Taproot Edmonton Tech Roundup

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Taproot Edmonton Tech Roundup

The audio version of Taproot Edmonton's Tech Roundup brings you the latest headlines and happenings from the local tech scene each week.

  1. 31/08/2021

    Aug. 31: TalkMaze CEO to represent Edmonton innovation community internationally

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: TalkMaze founder Ghalia Aamer is gearing up for a busy couple of months championing her own company and Edmonton's innovation community both locally and abroad; Bitcoin Well CEO Adam O'Brien weighed in about cryptocurrency becoming an Edmonton election issue; bitcoin mining operation that set up shop without approval in Sturgeon County has been forced to shut down; Edmonton's Robolution, Electronic Grid Systems, and others are among the Inventures startup pitch finalists; applications are still open for NPower's free training for youth.

    5 min

  2. 24/08/2021

    Aug. 24: Startups pitch to celebrate and connect the community

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Another edition of the Great Alberta Pitch Marathon is in the books; the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) has announced 20 scholarships for the nine-week Machine Learning Technician Certification; TECTERRA has announced the shortlisted finalists for the 2021 TECTERRA Awards; Bitcoin Well announced its Q2 2021 financial results; and Technology Alberta has announced the NExT Level careers program.

    6 min

  3. 17/08/2021

    Aug. 17: Samdesk is helping to make London's transport network safer

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Samdesk has been awarded a contract by Transport for London (TfL) to provide notifications about emerging disruptions to the transportation network; this year's AccelerateAB will be structured as a one-day event in Edmonton on Nov. 9; MNP published an article about Edmonton as a fast-growing technology and innovation hub; Bitcoin Well is acquiring Ghostlab; Showbie now has a team in the United States; and Technology Alberta is offering a micro-credential series called Tech Leadership for the Future.

    6 min

  4. 10/08/2021

    Aug. 10: Federal government launches new regional economic development agency for Prairies

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: Prairies Economic Development Canada, or PrairiesCan, will serve Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, replacing Western Economic Diversification Canada; Alberta Enterprise Corporation has invested $10 million in Yaletown Partners second Innovation Growth Fund; Startup Edmonton interim director Lauren Briske will be moving on in September; Bitcoin Well virtually rang the opening bell at the Toronto Stock Exchange on July 30; NanoCanada, which has formed the first Canadian nanomedicine cluster, has received funding.

    6 min

  5. 27/07/2021

    July 27: QuoteToMe raises $2.5M to scale to the next level

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: QuoteToMe has raised $2.5 million in a fully-subscribed series seed round; Innovate Edmonton has announced its Innovation Growth Council; DiveThru was recently featured in Seventeen magazine alongside apps like Headspace and Calm; SecurePark Technologies was bought by American firm ROKER Inc.; and Matthew E. Taylor, a fellow-in-residence at Amii, talked about reinforcement learning;

    5 min

  6. 20/07/2021

    July 20: AltaML announces new collaboration to help students gain experience with AI projects

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: AltaML has announced a new collaboration with Microsoft Canada and the University of Waterloo to provide training and mentorship to students; Startup Edmonton says this year's edition of Edmonton Startup Week will take place Oct. 18-22; the first cohort of the 2021 AI4Good Lab has wrapped up; the Alberta Digital Innovation Office is hiring; and The Great Alberta Pitch Marathon will feature more than 100 startups from across the province on Aug. 19.

    7 min

  7. 13/07/2021

    July 13: Canadian Filaments Inc. secures prize from Futurpreneur ahead of launch

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: The founder of Canadian Filaments Inc. has been recognized with a youth entrepreneur award from Futurpreneur's RBC Rock My Business Start-Up Awards; Drone Delivery Canada Corp. has entered into an agreement to deploy its patented drone delivery solution at EIA; CBC profiled Kemet Advanced Manufacturing Ltd.; Darrell Petras has joined Innovate Edmonton; Nathan Ip, an Edmonton public school trustee, has joined Startup Edmonton.

    5 min

  8. 06/07/2021

    July 6: RWI Synthetics named a finalist for sustainable mobility challenge

    The latest headlines & happenings in Edmonton's tech community. This week: RWI Synthetics has been named a top 10 finalist for the international Why stop at zero? sustainable mobility challenge; Edmonton fell 35 spots in StartupBlink's latest global ecosystem rankings; Alberta Innovates has launched Alberta Digital Traction; Casey Hudson, previously the general manager of BioWare in Edmonton, has started a new game development studio called Humanoid; Wyvern has signed a deal with Ontario-based SkyWatch Space Applications Inc.

    5 min
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The audio version of Taproot Edmonton's Tech Roundup brings you the latest headlines and happenings from the local tech scene each week.

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  • Creator
    Taproot Edmonton
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2021
  • Episodes
    106
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2019 Taproot Publishing Inc.
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    Taproot Edmonton Tech Roundup

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