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A niche white-collar role is becoming the AI industry’s hot new job
Tech companies are sending developers into clients’ offices to build bespoke AI systems, blurring the line between software vendor and consultant -
What happened when a VC firm let AI do almost everything
Ripple Ventures built an AI system that allowed its four-person team to do the work of 100. Rival firms are taking note. -
Carmichael: Was Chicken Little stirring panic, or just taking precautions?
Tiff Macklem’s recent speeches have sky-is-falling vibes, but he’s not panicking—and neither should Canada
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Business
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Banks must share account numbers and product data under draft open banking rules
The proposed rules don’t include a launch date, adding to the evidence that open banking won’t go live in 2026 as promised -
Smaller VCs face $1.6B fundraising gap as capital gets stuck at the top
Five venture funds captured 80 per cent of all fundraising in Canada last year, according to RBCx data, making it harder for emerging managers and the startups they back to raise capital -
Ssense has laid off photo and make-up teams and says AI will do much of their work
Internal documents show the Montreal luxury retailer has been developing AI-generated fashion imagery and encouraging employees to adopt AI tools -
1 in 3 professionals are using unauthorized AI on the job, global survey finds
Many work in fields that handle sensitive information, exposing their employers to data breaches and legal jeopardy -
Wealthsimple will let Canadians place bets on prediction market Kalshi
Wealthsimple Predict will offer access to nearly 4,000 event contracts on the U.S. exchange
National
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It turns out Trump does need something from Canada—aluminum
U.S. smelters are now competing with data centres for electricity, bolstering the Liberal government’s case against tariffs on Canadian aluminum -
What makes a nuclear reactor Canadian? Billions of dollars ride on the answer
Cameco’s Grant Isaac says the U.S.-designed, Canadian-owned Westinghouse reactor should be Canada’s pick over the feds’ favoured Candu -
How a former Russian TV anchor ended up suing Canada’s go-to rocket company
Promoters say Maritime Launch Services promised them shares when the firm was nearly bust. Now the options are worth more than $1 million—and they want the cash. -
Canada gets low returns from events like the World Cup. Ottawa wants to know why
As the World Cup bump falls short of hopes, the feds are seeking better ways to track the economic benefits of huge athletic events -
For this Alberta tech firm, ‘Buy Canadian’ isn’t working as advertised
NATO and the Pentagon use Samdesk’s technology. Canada is shopping for the same thing—but giving domestic companies no advantage.
Tech
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Alberta to free up a huge amount of power to attract Big Tech and its data centres
New rules would provide 1.6 gigawatts to “large-load” users that agree to build their own power sources, stepping up the province’s pursuit of AI data centres -
Canada’s AI hiring boom has reached Bay Street’s top executives
About 81 per cent of surveyed Canadian organizations now have a dedicated chief AI officer, according to IBM research -
Cohere turns to Bell’s AI alliance for more Canadian compute capacity
Neocloud Buzz HPC will operate an expanded data centre in Merritt, B.C., with Hypertec providing the hardware to run Cohere’s models and tools -
Everything you need to know about the debate over stablecoin yields
This is why crypto platforms want to pay you to hold stablecoins—and why banks are worried -
German security tech firm sets up shop at Mila to develop new AI tools
Giesecke+Devrient is setting up a 15-person office in Montreal to work on technology for currency, identity and connectivity
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The Big Read
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How Sheldon McCormick brought Communitech back from the brink
The former Uber executive and startup founder inherited a tech hub struggling to stay relevant. His turnaround effort could offer a model for what startup organizations look like in the age of AI.
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Mining the moon. Selling nuclear reactors. For this Canadian, it’s all part of the plan
In the throes of a pandemic-fuelled midlife crisis, Daniel Sax founded a company to mine the moon. Now he has federal space contracts, and wants to power the Arctic with microreactors. -
Canada’s AI boom is about to collide with a major labour shortage
From data centres to housing, ports and pipelines, there’s a lot to build. The problem is there aren’t enough skilled tradespeople to do the building. -
ApplyBoard faces a reckoning as Canada’s immigration boom turns into a bust
The edtech unicorn turned the foreign-student bubble into a $4-billion Trudeau-era success story, but let workplace norms take a back seat to growth. Now everyone’s feeling the hangover.
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