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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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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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Canadian AI: Ottawa's $890M supercomputer bid, a $92M chip exit, and AI that reads cancer cells
And more on $62.7M at Hannover Messe, Mila's founder bootcamp, and AI swarms in Science.
Apr 21
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Canadian AI: Cohere eyes a German merger, and a Toronto 911 AI startup goes stealth-to-exit in under a year.
And more on NVIDIA's first Canadian OEM partner, Shopify's AI Toolkit, four venture rounds and a bit on "AI psychosis."
Apr 14
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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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