Vancouver’s Charli AI has struck a strategic partnership with FactSet to bring a first-of-its-kind financial analysis solution that consolidates leading financial data with advanced Multidimensional AI. The new partnership provides financial services institutions with an easy-to-use, out-of-the-box, joint product offering that provides an entirely new level of instant access to critical financial information and industry […]
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Don’t Miss These New Ventures BC Competition Events This Week
New Ventures BC is hosting two must-attend events this week. On Wednesday, April 3rd they’re hosting a Competition Info Session where you can learn more about the competition process before entering. Join the virtual info session where organizers will review the different stages of the competition and application process, and answer commonly asked questions. Speakers […]
FORM Launches Next Generation Smart Swim Goggles, Accelerating Augmented Reality Adoption in Endurance Sport
Vancouver wearable tech pioneer FORM has launched the second-generation of its augmented reality swim goggles. Available to purchase now worldwide, the smaller, more comfortable FORM Smart Swim 2 features integrated heart rate monitoring and an innovative digital compass for open water navigation. Building on the award-winning success of the Smart Swim 1, FORM Smart Swim […]
Ballard Announces Largest Order in Company History – 1,000 Engines To Power Solaris Buses Across Europe
Burnaby’s Ballard Power Systems announced today that they will be supplying 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell engines to Solaris Bus & Coach through 2027 for the European transit bus market. Supported by policy tailwinds and regulations to decarbonize public urban transport fleets, the transition to zero emission city buses has accelerated in recent years as the […]
Intel in Canada: 50 Years of Empowering the Digital and AI Revolution
One of Canada’s largest and fastest-growing health networks, Fraser Health Authority in British Columbia, required the digital capacity and mobile accessibility to support a vast remote workforce. Intel Canada supported the organization’s implementation of a new IT platform, powered by Intel Xeon scalable processors, enabling up to 10,000 remote workers to deliver exceptional patient services. […]
Rakovina Therapeutics Advances AI in Cancer Drug Research
Vancouver’s Rakovina Therapeutics is evolving their business model to place the biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of artificial intelligence-driven (AI) precision medicine for cancer drug development research. Dedicated to improving the lives of cancer patients through the development of novel DNA-damage response inhibitor therapeutics, Rakovina has entered into a collaboration agreement with Dr. Artem Cherkasov […]
Wicked Rose Crowdfunds Online to Locally Craft Activewear for Women
The combat sport of boxing was a part of the Olympic Games in 1905, not long after the ancient event was revived at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens in 1896. More than a century would pass, however, before women were allowed to box in the Olympics. It’s part of a broader trend across the martial […]
Arca, Intelligent City Among Winners Of 2024 BC Cleantech Awards
This past winter was Canada’s warmest on record by a wide margin, and the low snowpack in the mountains of British Columbia has authorities warning of potential droughts, increased wildfires, and water shortages this summer. The signs of climate change have never been more clearly on display, and there has never been a better time […]
Sanctuary AI Garners Investment from Accenture for Humanoid Robotics Tech
Global professional services company Accenture has invested in one of Vancouver’s most interesting technology startups. Accenture Ventures this week announced investment into Sanctuary AI, a developer of humanoid general-purpose robots powered by AI that can perform a wide variety of work tasks safely and effectively. Sanctuary AI is the latest company to join Accenture Ventures’ […]
Vancouver Startup Revolutionizing Online Safety in the Fight Against Deepfakes
A chance meeting 18 years ago of two dads dropping off their kids for kindergarten has started a technology journey that may change the face of protection against online harm. Praveen Varshney and Charles Gadalla are partners in a new company called Verifiction, based in Vancouver, offers the first service that will provide the ability to fully address […]