University of Toronto's Bo Wang argues Canada fails to commercialize its pioneering AI research due to capital and compute shortages
Gomez notes domestic investments will take years to impact GDP.
@BoWang87 Totally agree. Although I think the slowdown we’re seeing is largely externalities. Feels like we’ve made a lot of progress this past year but it will talk a few years to see the GDP impact of those investments.
Bo Wang@BoWang87This is not looking good for Canada. The irony is that Canada helped pioneer breakthroughs behind AI and GLP-1s, two industries now creating trillions of dollars in value, yet much of that value is captured elsewhere. Canada produces world-class science, but we continue to struggle with commercialization at scale. Too little growth capital, insufficient compute infrastructure, and too few pathways to build globally competitive companies. We need to invest across the full stack: talent, capital, compute, regulation, and company-building, not just research grants. 🇨🇦