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Interview with Sheldon Fernandez, CEO at DarwinAI

The University of Waterloo (UW) is central to this narrative as most of our team, including our founders, are Waterloo alumni

This Entrepreneur Went From Selling Firecrackers To Landing $70 Million For His Canadian Startup

Even before starting his mini-paper route empire, Michael Litt was importing firecrackers from south of the border to distribute to his third grade classmates

Tour Google KW's New Headquarters

Here’s who won the 2018 Nobel Prizes in Science and why

2018’s Nobel-winning scientists targeted tumors and built optical tweezers

Fibernetics focuses on fun to restore workplace passion

They came up with a new company mantra — "I'm in" — and new core values: innovation; accountability; just do it and find a solution; trust; teamwork and happiness.

Five Waterloo companies on list of high-potential Canadian tech firms

University of Toronto’s Impact Centre identifies five Waterloo companies that hold the potential to explode onto the world stage, including the possibility of becoming Canada’s newest “unicorn.”

Southern Ontario’s Silicon Valley: Unleashing Waterloo’s tech-innovation sector

For those of us engaged with building the innovation ecosystem in Kitchener-Waterloo, the federal government’s interest and investment in creating these superclusters is highly encouraging.

Waterloo sets stage for Lumen, a new festival of light, art and technology

Lumen brings together artists to explore the convergence of technology and creativity. This festival celebrates Waterloo’s vibrancy and identity as an innovation hub

Thalmic Labs launches smart eyeglasses called Focals

One of this region's high-profile startups announced it will make and sell the next generation of smart glasses it has secretly developed during the past four years.