Artificial intelligence – as normal as electricity
Carolina Bessega, chief scientific officer for Montreal’s Stradigi AI, was recently quoted in the Financial Post, saying, “In the future, AI is going to be as normal and as natural as the electricity in this room right now. Nobody is going to talk about it because everyone is going to use it and have it.” […]
Canada’s AGT seeks stable policies to step up India play
MUMBAI: AGT Foods, one of the largest producers of pulses and staple food in the world, is keen to invest more than $500 million in India provided the country offers a stable policy regime and modernises its agriculture, a top executive said. Read more
India buys more pulses from Canada
There are encouraging reports that India and Turkey could be increasing pulse imports for 2019-20. Vivek Agrawal, director of JLV Agro, an Indian commodity brokerage firm, says pulse prices are up eight to 10 percent in the last 15 days in Mumbai. Read more
Canada’s first Amazon Alexa accelerator program launches in Waterloo
Last week, the Waterloo-based Accelerator Centre (AC) announced that they have joined forces with Amazon’s Alexa Fund to launch an all-new accelerator program tailored to support entrepreneurs who are advancing voice-powered technologies. Read more