Blowin’ in the wind 🍃— Cohere makes a big European purchase, Nova Scotia has wind power goals.
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Blowin’ in the wind 🍃— Cohere makes a big European purchase, Nova Scotia has wind power goals.

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 16, 20267 min
  • News bulletin
  • Business & money
  • About Canada

Cohere is continuing its European expansion by acquiring Czech cybersecurity firm Aisle to bolster its sovereign AI platform. Plus, Ottawa is committing $100 million to spur offshore wind power development in Nova Scotia. And in the big picture, CoreWeave’s credit default risk reaches record highs, Ottawa threatens legal action over Stelco layoffs, and Anthropic partners with non-profit METR to evaluate model safety. The Peak Daily is produced in partnership with reframevid.com

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Hey, Peak Pals, I'm Alex Blumenstein. And I am Jay Rosenthal. And what is this, Jay? Well, this is your Peak Daily for TGIF October 16, 2026, where we cover the biggest stories

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in Canadian and global business finance and tech all in less than 10 minutes. Jay, are you familiar with the app Bumble? I do know what it is. I am not familiar with it as I've been married for like well over 20 years.

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Okay, so you're more of a user of seeking arrangements. I was I've been devastated since Ashley Madison went under. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I don't know if they went under. They just had that big leak. Isn't that what happened?

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