The Saint John company is demonstrating the new capability at IBC2026 in Amsterdam this week. The system allows users to describe the type of video footage they need in plain language, after which the platform translates the request into structured criteria and searches video at the scene and frame level.

The system evaluates potential footage against requirements such as subject matter, actions,

The event, hosted by Research Nova Scotia and supported by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, will feature 14 students and early-career researchers from across Atlantic Canada.

Each participant will have three minutes to present a research idea to a live audience and explain what “wall” they hope to break through. A panel of judges will select the Atlantic Canadian winner.

The

RevUp! is designed for established, high-growth Nova Scotia small and medium-sized enterprises with the resources and strategy to pursue new market opportunities. 

Applicants must:be a Nova Scotia-registered business in good standing; have annual revenues of more than $2 million and at least 15 full-time equivalent employees, among other requirements.. 

Before submitting an application, businesses should:

Surprisingly, perhaps, Sears, who recently returned to Halifax after working as an independent contractor in the oil and gas industry in Calgary, created the app himself with the help of AI.

“The developing work wasn’t hard using AI,” he told Entrevestor. “The AI explained what program to use and I started from there. The AI gave me some code. I copied and pasted it, and ran hundreds

The company, founded in late 2024, issued a recent press release saying the financing came from venture capital funds in the United States and United Kingdom, family offices, and executives in the technology, energy and financial sectors. It did not disclose the names of the investors.

Boundless Discovery combines open-source intelligence, artificial intelligence and analysis to create models of markets that

The Cape Breton Future Fund, or CBFF, will invest in qualifying small businesses that are registered in Nova Scotia and have a meaningful connection to Cape Breton. That connection can include research and development activity, executive leadership, a headquarters location, or local employment and wages, said the company in a press release.

The fund is backed by 22 angel investors, including 11 who are joining Cape Breton Capital Group for the

In an interview, CEO Tim Rice said that The Rounds – whose corporate name is Boondoc Technologies Inc. – was sold in May to Native Touch, which owns a portfolio of companies that have synergies with the Halifax company’s network.

The parties did not release the financial details of the transaction. What Rice did stress is that the eight-member team is remaining in Halifax and growing, with a few openings

We find there's little news to write about it in the period before Labour Day. And if something newsworthy does happen, there are few readers around to read about it. 

We're heading to the beach with a stack of good books -- forgive the shameless plug. We will be back in early September with more news. 

Our historical underconfidence is a treacherous subject for a pundit, as it tends to raise hackles. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was vilified in 2002 when he spoke of the need to change Atlantic Canada’s “culture of defeatism”. But citing such revered Bluenosers as Robert Stanfield and Mike Savage, Thompson shows that Harper was not alone in bemoaning the weak gusto in

The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, released its quarterly VC data on Tuesday, showing that New Brunswick booked $31.6 million in the six months to June 30. Newfoundland reported $21 million on three deals.

Nova Scotian startups raised $2 million on two deals, and no venture capital was raised by Prince Edward Island companies.

“Atlantic Canada shows up in this half's data