Canadian supercluster based in Montreal, SCALE AI acts as an investment and innovation hub to accelerate the adoption and rapid integration of AI in Canada. This Monday, August 22, it unveiled twelve new projects aimed at optimizing production and transportation through AI. With the goal of addressing critical challenges currently facing supply chains, including the impact of the pandemic, labor shortages, and environmental requirements, it will provide $50 million in unprecedented financial support. Funded by the federal and Quebec governments, SCALE AI brings together the retail, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure and information and communications technology (ICT) sectors to build smart supply chains. The supercluster has nearly 500 industrial partners, research institutions and other AI players with whom it develops programs to support investment projects by companies implementing concrete AI applications.

Just about everyone has watched animated movies such as Frozen or Big Hero 6 or has at least heard about 3D computer games. It seems more fun to enjoy the movies and games rather than reading a Linear Algebra book. But it is because of linear algebra that we are able to watch a character move on the screen. Linear Algebra is the motivation of our new digital world. Through this article, we will learn matrix arithmetic and learn how to use numpy to carry out these operations in python.

Enterprise startups have always played a crucial role in IT portfolios. As much as CIOs would love to centralize technology purchasing decisions with a handful of strategic partners, incumbents can't always meet all of their needs, especially when it comes to emerging technologies. To become better acquainted with startups, many CIOs regularly travel to Silicon Valley to participate in "speed dating," in which venture capitalists invite them to meet the members of their portfolios. Some CIOs host hackathons or Shark Tank-like competitions for external developers to try coding their way into the company's graces. Still others learn of promising new companies from their peers.

Dataiku has announced raising $28 million in a Series B round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from FirstMark, Serena Capital, and Alven. The Series B round brings the total amount raised by the New York City-headquartered data science software company to approximately $45 million. Dataiku said the funding will be allocated across three areas: Development, marketing, and recruitment. It plans to double its headcount to 200 employees across its offices in London, New York City, and Paris over the coming months, and add connectors to deep learning frameworks to its platform. Founded in France in 2014, Dataiku offers a "collaborative" platform, called Data Science Studio (DSS), with connectors to data sources, visual data preparation, and prepackaged machine-learning algorithms.