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Element AI Raises $200M Series B
Montreal’s AI darling Element AI today announced it has raised another $200 million, this time as a series B. This, after raising $137 mil..
Toronto’s Elevate takes over Startup Open House
Toronto’s Elevate tech festival is taking over the controls for Montreal’s Startup Open House.
Elevate, which bills itself as “the worl..
New AI@CENTECH accelerator unveils first batch of startups
Five Canadian and international startups have been selected to join the inaugural cohort of the AI@CENTECH program, hosted by Thales.
A..
AI security solution Delve Labs raises funding
Montreal’s Delve Labs, which offers an AI-based security management platform, today announced they have raised new funding.
The round w..
Gaming giant Unity expands Montreal office with new AI lab
Unity Technologies, the Danish-born, San Francisco-based multibillion dollar gaming engine, is expanding its Montreal office. The company ..
Dawson College pumps $1 million into new AI program
Dawson College will invest $1 million into a new artificial intelligence-focused (AI) program to help prepare students for the city’s red ..
WMNinTECH: From Academia to Google: Narjès Boufaden of Keatext on Building a Text Analytics Startup
For Narjès Boufaden, creating Keatext, her cloud-based AI-powered text analytics platform, was relatively easy.
But everything else, incl..
A year in review: the top Montreal tech stories of 2018
Several fascinating developments happened in Montreal’s tech community over the course of 2018.
For starters, we continued a nice, grow..
Silicon Valley’s Good AI Capital to open office in Montréal
Good AI Capital is calling itself the first Silicon Valley-based venture capital fund to open a new office in Montreal.
The fund’s offi..
Microsoft Research Montreal moving to former pizza factory
Microsoft Research Montreal will relocate its state-of-the-art lab and office to a new facility in Mile-Ex being developed by Canderel and..
“The best place in North America to eat, and the best place in North America for AI”
Last Tuesday, McGill University hosted the second annual Montreal AI Symposium, which aims to gather “experts and professionals interested..
Recap: the International Forum of the Americas’ Discussion on AI
Thursday, June 14th, concluded the 4-day International Forum of the Americas in Montreal, self-described as “committed to heightening know..
WMNinTECH: on BDC’s “Women In Tech: Finding Opportunity on the Challenging Path to Success”
On Wednesday, May 23, BDC, BDO and MontrealNewTech hosted an event at Salon 1861 called “Women In Tech: Finding Opportunity on the Challen..
AI update: RBC and BMO invest $4 million into Montreal’s CDL, Borealis AI opens lab with McGill professor as advisor
The Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) in Montreal is about to welcome its first ever cohort of 28 companies on December 15th, made up of enti..
Acquisio acquired by Web.com to leverage AI technology
A software provider that helps small businesses acquire customers online has itself been acquired.
Brossard-based Acquisio Inc. has bee..