The Artificial Intelligence Network of British Columbia launched in 2019 to “unify, organize, and catalyze the AI and Machine Learning communities in British Columbia.” The institution’s founding vision was to make B.C. a worldwide hub for Artificial Intelligence by 2022. Did it happen? If not quite yet, the province is surely close. Given the recent permeation […]
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SCALE AI Invests $50 Million Across 12 Projects Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Supply Chain and More
SCALE AI this week announced a combined $50 million being invested across 12 projects in Canada, including multiple in BC. The investment and innovation hub, which accelerates adoption and integration of artificial intelligence, is designed to contribute to the development of a world-class AI ecosystem right here in Canada. Based in Montreal, the federally and […]
UBC Grad Siavash Alamouti Awarded Prestigious 2022 Marconi Prize
Granted annually by the Marconi Society, the Marconi Prize is often referred to as the Nobel Prize for Communications and recognizes the contributions and impact of innovators in the communications industry. This year Siavash Alamouti has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Marconi Prize in recognition of his contribution to global wireless device accessibility. He joins other technology luminaries […]
Mimik raises $14.3 Million Round that includes ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood
Vancouver’s mimik has raised a $14.3 million Series A funding round led by San Francisco’s Pier 88 Investment Partners and including Cathie Wood, Founder, CIO and CEO of ARK Invest and member of the mimik Board of Directors. Wood is known for making bold predictions. Wood received considerable media attention in February 2018 after she […]
mimik Partners With IBM To Advance Edge Computing
Vancouver’s mimik technology is collaborating with IBM to build AI-enabled collaborative workflow solutions designed to help accelerate automation and digital transformation across manufacturing, retail, IoT and healthcare. mimik’s hybrid edgeCloud platform transforms cloud applications from a fixed client-server architecture – where server functionality is limited to servers in data centers and gateways – to a […]
Vancouver’s Mimik Selected By 5G Open Innovation Lab
The 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab), a startup program funded by T-Mobile, Intel, and NASA, revealed its second cohort of companies last week and Vancouver’s Mimik Technology was selected. Based in Bellevue, WA, the 5G OI Lab is a global ecosystem of developers, startups, enterprises, academia, and government institutions, focused on helping start-ups utilize […]