Canadian scientist Gilles Brassard wins Turing Award for quantum breakthroughs

https://thelogic.co/news/canadian-scientist-gilles-brassard-wins-turing-award-for-quantum-breakthroughs/

The Université de Montréal professor pioneered quantum communication with collaborator Charles Bennett

Cohere to develop AI models to run on Nvidia’s chips in sovereign settings

https://thelogic.co/briefing/cohere-to-develop-ai-models-to-run-on-nvidias-chips-in-sovereign-settings/

Quantum computing firm Photonic names veteran video game executive as new CEO

https://thelogic.co/briefing/quantum-computing-firm-photonic-names-veteran-video-game-executive-as-new-ceo/

Bell goes even bigger on AI with a huge Saskatchewan data centre

https://thelogic.co/news/bell-saskatchewan-data-centre/

The firm will spend $1.7 billion to build the new facility near Regina, which it is leasing to neoclouds Cerebras and CoreWeave

Xanadu wants to bring large-scale quantum computer manufacturing to Canada

https://thelogic.co/news/xanadu-quantum-computing-manufacturing-toronto/

The firm wants to fill a data centre with cutting-edge chips and complicated hardware to help make quantum computing useful

Gumloop raises US$50M Series B for AI agent-building tools

https://thelogic.co/briefing/gumloop-raises-us50m-series-b-for-ai-agent-building-tools/

Xanadu in talks for $390M in public funding for manufacturing buildout

https://thelogic.co/briefing/xanadu-in-talks-for-390m-in-public-funding-for-manufacturing-buildout/

Georgian leads US$400M Series D for vibe coder Replit

https://thelogic.co/briefing/georgian-leads-us400m-series-d-for-vibe-coder-replit/

Canada needs data centres and its own cloud for AI sovereignty, report says

https://thelogic.co/briefing/canada-needs-data-centres-and-its-own-cloud-for-ai-sovereignty-report-says/

Bell and Coveo sign deal to sell AI tools to Canadian governments

https://thelogic.co/news/bell-coveo-artificial-intelligence-governments-canada/

The companies are looking to ride a wave of investment in AI infrastructure in Canada—and a push by all levels of government to back domestic firms