronto-based startup is advancing philanthropic fundraising through the use of AI and machine learning

Canadian AI Mobility
Jul 28, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood Algolux Teams Up With Mila for AI, Computer Vision Research Initiative

This collaboration will concentrate on enhancing the safety of autonomous vehicles and robots

Canadian AI Future of Work
Jul 25, 2019 ● Alana Semuels Tech Companies Say it's Too Hard to Hire High-Skilled Immigrants in the U.S. — So They're Growing in Canada Instead

Many believe Canada’s immigration policies have made it far easier to hire skilled foreign workers here compared to the United States

Canadian AI
Jul 17, 2019 ● Derrick Penner Japanese Tech Giant Fujitsu Picks Vancouver for Global Artificial Intelligence HQ

Fujitsu was drawn to Vancouver for close access to the lucrative North American market and to be close to its investment in quantum-computing firm 1QBit

Canadian AI Healthtech
Jul 16, 2019 ● Katie Willis Alberta Researchers Use AI to Detect Depression in Voices

The researchers built on past studies suggesting the timbre of our voice contains information about our mood

Retail & Commerce Funding
Jul 16, 2019 ● Isabelle Kirkwood AI and Robotics Enterprise Startup C2RO Raises $2.25 Million Series A

The funds will be used to accelerate the commercialization of C2RO’s enterprise-grade cloud AI services