University of Waterloo and University of Toronto students’ obsession with the valley

This is part IV of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada has with its lack of funding for #technology startups. If you happen to have missed part I of Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the

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Canadian Tech Sector Thrives, but Struggles to Keep Its Talent – WSJ

Yes, it’s true. Funny that #Trudeau mentions the “#brain drain” days after I had published a lengthy article about it here. Mr. Trudeau has lamented a “brain drain” of #Canada’s best tech minds, saying at a recent #Google event in

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WeWork Opens 35,000 Square-Foot Second Toronto Location – Techvibes

Good work #Toronto! More space for us to be competitive against places like San Francisco / Bay Area, Seattle, Boston and New York. The new location covers an impressive 35,000 plus square feet and sports two common areas along with

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China’s Fourth Industrial Revolution: Artificial Intelligence

#China has not only surpassed the US in its economy, it’s also way ahead in the #AI game! Time to learn some Mandarin… In March 2017, China established its National #Engineering Laboratory of #Deep Learning #Technology under the leadership of

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Lack of venture capital money, lack of visionary technology leaders and lack of Canadian exits

This is part III of the series where I will examine the problem that #Canada has with its lack of #funding for #technology startups. If you happen to have missed part I of Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the

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Canada, and more specifically Toronto, belongs at the top

Canada does indeed belong at the top. This has been a long time coming and the fact that we are now at a a time in history where Canada’s government, policy and talent all culminate to make it a way better place to live than in the USA (in general); Canada, and specifically Toronto, belongs at the top.

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Nvidia GPUs, Kubernetes and Tensorflow – the (not so) final AI Frontiers

DeepLearni.ng - Breaking new Frontiers in AI

Nvidia GPUs, Kubernetes and Tensorflow – the (not so) final AI Frontiers So you want to intelligently use your infrastructure, don’t you?  And you want to use it cross-platform?  How about cross data-center?  We all do.  I have been around

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Canada should lead in the battle of intelligence platforms

Canada should lead in the battle of intelligence platforms I have been the VP #Engineering and #CTO at Ficstar, a leading data extraction platform for nearly the past two years and in those times I have seen the need for

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