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Scoop: Flo, Canada's biggest EV charging company, has lost access to charging networks in New York State and California. thelogic.co/news/exclusive…

Darryl Williams said the Saudi Investment Bank had engaged him to tell Canadian businesses and officials that it wanted to finance billions worth of projects here. The bank says none of that is true. Joanna Smith and Catherine McIntyre have the wild story: thelogic.co/news/the-big-r…

New from me: Cohere hires ex-Meta AI research head Joelle Pineau, amid fierce competition between tech firms for field’s top scientists The Montrealer says she chose Cohere for its focus on “actually interesting” business applications and responsible AI thelogic.co/news/pineau-jo…

New from me: Dayforce CEO David Ossip says it's exiting the public markets so it can move fast to capitalize on AI. The Toronto-run, Minneapolis-based firm sells HR software to big businesses. Thoma Bravo is taking $DAY private in a US$12.3B deal. thelogic.co/news/dayforce-…

Exclusive: Cohere president Martin Kon is stepping down after the Toronto AI startup closed a US$500M funding round. He'll take an advisory role and keep his board seat. Cohere has been adding to its leadership team as it chases the enterprise AI market thelogic.co/news/exclusive…

Being a reporter means hoping against hope that the "Hi" text from an unknown Yukon or Indiana or Wisconsin number is the start of a beautiful source relationship with someone you cold-messaged your number to on LinkedIn, and not a job-offer scam

The chat around the contents of the Carney government's major projects list made me think about one of the most fun lil sketches on the political happenings of the day that I wrote for a now-dead magazine One prime minister and three finance ministers ago macleans.ca/politics/ottaw…

New from me: The Canadian Department of National Defence signed a $14M contract with Palantir in early 2020 to use its software for data processing and analytics Ottawa didn’t disclose the deal at the time, but cited it in Parliamentary filings this week thelogic.co/news/palantir-…

New from me: AI researchers in Edmonton are dreaming different dreams these days DeepMind Alberta's closure in early 2023 was covered as a blow to the area's AI ambitions. Two years later its AI ecosystem is thriving, with startups, breakthroughs and more thelogic.co/news/the-big-r…

New from me: Mistral AI is making a push into Canada, hiring engineers and sales staff in Montreal and courting firms in financial services, energy and other major sectors. The talent concentration here is high,” CEO Arthur Mensch told me in Montreal. thelogic.co/news/arthur-me…

New from me: AI Minister Evan Solomon has named prominent Canadian researchers, venture capitalists and founders to a new 26-person task force that will help shape an updated national AI strategy. More on the panel, and a full list of its members: thelogic.co/news/canada-ai…

New from me: Can Canadian sovereign AI include ChatGPT? OpenAI thinks so. Policy chief Chris Lehane says the U.S. firm wants to be a “constructive partner” to Ottawa’s AI plans, and is game to participate in the country’s digital infrastructure buildout thelogic.co/news/openai-wa…

The fantastic folks at Front Burner had me on to talk about the AI boom, Canada's ambitions to be part of it, and what it means for consumers, workers and businesses. Also, I reveal just how far my math skills have fallen since high school. Listen? cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod…