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Eclipse Automation receives $6M from federal agencies

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Eclipse Automation receives $6M from federal agencies

Cambridge, Ont.-based automated factory firm Eclipse Automation hopes to turn a $6-million federal government investment into a more productive digital future.

Canadian cities rank among top tech talent markets

Eight Canadian cities rank among the top-50 North American technology employment markets, including six in the top 15, in CBRE’s 13th annual Scoring Tech Talent report. Toronto held on to third spot in this year’s rankings, followed by Vancouver.

Canada’s answer to tariffs isn’t counter-tariffs: it’s capital

Canadian venture capital cannot outspend Silicon Valley. American venture firms have the most capital, and they spend it chasing a home run every time at bat. The Canadian opportunity is different. Our opportunity is to become first-conviction investors.

Fintech investment shifts to scale-ready companies

Investment in Canadian fintechs neared US$1 billion in the first half of 2026, as a sharp Q2 rebound and several large transactions highlighted a market where investors focused on companies with scale, specialized AI capabilities and competitive advantage.

Declining international venture capital funding in Canada

Canadian venture capital investment totalled $2.481 billion across 248 financings in the first half of 2026, representing a 12 per cent decline from $3.215 billion and a 19 per cent decrease from 306 financings in H1 2025, according CPE Analytics.

The list tracking Canada’s tech exodus

Llya Sutskever, Garrett Camp, Michelle Zatlyn, Ivan Zhao. All leading names in Silicon Valley, and all Canadian. They are just a few of the people you’ll find on the Dominion List, created by VC Antoine Nivard earlier this year.

A first for COR auditing: AuditSoft launches AI assistant

AuditSoft, the industry leader in digital audit and compliance software, has announced the launch of the AuditSoft AI Assistant, which helps auditors to produce professionally-written findings faster, while staying in full control of the audit.

Entertainment company WildBrain acquires Personality AI

Family entertainment company WildBrain Ltd. has acquired Personality AI, which uses technology to create interactive characters using generative AI. Personality AI is the company behind an interactive Peppa Pig, developed with Hasbro, that allows children to talk with the character.

Business to learn how to manage worker use of AI

AI has spread through Canadian workplaces faster than organizations have learned to manage it. Google’s new ATLAS research found workplace AI adoption across occupations representing 90 per cent of U.S. employment but only 21 per cent of workplace tasks.

AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?

Getting the most value from a model means giving it the keys to your digital life. For the AI-hesitant, it seems like a lot. For the lead engineer for OpenAI’s desktop app, it’s the only way to test the future. 

Porsche inks $1.5B AI deal with India’s Tata Consultancy

Porsche AG partnered with Tata Consultancy Services for deploying AI in a US$1.5-billion deal, while agreeing to sell its consulting unit to Tata. The partnership aims to enable AI across Porsche’s engineering, manufacturing, operations and customer experience functions

Humanoid robots smash records at Beijing robot games

Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt’s 100-metre sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. More than 2,000 humanoid robots participated in the event.

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