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Raquel Urtasun launches new self-driving startup Waabi with $100 million CAD from top investors

June 08, 2021

"Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) luminary Raquel Urtasun has moved on from Uber’s self-driving unit and launched her own company with the goal of disrupting the autonomous driving landscape."

Raquel Urtasun, Founder and CEO of Waabi is a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

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Xanadu has secured $120 million CAD in a Series B round to build photonic quantum computer

May 27, 2021

Toronto quantum computing startup Xanadu has secured $120 million CAD ($100 million USD) in a Series B round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

Christian Weedbrook, CEO of Xanadu was a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and a collaborator at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto.

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A&S Alumni venture, BioBox Analytics launches platform to help scientists analyze genomic data

May 18, 2021

"BioBox offers a subscription-based data analytics platform for scientists working with next-generation sequencing data. The startup’s platform allows researchers to analyze genomic information."

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Ada, co-founded by A&S alumnus Mike Murchison, raises $130-million USD in Series C

May 07, 2021

Toronto artificial intelligence (AI)-powered customer support software startup Ada has raised $130 million USD in Series C financing at a reported valuation of $1.2 billion.

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A&S alumni venture Cohere Inc. helps companies' computers talk to customers

May 05, 2021

"Once computer science students at the University of Toronto, Ivan Zhang, Aidan Gomez and

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Texting tool built by A&S alumnus Zain Manji, helps Canadians find nearest vaccine clinic

May 04, 2021

"Inspired by a similar service in the United States, Zain Manji and Ashish Yelekar, the founders of Lazer Technologies, developed a service that allows Ontarians to instantly receive a list of the three nearest vaccine clinics by texting their postal code to 1-833-356-1683,

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HypeDocs, founded by A&S alumna Aashni Shah, helps you catalog your work wins so you can get that promotion

April 30, 2021

A&S alumna Aashni Shah, founder of HypeDocs studied Computer Science at the University of Toronto.

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A&S venture JALI Research draws on AI, linguistics to power facial animation in video games

April 30, 2021

"Growing out of research in the department of computer science, JALI Research has developed a suite of tools that power the game’s hyper-realistic facial animations, allowing characters to convincingly deliver dialogue in different languages."

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A&S alumna Joella Alemida's MedEssist aids pharmacists with Canada’s vaccine rollout

March 24, 2021

"During the previous flu season, pharmacies used MedEssist to match more than 10,000 patients to doses before they even walked through their doors, says Almeida, who graduated from U of T’s Woodsworth College in the Faculty of Arts & Science with a degree in political science, equity studies and diaspora and transnational studies."

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A&S alumna Amanda Hall’s secret to sustainable success

March 08, 2021

Arts & Science alumna, Amanda Hall ('96) studied Biology and Physics with a minor in English.

“I worried that leaving my corporate job would ruin my professional reputation. Instead, it gave me the chance to build a game-changing company from the ground up.”

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