PwC Canada and CB Insights have released their report looking back on the Canadian VC funding ecosystem in 2017.

Source: PwC MoneyTree report: Canadian tech raised $3.3 billion in 2017 as AI and FinTech stayed hot | BetaKit

The startup has raised $173 million to take personalized learning mainstream.

Source: AltSchool Has Been Quietly Testing Its Platform In Public Schools

A multi-dimensional tool for understanding and classifying crypto tokens.

Source: The Token Classification Framework – Untitled INC – Medium

Source: Chief Executive Officer – Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute – Optimum Talent

The concept of cryptocurrencies is built from forgotten ideas in research literature.

Source: Bitcoin’s Academic Pedigree

What happens when diagnosis is automated?

Source: A.I. Versus M.D. – The New Yorker

Amazon.com Inc.announced early Thursday a shortlist of 20 metropolitan areas that it has selected to move to the next phase of the selection process for the e-commerce giant’s second headquarters, dubbed HQ2.

Source: Amazon.com’s ‘HQ2’ finalists include New York, Chicago, L.A., Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Washington

Bernard Golden’s 5 predictions for cloud computing in 2018

https://cloud.withgoogle.com/build/leadership/five-predictions-cloud-computing-2018/

LS – also talks about the importance of talent

Ars goes deep on the breakthrough online payment network.

Source: Want to really understand how bitcoin works? Here’s a gentle primer | Ars Technica

(LS: This may be too much information for some, but does a good job of some of the details of “The Blockchain” and the original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin.)

An old article, but still very relevant

Fixing the leaky pipeline has become a matter of national competitiveness.

Source: Why Women Leave Science