Kitchener-Waterloo-based OpenText said it will create 400 new jobs in Ireland as Prime Minister Mark Carney advanced relations with the country in a state visit last week. The news: Information management software provider OpenText announced on Friday that it will invest 105 million euros ($170 million CAD) into its Irish operations, creating 400 new jobs…
As Toronto hosts World Cup soccer, the Government of Canada and City of Toronto have revealed up to $900,000 in funding to create a new, local sports technology accelerator that will deliver annual programming to as many as 60 soccer and other sports tech startups. The news: The federal government revealed today that, through FedDev…
Montréal-based Nuvei is set to acquire fellow payments processor Payoneer for $2.75 billion USD ($3.8 billion CAD) as part of a global expansion effort. The news: After Reuters reported talks between the two companies last week, Nuvei and Payoneer made the acquisition agreement official on Monday morning. Nuvei will acquire shares of the Nasdaq-listed company…
Toronto’s 1Password announced its acquisition of fellow cybersecurity technology company Apono this morning to expand its product capabilities. 1Password sells software that helps individuals and companies securely store and access the passwords they need to use apps and websites. It says New York-based Apono will enable it to help other businesses secure and govern access…
Since 2024, Databiomes has been working to build AI models capable of running locally on consumer devices, without the need for GPUs or cloud inference. “There was a challenge there and an opportunity that just wasn’t being solved.” The Toronto startup launched its first one today: Ctrlvox, a customizable offering designed to moderate toxic voice…
Financial pain isn’t happening just at the gas pump; the war in Iran and the coinciding closure of the Strait of Hormuz have also sent fertilizer prices skyrocketing. In a world where every nutrient in the soil matters, Fredericton-based AgTech startup Picketa has raised $2.1 million to help farmers become more efficient at tending their…
The US government’s decision to suspend all access to Anthropic’s latest Mythos and Fable models for foreign nationals, including those employed by the AI company, has sent shockwaves through tech. The news: On Friday evening, Anthropic posted a statement to its website revealing it had received an export control order from the US government citing…
A new AI estate-planning platform is looking to stake a claim in what founder Alex Mason calls a gap in the Canadian market. The news: Victoria, BC-based Legacy Keeper, an AI-powered platform for financial advisors and families to organize estate planning documents, officially launched today. Its AI agent can process and compile wills, trusts, and…
Ask a dozen Albertans why western separatism is having such a moment right now, and you’ll get back a smattering of answers; everything from western alienation to anger over equalization payments and oil and gas development to a grudge match between some Albertans and the country’s Laurentian elites. But what if there’s another reason that…
Episode Description: A high-risk breast cancer diagnosis used to mean one thing: chemotherapy. A large UK trial just found that 68 percent of those patients could skip it safely, based on a genomic test that already exists and is already in use. Arielle and Karissa also get into the pigeon liver finding that stumped scientists…
