Topics John Ruffolo and Matt Cohen discuss: (00:00 ) Cohere's significant fundraising efforts, competing in the LLM space, and the notable involvement of Canadian pension funds at a valuation of $5 billion. (03:29 ) Canada's strategy in artificial intelligence emphasizes the critical role of government in education and talent development, but is direct governmental involvement in AI businesses effective? (06:09 ) A $4.5 billion lawsuit has been filed against major social media companies by four Canadian school boards (11:15 ) Canadian public tech companies like Nuve and Lightspeed consider privatization to avoid public market scrutiny and leverage private investment strategies (17:00 ) FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years for fraud what will the implications be for investor compensation and the broader crypto industry Follow Matt Cohen and Tank Talks here! Podcast production support provided by Agentbee.ai