Innovation for Defence Excellence & Security: $945K for Datametrex AI

Innovation for Defence Excellence & Security: $945K for Datametrex AI

Toronto company Datametrex AI Ltd. has been awarded $945K from the federal government’s Department of National Defence (DND) to continue the company’s development of its social media discovery and monitoring platform. Funding comes from the DND’s Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security (IDEaS), a federal procurement program that supports the development of defence and security…

SCALE.AI Supercluster Awards Up to $2M for Supply Chain Projects

SCALE.AI Supercluster Awards Up to $2M for Supply Chain Projects

As of 2018, SCALE.AI has been one of five business-led superclusters as part of Canada’s Innovative Superclusters Initiative. SCALE.AI (Supply Chains and Logistics Excellence AI), based out of Quebec, specifically focuses on strengthening Canada’s leadership in artificial intelligence, and accelerating industry adoption of enabling technologies through collaborative and incremental projects. In summer of this year,…

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science: What’s the Difference?

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & Data Science: What’s the Difference?

If there’s one thing that unites Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science, it’s Venn diagrams. It’s a sure sign we’ve reached the peak of a technology’s hype cycle when the popular articles about it stop complaining about buzzwords and start complaining about all the articles complaining about buzzwords. That seems to be the case…

Supply Chains and Logistics Excellence AI (SCALE.AI): Open Call for Supercluster Funding

Supply Chains and Logistics Excellence AI (SCALE.AI): Open Call for Supercluster Funding

The government of Canada has been actively working to establish and position Canada as a leader in global innovation. This has been done through initiatives for national businesses and research and post-secondary institutions to recommend strategies for developing superclusters of innovation. A total federal investment of up to $950M has transitioned into five successful business-led…