While large language models and neural networks have been the forms of artificial intelligence dominating headlines this year, a Fredericton company has been busy deploying a system for modelling human behaviour using a very different type of AI.

The Black Arcs was founded by CEO Jake Arsenault in 2015 to help city planners and other policymakers predict human behaviour at scale, as well as its

Economic development agency Invest Nova Scotia is looking for applicants to its Digital Marketing Asset Development Program, which is a training program for product-based companies looking to attend national or international sales events within the next year and a half.

Entrepreneurs will receive guidance developing digital marketing plans, as well as project management help for the duration of

The type of user personalization usually found on social media websites could soon become common in video games thanks to the efforts of a Halifax-based artificial intelligence founder.

Rima Al Shikh is the entrepreneur behind Begin.AI, which has created a user-friendly platform for game developers to incorporate machine learning into their work, allowing games to learn what players enjoy and

Virtual startup incubator Propel has received a $2.9 million grant from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, funding the organization through 2026.

The money builds on $1.05 million Propel received from the Nova Scotia government in May, some of which it used to expand its coaching staff. The incubator is now in its 20th year, so in 2026 it will be 23.

“In order to accelerate investments,

ELi Technology, the Halifax maker of internet protocol-enabled location-tracking systems for 911 services, has partnered with Minnesota-based GeoComm and Amazon Web Services on a new school safety platform to help police and emergency crews respond to mass shootings.

Newly appointed president Paul Parisi said Thursday the Active Threat Location Service, or ATLS, will integrate a system similar

Graphite Innovation & Technologies, which does business as GIT Coatings, has been hired by Halifax Transit to apply its graphene-based coatings to the hull and propeller of the Rita Joe ferry that plies Halifax Harbour.

Coatings have been applied to the 24-metre long vessel, which is named for Rita Joe, a Cape Breton-born poet of the  Mi'kmaq First Nation.,

The Halifax-based company’s

Invest Nova Scotia, the provincial economic development agency, is looking for bluetech companies to participate in the Canadian delegation to the globally noted Oceanology International conference in London, U.K., in March.

Companies can apply to either exhibit at the Canadian delegation’s pavilion, or participate as a “walker” moving throughout the event. An exhibit costs $3,450 plus tax for

Within a year of announcing a new chief executive and chief financial officer, Fredericton- and Miami-based Introhive also has a new chief operating officer: Jason Bass.

An experienced tech executive, Bass has a track record of improving companies' operational efficiency and helping to build out revenue streams, Introhive said in a statement. The company added that one of his key

Six Atlantic Canadian startups pitched Tuesday at a showcase event hosted by Springboard Atlantic, an industry network that aims to foster the commercialization of research and to highlight companies receiving funding under its Atlantic IP Advantage program.

The IP Advantage program provides training and funding to East Coast companies to pursue intellectual property protections for their

The increasingly difficult environment is taking its toll on the Atlantic Canadian startup community, as a record number of companies in the Entrevestor Databank have failed in 2023.

As we begin to examine the startups in our databank for this calendar year, we’ve already identified 117 companies that we’re removing from the list because they’re no longer in business. It’s a preliminary tally,