Showing all articles in the Featured category
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Quantum and the data threat: Q & A with Scott Totzke
29 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
CEO of quantum computer cryptography company ISARA, Scott Totzke, sits down with Communitech to talk about the status of quantum computing, the threats posed by it and how their recent series A round will… Read more
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TextNow starts a new chapter in a new building
27 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
TextNow, a company selling low-cost mobile phones and cloud based wireless and data service will be moving into evolv1, Canada's first carbon net positive building. Read more
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Fierce Founders Accelerator gets $264K boost from FedDev Ontario
26 November 2018 | By Anthony Reinhart in: Featured, News, Startups
Communitech's Fierce Founder's Accelerator program has received a pledge of $264,000 dollars from FedDev Ontario to extend the program for women entrepreneurs in 2019. Read more
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Bains hints Global Skills program to get new mandate
23 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Canada's Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains talks about the potential of a renewal on the Global Skills Strategy Program, a fast-track visa process for foreign talent… Read more
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True North launches $1 million AI competition
21 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Communitech, the Schulich Foundation, the Leaders Fund and the University of Waterloo have partnered on a new $1-million award called the Leaders Prize at True North. Read more
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ISARA lands US$10 million in VC funding
19 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
ISARA, a Waterloo-based corporation that specializes in securing data announced a US$10-million Series A financing round led by Shasta Ventures. Read more
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The mission: crafting responsible artificial intelligence
18 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
In a lunchtime symposium at CIGI panelists discussed the need to rein in the biases and excessive autonomous systems driven by powerful AI and the threat that not acting could have on the fabric of human… Read more
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Clearpath's Ryan Gariepy: Killer robots must be stopped
16 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Ryan Gariepy, CTO and co-founder of Clearpath robotics speak on how the government and the UN should develop policies that put a stop to autonomous weapon systems. Read more
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When big companies meet the very small
15 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Escrypt Canada President and General Manager David MacFarlane speaks at Pizza with the Prez about how a 30-person technology firm fits into Bosch, a multinational engineering and electronics company with… Read more
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Garage Capital taps $50 million federal fund for VCs
14 November 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, News
Garage Capital, the only Waterloo Region-based VC firm applies to VICCI to help back early-stage companies. Read more