What’s wrong with being a good girl, you may ask? On the surface, nothing. Good girls get praised, win approval, and make everyone around them comfortable. But scratch beneath that polished exterior and you’ll find…
by Donna Quesada: Experiencing or realizing Brahman isn’t about believing in an idea — it’s about directly knowing the ultimate reality through the transformation of consciousness. It’s the kind of knowing that can only come from experience. How do we gain those experiences? Through the Yogas. Although the word “Yoga” is often associated with physical…
by: Suvrat Kothari: The automaker claims the next-gen EV batteries will outlast the vehicle itself and get reinstalled in new ones. Writing about solid-state batteries feels like waiting for a train that’s always five minutes away, but it never actually arrives. Automakers have been developing these ‘holy grail’ batteries for years, but we’re yet to see…
Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India The post Our Sacred Planet Mother Earth in all of it’s Amazing Beauty and the Quote of the Day 981 appeared first on Awaken.
“Whole Lotta Love” by Prince from Live At The Aladdin, Las Vegas, 12/15/2002… Awaken Music Awaken Culture Awaken Mind Source: AWAKEN The post Prince – Whole Lotta Love (Live At The Aladdin, Las Vegas, 12/15/2002) appeared first on Awaken.
Toronto-based BenchSci has teamed up with Montréal’s AI research centre Mila to build artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can automatically create new scientific hypotheses and forecast the outcome of drug-related tests before they are conducted. BenchSci and Mila say this work could mark “a major step” on the path to autonomous drug discovery. Together, the…
Toronto-based, Y Combinator-backed Terminal has made its first chief operating officer (COO) hire as the telematics startup prepares to move from startup to scaleup status. Eran Ben-Ari is joining the startup after working since 2021 as chief platform officer, and later COO, at Toronto-based life sciences scaleup BenchSci. Ben-Ari plans to bring his experience leading…
Damien Steel is rejoining the venture capital industry after leaving the top job at Montréal-based carbon capture startup Deep Sky earlier this year. Steel, who was managing partner of Canadian pension giant OMERS Ventures before he joined Deep Sky in 2023, announced in a LinkedIn post that he will join Toronto-based Whitecap Venture Partners in…
Montréal-based Stingray Group is set to acquire fellow music and media technology company TuneIn Holdings for up to $175 million USD ($245 million CAD). “This aligns perfectly with our strategy to meet listeners wherever they are – at home, in the car, or at retail locations.” Stingray expects acquiring the San Francisco-based company to “significantly…
Vancouver-based Vistara Growth has closed its fifth private credit fund at $321 million USD ($450 million CAD), ending a nearly two-year fundraising process and freeing up the firm to focus its efforts exclusively on backing mid- and later-stage tech companies. While Vistara fell shy of its initial, “pretty ambitious” $386-million USD ($540-million CAD) target, the…
