Pilon says the AI community in Montreal has grown exponentially over the last few years.ĭuration 0:13 Landr CEO Pascal Pilon demonstrates how his company masters audio using artificial intelligence. Landr's product can do the job for a fraction of the price. That made it prohibitively expensive for most musicians. Until now, if you wanted to master audio, you had to hire a sound engineer.
Pilon's eyes glimmer with pride as he describes how artificial intelligence detects the genre of music that's being uploaded - instantly balancing the sound to make a more fulsome, rich recording.
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Landr makes software that masters audio files. His family is here, but he also believes this is where the fledgling AI industry will flourish. Leveraging homegrown talentĪs a Quebecer, Landr CEO Pascal Pilon never thought about leaving Montreal. Montreal, Toronto, Waterloo and Edmonton are all expected to receive a portion of that money. Similarly, the federal budget tabled in March includes an allocation of $125 million to launch a pan-Canadian artificial intelligence strategy. It's part of a larger strategy, outlined in the budget, to encourage the creation of high-paying research and innovation jobs in the province. In last week's provincial budget, Philippe Couillard's government announced it will add an additional $50 million by 2022. Quebec will invest $50 million in AI this year.
Canada 'lost the lead' on artificial intelligence.Groundbreaking AI researcher hopes for 'radically different' ideas from Toronto lab.The juxtaposition of the office space housing the four-year-old audio technology firm inside the aging building is an easy metaphor for how the Quebec government hopes to inject new life into its economy by kick-starting the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. There's a pinball machine next to the kitchen, and pop art on the walls. Its 70 employees are young, educated and casually dressed.
Walk down the dank corridor and into office of Landr, an upstart tech company. The contrast is striking: White, shiny and minimalist, the space embodies the new economy. The light bulb flickers inside the old elevator as it takes you to the eighth floor of the 1960s-era building, tucked away in a corner of Mile End that was Montreal's garment industry a half century ago.
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