NordSpace, based in Markham, Ontario, is set to launch Canada’s inaugural commercial space mission from Newfoundland. The Atlantic Spaceport Complex is near St. Lawrence. Zenbooks co-founder Eric Saumure is spearheading a campaign to support open banking for small businesses with his initiative, OpenSME. Waabi has hired Lior Ron, previously of Uber Freight, to focus on self-driving truck commercialization. Chris Pavlovski, founder of Rumble, has been termed “Mayor of the Manosphere” by Macleans. Shopify has surpassed the Royal Bank of Canada to become Canada’s most valuable company by market cap. Montréal’s Rozvelt is marketing its breath-control headgear to recreational hunters. Perplexity AI has offered $34.5 billion to acquire Google Chrome. Toronto-based Collectr started from a passion for Pokémon trading cards. The Commissioner of Canada Elections is exploring AI usage without specifying applications. BrainBox AI is hinted at with the emojis 🧠📦.
