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AI Screening Systems Must Prioritize Throughput and Accuracy for Large-Scale Venues
AI Screening Systems Must Prioritize Throughput and Accuracy for Large-Scale Venues
AI InfrastructureAI Security ScreeningJul 18, 20262 min

AI Screening Systems Must Prioritize Throughput and Accuracy for Large-Scale Venues

The selection of Xtract One Technologies’ AI-powered SmartGateway screening system for the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) underscores a critical shift in venue security: safety must now be measured by seaml...

GroundedAI Raises $2 Million to Use 3D Scanning and AI for Underground Infrastructure Risks
GroundedAI Raises $2 Million to Use 3D Scanning and AI for Underground Infrastructure Risks
Underground InfrastructureJul 18, 20262 min

GroundedAI Raises $2 Million to Use 3D Scanning and AI for Underground Infrastructure Risks

Canada faces a massive, multi-sector infrastructure build cycle requiring hundreds of billions in investment across transit, energy, and mining. GroundedAI, a Vancouver startup, is positioning its platform to...

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LōD Technologies Pilots Grid-Responsive AI Workloads with Dominion Energy
LōD Technologies Pilots Grid-Responsive AI Workloads with Dominion Energy
AI InfrastructureAI Grid IntegrationJul 18, 20262 min

LōD Technologies Pilots Grid-Responsive AI Workloads with Dominion Energy

LōD Technologies has been selected to pilot its flexible AI inference technology with Dominion Energy. The utility, one of North America's largest energy providers, is testing the system within its territory i...

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Indigenous Developers Build Locally Deployed AI Platforms to Protect Data Sovereignty
Indigenous Developers Build Locally Deployed AI Platforms to Protect Data Sovereignty
AI InfrastructureData Sovereignty AIJul 17, 20262 min

Indigenous Developers Build Locally Deployed AI Platforms to Protect Data Sovereignty

At the recent Indigenous AI Gathering, researchers demonstrated new platforms designed specifically to embed data sovereignty into generative AI tools. These developments address the core tension between AI’s...

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Cohere Model Routing Strategy Challenges the Token-Cost Argument
Cohere Model Routing Strategy Challenges the Token-Cost Argument
Enterprise AI AgentsJul 16, 20261 min

Cohere Model Routing Strategy Challenges the Token-Cost Argument

Cohere is shifting the narrative around enterprise AI costs by moving away from a token-centric billing model toward a value-based routing strategy. This approach directly addresses the growing complexity of a...

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Why Oak Lab's Experiential RL Approach Matters for AI Infrastructure
Why Oak Lab's Experiential RL Approach Matters for AI Infrastructure
AI InfrastructureJul 15, 20262 min

Why Oak Lab's Experiential RL Approach Matters for AI Infrastructure

Richard Sutton, a Turing Award winner and widely recognized as the godfather of reinforcement learning (RL), is launching Oak Lab to address one of AI's most pressing bottlenecks: the unsustainable energy and...

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Why Richard Sutton’s Oak Lab Could Reduce AI Compute Costs
Why Richard Sutton’s Oak Lab Could Reduce AI Compute Costs
AI InfrastructureJul 15, 20262 min

Why Richard Sutton’s Oak Lab Could Reduce AI Compute Costs

Richard Sutton, a Turing Award-winning pioneer who literally wrote the textbook on reinforcement learning (RL), is launching Oak Lab to challenge the current deep learning paradigm. Instead of relying on massi...

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Solving.AI's $1.1M Pre-Seed for AI Platform Reducing Software Adoption
Solving.AI's $1.1M Pre-Seed for AI Platform Reducing Software Adoption
Enterprise AIJul 15, 20262 min

Solving.AI's $1.1M Pre-Seed for AI Platform Reducing Software Adoption

Montréal-based Solving.AI has secured $1.1 million CAD in pre-seed funding to launch ShowMe, an LLM-powered software guidance tool designed to bridge the gap between complex enterprise software and employee pr...

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How AI-Enabled Monitoring Reshapes Salmon Conservation for Lax Kw’alaams First Nation
How AI-Enabled Monitoring Reshapes Salmon Conservation for Lax Kw’alaams First Nation
Conservation AIJul 15, 20261 min

How AI-Enabled Monitoring Reshapes Salmon Conservation for Lax Kw’alaams First Nation

Lax Kw’alaams First Nation is deploying an AI-enabled monitoring system to automate the labor-intensive process of salmon counting and sorting at the Orde Point Fish Trap. By replacing manual, high-frequency p...

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Why Bell's 13-MW TRU Data Centre Build Matters for Canadian Sovereignty
Why Bell's 13-MW TRU Data Centre Build Matters for Canadian Sovereignty
Sovereign AI InfrastructureJul 14, 20262 min

Why Bell's 13-MW TRU Data Centre Build Matters for Canadian Sovereignty

The construction of two 13-megawatt data centres at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) represents a tangible shift from theoretical AI policy to physical infrastructure. For Canadian institutions, this means the...

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