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CanadianAI: AMD buys Taalas, and Alberta pitches data centres as digital refineries
And more on Shopify’s monster quarter, a $2.1B AI hit at TELUS, and a record month for AI-hardware imports.
Aug 11
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CanadianAI: A month of Canadian AI in one issue, an AI takes the CEO seat
And more on Stathera’s US$55M Series B, a Fields Medalist joining OpenAI, and a record Canadian showing at one of the “Big Three” AI research…
Aug 4
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Raif Barbaros
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July 2026
CanadianAI: The State of Canadian AI, H1 2026
The half the money showed up
Jul 28
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Raif Barbaros
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June 2026
CanadianAI:A US$220M contract for sovereign AI, and Qualcomm circles a Toronto company
And more on Clio's training blitz for 25,000 lawyers, crop sensing AI, and prize wining surgical AI.
Jun 23
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Raif Barbaros
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CanadianAI: Two unicorns in a week, and Ottawa finally starts writing the rules
And more on Cohere's new coding model, an AI worm out of U of T, and 1Password buys its way into AI agents.
Jun 16
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Raif Barbaros
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CanadianAI: Calgary, Waterloo, Toronto, Montréal. A cross-country week of AI raises, two Canadian flags at CVPR, and a national strategy…
Also some good data on AI Adoption, and Canadian public's sentiment on AI.
Jun 9
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Canadian AI: Highlights from Toronto Tech Week and a record CANSEC, big raises from Saris and Lastwall, and Sutton on the limits of…
Plus Osler's AI venture data, and more on AI-powered space-propulsion.
Jun 2
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May 2026
Canadian AI: Two more VC funds, $57M from the gov't to AI startups and research, and Cohere had another big week.
PrairiesCan and FedDev fund 18 AI startups, Alberta launches Health Innovation Lab with Amii.
May 26
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Canadian AI: Three new funds in one week, Ian Crosby back at it, Bank of Canada is an AI-believer.
$66M from Ottawa to 44 AI startups, Clio riding the AI wave well, Nutanix doubling down on Canada.
May 19
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Canadian AI: Moment Energy raises US$40M to turn used EV batteries into data centre power, Sanofi commits $294M to its Toronto AI hub, and…
Plus, Canada's privacy commissioners pin OpenAI, a Canadian telco is using AI to mask offshore accents, and Mila has its busiest non-conference week of…
May 12
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Raif Barbaros
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Canadian AI: Two acquisitions in a week, Cohere brands the EY Centre, and Ottawa reveals six AI pillars
And more on $20M for Featherless, former defence minister Sajjan's defence-AI listing path, and UBC's AI chatbot addiction paper.
May 5
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April 2026
Canadian AI: Cohere goes transatlantic, BDC opens a $500M AI loan window, and Manitoba moves on chatbots.
And more on $70M for failed-drug-resurrection AI, Canadian leadership at ICLR, and the AI candidate that almost got hired.
Apr 28
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Raif Barbaros
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