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Upper Bound hails talent acquisition, looks to commercialization
At the fifth annual Upper Bound conference, the Alberta Machine Learning Institute celebrated the completion of a $30-million recruitment campaign to bring top AI researchers to the University of Alberta.
PrairiesCan announces $6.8M for AI at Upper Bound
Three companies based in Edmonton will get a repayable boost from the federal government to advance AI innovation and commercialization as part of a $6.8-million funding announcement made on the opening day of the Upper Bound conference.
TELUS to beta-test Indigenous-powered AI tool
TELUS will become the first beta tester of wâsikan kisewâtisiwin, a writing tool that uses artificial intelligence to help non-Indigenous people accurately communicate about Indigenous Peoples by correcting unconscious bias or racism in written material.
Edmonton50 list recognizes region's most scalable startups
Ultracoustics Technologies, a University of Alberta-born company that has developed an "optical microphone" that uses light to detect sounds, ranked first on Scale Up Canada's Edmonton50 list of the region's most scalable companies.
Double win for PulseMedica at YEG Startup Community Awards
PulseMedica won twice at the YEG Startup Community Awards, with the company winning the prize for Most Edmonton Startup of the Year, while business operations lead Dom Beaupre was named the Best Supporting Actor of the Year.
Investment in Fairly Staffing lets dental hygienist scale in a new way
A former dental hygienist is scaling her staffing management company after she learned the hard way that things could be better — for her industry and others.
Companies pitch defence applications as government funding swells
With $1.2 million from the Alberta government joining the growing pot of funding for defence, companies are finding ways to tailor their existing work for that industry.
ScaleUP Awards recognize three Edmonton ventures
Three Edmonton companies are among the finalists for ScaleUP Awards, which recognize high-growth ventures in Western Canada.
RoBIM and nuclear project get share of ERA funding
Emissions Reduction Alberta is investing more than $41 million into the province's construction and electricity sectors as part of $91 million allotted for its Industrial Transformation Challenge.