How two small Canadian companies compete for AI talent

Maluuba is an increasingly rare beast in the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence. Founded in 2012, the Waterloo-headquartered startup has yet to be acquired by one of the many massive tech companies investing heavily in AI. Nor has Maluuba been raided for its talent, which is very much in demand. Rather, the small artificial intelligence startup is now home to more than 50 employees and growing -- and for prospective hires weighing opportunities with larger firms, co-founder Mohamed Musbah thinks he has a pretty good pitch. Maluuba is trying to train computers to understand language, whether in conversation with a human, or when reading a document or other source of text.