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Canadian AI: Defence AI has a moment, and 93% of companies are using AI but only 2% can prove it's working.
And more on $79.5M for AI manufacturing, Shopify's AI in engineering playbook, and five AI building reservists who impressed NATO.
Apr 7
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March 2026
Canadian AI: Cohere's opensource voice model tops the leaderboard, and governments open the chequebook.
And more on a $16M seed extension in Vancouver, multiple defence AI deals and an "AI Scientist."
Mar 31
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Canadian AI: $6.5B for a Calgary cooling company, another Vancouver acquisition and Canada's largest data centre to begin construction.
And more on agentic AI security, sovereign compute, and mushroom-picking robots.
Mar 24
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Canadian AI: Vancouver crushing it this week, $50M from Benchmark and an acquisition.
Gumloop raises $50M. Legora acquires Vancouver based Walter.
Mar 17
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Canadian AI: Signs of vertical AI consolidation, and our love of robots and drones.
Spellbook raises $40M to rollup. AMD bets on UofT.
Mar 10
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Canadian AI: From Painting Robots to "Wise" AI, the Immense Range of Canadian AI
Data centres in small towns, robots blasting paint on ships and "wise" AI.
Mar 3
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February 2026
Canadian AI: Taalas and LawZero raising $100M+ each
And Canadian AI in labs, corn fields and mines.
Feb 24
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Canadian AI: Apple Goes Shopping in Waterloo
And more on Cohere, AI Memory, a new pre-seed round and more.
Feb 16
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