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Sick Kids spinout Radiant developing ‘supercharged’ antibody drugs to target HIV, complex cancers
Researcher Jean-Philippe Julien, co-founder of Radiant Biotherapeutics, is seen in a lab atSickKids Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning in Toronto, Thursday, September 12, 2024. Radiant Biotherapeutics has raised $35 million to develop super-antibody clusters in hopes of transforming therapies for patients facing complex diseases like HIV and cancer. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)
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Venture capitalists divided on whether Harris or Trump is better for innovation
Stephen DeBerry, Founder & Managing Partner of the Bronze Venture Fund, poses for photos in Mill Valley, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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‘AI godmother’ Fei-Fei Li raises US$230-million to launch AI startup
FILE — Fei-Fei Li, AI researcher and professor at Stanford, speaks during the Dealbook NY Summit at the Lincoln Center, in New York, on Nov. 29, 2023. A California bill that could impose restrictions on artificial intelligence has tech companies, investors and activists scrambling to explain what the first-of-its-kind legislation could mean for their industry in the state. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
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Simu Liu to appear as a guest on Dragons’ Den Canada
Simu Liu arrives at the LA Premiere of "Jackpot!" at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Why this venture-capital firm looks beyond commercial metrics
Raven Indigenous Capital Partners cofounder Stephen Nairne invests in companies in pre-seed stages and offers support through the growth process.
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OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s new safety-focused AI startup SSI raises US$1-billion
FILE PHOTO: Ilya Sutskever, co-Founder and Chief Scientist of OpenAI speaks during a talk at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo
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OpenAI in talks to raise funding at over US$100-billion valuation, media reports
FILE PHOTO: OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration taken May 20, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Trouble looms for Canadian tech companies no matter who the next U.S. president is
Teal Pennebaker and Thomas Park
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Ex-Chinook team launches Borealis Biosciences with $150-million from Novartis, Versant
(L-R) Jerel Davis of Versant Ventures, researcher Jim Ding and David Powell, Head of Research for Borealis Biosciences, chat at the Borealis Biosciences lab in Vancouver, B.C, on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. The new company, was launched from the team at Chinook, with funding from Versant capital. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail�
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Clio breaks Canadian tech financing record, raising US$900-million to give it US$3-billion valuation
Before the rise of remote work Canadian organizations faced financial, logistical and legal hurtles when tapping foreign talent, says Jack Newton, CEO of legal tech provider Clio.
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AI startup Cohere raises US$500-million, valuing company at US$5.5-billion
Cohere co-founder, Nick Frosst, poses for a photograph at their offices in Toronto, Monday July 22, 2024. The Canadian generative AI company announced a long-planned $500 million raise at a $5.5-billion valuation.(Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)�
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With Trump VP pick J.D. Vance, Silicon Valley conservatives land a ‘tech bro’ on the ticket
US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance attends the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024. Days after he survived an assassination attempt Donald Trump won formal nomination as the Republican presidential candidate and picked right-wing loyalist J.D. Vance for running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of last weekend's failed assassination attempt. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Cohere co-founder says he’s ‘skeptical’ of AI creating sci-fi doomsday scenarios
Web Summit will begin hosting its final Collision tech conference in Toronto today. Geoffrey Hinton, known as the "Godfather of AI" speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Waabi raises $200-million to launch driverless commercial trucks in Texas
Raquel Urtasun, CEO and Founder at Waabi poses for a portrait with an automated driving truck, in Toronto, Sunday June 16, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Bay area expansion team draws record price for U.S. National Women’s Soccer League
FILE - Portland Thorns FC players celebrates with the trophy after winning the NWSL championship soccer match against the Kansas City Current, on Oct. 29, 2022, in Washington. The National Women's Soccer League is close to expanding by three teams, which will be in Boston, Utah and the San Francisco area, according to a Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, report in the Wall Street Journal. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
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