Machine Learning
TagDeeplite AI optimization software gets $7.5 million
Montreal’s Deeplite is raising $7.5 million ($6 million USD) in funding to support its AI optimization software platform.
The round was..
GradeSlam adds ex-Google machine learning expert
GradeSlam today announced it has added ex-Google machine learning engineer and “education leader” Luis Serrano to its advisory board.
Ser..
Recap: the International Forum of the Americas’ Discussion on AI
Thursday, June 14th, concluded the 4-day International Forum of the Americas in Montreal, self-described as “committed to heightening know..
University student apps OOHLALA Mobile and Dublabs merge companies
The pair of leading university/college mobile platforms for student engagement are charging forward together.
OOHLALA Mobile says there..
Humble beginnings keep Microsoft-acquired Maluuba on the straight and narrow
There are no Ping-Pong tables or beer kegs at Maluuba’s Peel street office. There’s no receptionist to enthusiastically tell you to wait. ..
McGill Innovation launches AI For Social Good Summer Lab for women
McGill Innovation is launching a one month Summer Lab in collaboration with McGill Reasoning and Learning Lab that will teach technical co..
‘We’re 100% Montreal now,’ mldb.ai CEO on acquisition
In October Montreal startup Datacratic announced it had been acquired by iPerceptions, a move that continued a trend of convergence in mar..
Google pours $4.5 million into Yoshua Bengio, MILA
MONTREAL — Artificial intelligence, once relegated to the realm of science fiction, is now found in everything from translation services t..
Yoshua Bengio and friends launch ‘AI startup factory’
Longtime Montreal artificial intelligence thinkers Jean-François Gagné, Nicolas Chapados and Yoshua Bengio are founding a new incubation-s..
Motorleaf’s ‘Nest for next-gen agriculture’ signs 500 Startups as lead investor
Montreal’s Motorleaf has signed 500 Startups Canada as its lead investor in a round that could go as high as $1.1 million.
The startup’..
Will braindrain be the continued fate of Montreal’s Machine Learning community?
Montreal’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning community arguably started out as leaders in their trade, but community exper..
Call centre gamification startup nGUVU raises $3 million
nGUVU, a developer of gamification and machine learning software for contact centres, has raised $3 million in funding from Brightspark Ve..
Waterloo’s Maluuba and Yoshua Bengio open deep learning lab
Waterloo-based Machine Learning startup Maluuba has officially opened its new Montreal office devoted to deep learning R&D research, and t..