Building on a 2016 centre in Montreal, Amazon Web Services has launched its second major infrastructure hub in Canada. Based in Calgary, this second AWS centre represents Western Canada. “With the launch of the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, customers and partners across Canada now have additional infrastructure to deploy applications with greater resilience, availability, […]
Sanctuary Bolsters IP War Chest as Startup Grounds AI in Physical World
Since being founded in 2018, Sanctuary AI climbed the field of robotics until its flagship humanoid Phoenix was recognized as one of 2023’s greatest inventions. But the Vancouver-based tech pioneer is not stopping there. Toward its mission of creating human-like intelligence in general purpose robotics, Sanctuary AI announced this week that the BC-born firm has […]
Inverted AI Captures Capital to Power Next-Gen Safety Simulation Tech
A Vancouver-born startup operating in the business of generative artificial intelligence has secured more than US$4 million worth of early-stage financing toward its mission of simulating human behaviour. “Our mission is to build AI agents that behave like humans,” states Inverted AI. “We use proprietary techniques to transfer these models into simulated environments where we […]
Coinsquare Collabs with MeetAmi to Educate Wealth Advisors on Tech
Toronto-born Coinsquare announced this month that has partnered with Vancouver’s MeetAmi Innovations on an educational content development and distribution agreement that they claim will benefit licensed wealth advisors in Canada. MeetAmi and Coinsquare will work together to equip Canada’s financial advisor community with the knowledge and resources that are essential for navigating the swiftly evolving […]
SkiKrumb Partners with Big White Resort as Wearable Gets New Features
North American ski hills get about 80 million visits per year. However, ripping down mountains in winter isn’t the safest activity. Canadian youths experience more than one thousand hospital emergency room visits per year from ski and snowboard-related accidents. SkiKrumb provides a safety net for outdoor enthusiasts braving the wintry hills. The Vancouver startup developed […]
SALUS Closes $8 Million Series A Round to Bolster Safety Software
A software company based in Vancouver has raised a Series A round of capital en route a mission to improve safety for construction and other labour-focused industries. SALUS Technologies announced today the closing of an $8 million round supported by investors based in New York. The Canadian company said in a release that the new […]
Vancouver Tech Ecosystem Holding Strong Through Post-Pandemic Flux
Nearly 300,000 technology jobs have been created in Canada over the past six years, according to a report from CompTIA, with nearly 1.4 million tech workers now in Canada. At an impact north of $110 billion, the tech industry represents more than 5% of Canada’s overall economy. Vancouver boasts Canada’s third largest metropolitan area by […]
Article Rebounds with Launch of Tech Team to Upgrade Online Shopping
In 2022, Vancouver-based Article joined a long list of Canadian tech firms who, pressured by sudden economic shifts, made the difficult decision to downsize. “Today is a very difficult day at Article,” chief executive Aamir Baig wrote in a memo last August, as his company . “This is my fault.” Baig let go of more than […]
CanDry Tech Targets Taste, Nutrition with Food Dehydration Innovation
The business of dehydrating food is not likely to rivet the minds of many. CanDry Technologies understands that, while also recognizing that tastier and more nutritious food in the hands of customers does rivet their taste buds. The BC-based company is pioneering company the dehydration of heat-sensitive products through technology that preserves nutrients, improves food […]
UBC Receives $4M from Alberta to Innovate Carbon Fibre Technology
Alberta is investing $15 million across five Western Canadian organizations in order to help boost regional advancements in carbon fibre production technologies. Alberta Innovates and Emissions Reduction Alberta announced this week the funded projects representing Phase III of the region’s Carbon Fibre Grand Challenge. “Carbon Fibre is a significant opportunity . . . to diversify […]