Edmonton-based Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) is taking a leading role in building Canada’s AI-ready workforce, backed by a major investment from Google Canada. Google has launched a $13 million AI Opportunity Fund aimed at training more than two million Canadians in artificial intelligence. Amii is one of four organizations selected to scale workforce development […]
Google Funds $5M AI Skills Initiative with Alberta’s Amii
National consortium will equip 125,000 students with AI literacy tools Google Canada is investing $5 million through a Google.org grant to the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) to help close Canada’s AI skills gap and prepare students for the future of work. The funding will support the creation of a national consortium led by Edmonton-based […]
Focused on A.I., Google Selects Edmonton’s PulseMedica for Startup Accelerator
This summer, Google celebrated the fifth anniversary of the Canadian edition of the Google for Startups Accelerator program. And same as every other year, Google put out a call for Canadian tech startups—this round, with a focus on firms leveraging artificial intelligence. “We were blown away by the quality of the applications we received, and […]
Celebrating Five Years of Innovation: Google for Startups Accelerator’s Impact on Calgary Startups
Google for Startups Accelerator is celebrating their fifth anniversary of bringing together some of the best and brightest technology startups across Canada to help them scale, grow and thrive. During this time, the accelerator has worked with more than 100 Canadian startups across different industries from healthcare to energy, and farming to fintech and these […]
Calgary Startup to Join Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders Class of 2023
Women in tech face disproportionate adversity compared to their male counterparts on the road to success that’s why providing high-quality mentorship opportunities and support for women in the tech startup ecosystem is integral. Today, Google announced the 11 North American startups joining the Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders class of 2023 and the cohort […]
Alphabet Layoffs Impact Alberta’s AI Cluster, But Ecosystem Remains Resilient
Alphabet’s recent announcement that it will cut a whopping 12,000 staff sent shockwaves throughout the industry. The move will impact many regions and organizations, including dealing a blow to Alberta’s burgeoning artificial intelligence scene. That is because Google owns DeepMind, the company’s AI research arm, which runs an office in Alberta. As a result of […]
Google Accepting Applications for Latest Startups Accelerator Canada Program
In 2020, Google launched its first Startup Accelerator in Canada. Since then the company supported more than 30 Canadian startups from coast-to-coast. These startups cover a wide range of industries—from healthcare and biotech, agriculture, education, finance, telecommunications, real estate and more—and have gone on to raise more than $140 million collectively. Among the past accelerator […]