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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..
Montreal to host two upcoming artificial intelligence conferences at Palais des congrès
After all the recent announcements of major tech players opening artificial intelligence (AI) labs in Montreal, it should come as no surpr..
Artificial Intelligence in Consumer Electronics panel seeks insight from industry experts
There’s recently been an increasing focus on artificial intelligence (AI) powered consumer electronics, as evidenced by Aerial’s $2.25 mil..
Microsoft researchers at Maluuba use AI to master Ms. Pac-Man
Microsoft announced yesterday that researchers at Maluuba, the Montreal-based deep learning startup acquired by Microsoft earlier this yea..
Humble beginnings keep Microsoft-acquired Maluuba on the straight and narrow
There are no Ping-Pong tables or beer kegs at Maluuba’s Peel street office. There’s no receptionist to enthusiastically tell you to wait. ..
McGill Innovation launches AI For Social Good Summer Lab for women
McGill Innovation is launching a one month Summer Lab in collaboration with McGill Reasoning and Learning Lab that will teach technical co..
Propulse Analytics uses deep learning for retailers, gets $1.8 million
Montreal’s Propulse Analytics is a new startup that arms retailers with deep learning technology to improve product recommendations for sh..
Big corporations team up to create $ 5 million fund for AI startups
The funding for artificial intelligence (AI) startups just keeps coming. After Microsoft pledged an additional $7 million towards AI resea..