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Accelerators don't necessarily lead to scaleup success: VC
As Alberta Innovates explores new ways to help businesses grow after the end of its accelerator program, one venture capitalist said such accelerators do not influence his firm's investments, anyway.
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AI ethicist advises contemplation amid push for data centres
As Alberta rushes to attract $100 billion in data centre investment, one ethicist wants us all — even people outside the artificial intelligence industry — to stop and think about what that means.
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Alberta's life sciences sector is surging as industry event nears
As the Sept. 22 kick-off to Life Sciences Week approaches, sources from the event's presenter said Alberta is charging ahead in the sector faster than other parts of the world.
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Baby Ghosts Alberta creates new accelerator to give marginalized developers a leg up
Leaders at Interactive Arts Alberta and the Walkthrough Collaborative Centre are launching an accelerator that offers $25,000 for video game studios called Baby Ghosts Alberta, hoping to share the lessons they learned while participating in the Baby Ghosts peer accelerator in Toronto.
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How two transit movements take similar routes to highlight positivity in place of negativity
Just as transit enthusiasts are using memes to spread love for Edmonton's bus and LRT routes as well as combat negativity, a unique research project has returned to the city to ask transit riders what might be different if wellbeing was designed into the system.
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Rapid Fire uses AI for Fringe show but also warns audience about bots taking jobs
Rapid Fire Theatre is using artificial intelligence for comedic effect in a show called Plays by Bots, which runs from Aug. 16 to 24 as part of the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival.
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AMTA wants to add pressure to Alberta's push to use hydrogen to decarbonize trucking
The Alberta Motor Transport Association is working to bring back a 700-bar hydrogen refuelling station to Alberta as part of its ongoing push to decarbonize the province's trucking industry, for which it serves as a member organization.
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Zylotex partners up on quest to make hemp a viable industry in Alberta
After searching for a mill to produce hemp pulp fibre but finding none willing in Alberta, Zylotex, which makes natural fibres from provincially grown hemp, is working with Plantae Technologies Inc. to pulp the hemp itself.
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Edmonton-made app makes it easier for citizen scientists to count birds
Edmonton-based Punchcard Systems has developed NatureCounts, an app that makes counting birds easier for citizen scientists and helps enhance conservation data collection in the process.
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