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How Canada's AI community can build on its current momentum

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Toronto's status as a burgeoning tech and artificial intelligence hub recently received a huge stamp of validation. The community made the final list of 20 cities in the running for Amazon's HQ2, earning that distinction without offering Amazon any tax breaks or financial incentives. Being a tech torch bearer is nothing new for Canada. In the early 2000s, BlackBerry and Nortel held sizable market shares in smartphones and telecom, respectively. Not long after that, though, an inability to gain a competitive advantage closed the door on each brand's chance to dominate the marketplace.