The Canadian government has announced a new funding plan to put $2.4 billion into accelerating artificial intelligence.

Edge artificial intelligence chip manufacturing company Hailo has raised $120 million in a new Series C financing.

United Kingdom based artificial intelligence startup Luminance has raised $40 million in a new Series B financing round for their AI platform for legal matters.

SoundHound (NASDAQ: SOUN) has entered into a new partnership with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) to develop an AI-powered voice assistant for vehicles.

Startup Glacier has announced they’ve raised $7.7M in new funding, led by New Enterprise Associates and Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund.

Artificial intelligence chip maker Groq has acquired cloud computing company Definitive Intelligence, enabling them to launch their own cloud compute venture.

Legacy Minerals (ASX: LGM) has announced they successfully used artificial intelligence to discover platinum group elements and copper sulphides.

Paris based artificial intelligence startup Bioptimus has come out of stealth mode and announced a $35 million seed round.

Amsterdam based robotics startup Monumental has raised $25 million in a new financing for their autonomous electric ground vehicles.

Bitcoin mining company Iris Energy (NASDAQ:IREN) has announced a deal with Poolside AI to use Iris’s renewable energy powered data centres for GPU compute.