Entrepreneurs start with an idea and a belief that their vision can have a massive impact. It doesn’t always work out that way. But when it does, the effect can be world-changing: A breakthrough startup can scramble industries, alter how we work and live, and shift talent flows around the world. It’s no wonder that we tend to follow the fortunes of these founders and those who choose to work for them so carefully.

Source: LinkedIn Top Startups 2018: The 25 most sought-after startups in Canada

A new wave of blockchain startups is working to democratize access to datasets and algorithms needed to train AI models.

Source: 7 Companies Using Blockchain To Power AI Applications

HipChat, the workplace chat app that held the throne before Slack was Slack, is being discontinued. Also being discontinued is Atlassian’s own would-be HipChat replacement, Stride. News of the discontinuation comes first not from Atlassian, but instead from a somewhat surprising source: Slack…

Source: Slack is buying, and shutting down, HipChat and Stride

Basic overview of various components that make up Bitcoin.

Lots of references.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin_network

 At the kind invitation of Rob May and the Botchain team, I had the opportunity recently to keynote Brains and Chains, an interesting conference in New York exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and blockchain. This is both an exciting and challenging topic, and the goal of my talk w

Source: AI & Blockchain: An Introduction

Key Blockchain Terms Smart contract: A programming technology that validates a transaction automatically. It can authorize or decline a transaction, based on whether it meets pre-existing condition…

Source: The Ins and Outs of Blockchain — What Alberta Organizations Need to Know