Toronto-based quantum computing firm Xanadu is all set to become the first Canadian technology company to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) since 2021. The approval sets Xanadu in motion to list on both the TSX and Nasdaq under the ticker symbol $XNDU on March 27. Xanadu struck a deal to go public by…
Canada’s flagship advanced manufacturing conference, N3 Summit, is taking place in Toronto on March 31 and April 1st at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event will gather manufacturers, technology leaders, policymakers, and investors to explore where Canadian manufacturing is headed and how to compete globally. “The industry needs to not just believe, but see…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Right now, somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico, a hummingbird that weighs less than a nickel is crossing open water alone. No flock, no rest stops, no backup plan. Just a bird the size of your thumb, running on fat reserves it spent weeks building before it left. And…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most ocean cleanup efforts work on the same assumption: the problem floats. Skim the surface, collect the plastic, done. The trouble is that most marine litter doesn’t float. It sinks to the seabed, where it sits undisturbed and largely out of reach of the methods designed to catch it….
The 2026 Thrive Top 50 AgTech Companies list has recognized five Canadian companies as some of the “most innovative scaleups” in the sector. Calgary’s Brilliant Harvest and Cellar Insights also cracked Thrive’s 10-company “rising star” list. Thrive, the AgTech investment and accelerator platform of California-based investment firm Silicon Valley Global (SVG) Ventures, dropped the list…
“We’re in a moment in Canada.” That’s the message Evan Solomon took away from his recent appearance at Platform Calgary on Wednesday, where he took to the stage for a conversation on the future of AI in Canada. “We have to make sure everyone benefits from this technology, not just a bunch of tech bros.”…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM “Just stop overthinking” is advice that tells you nothing useful about how to actually follow it. The mind that automatically converts “they haven’t texted back” into “they must be furious with me” isn’t doing so out of weakness. It’s doing its job, badly but earnestly. What makes overthinking so…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A new clinical trial from Johns Hopkins University produced results that surprised even the researchers behind it. Participants who took a single dose of psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, had more than six times greater odds of being cigarette-free at the six-month mark compared to those using nicotine…
Three Alberta research projects leveraging genomics are receiving federal support as part of the Government of Canada’s $20-million, nationwide investment into genomics research. Genomics is part of “an economy projected to be worth trillions of dollars in the coming decades.” Karim Bardeesy, parliamentary secretary to the minister of industry, Melanie Joly, announced the investment on…
As more businesses and employees let AI agents loose on their work, 1Password has released a new product to keep those agents reined in. The Toronto-based cybersecurity software company launched its Unified Access Platform on Tuesday to help companies securely deploy AI agents, allowing autonomous work without sacrificing company control over authentication credentials. While traditional…
