Waterloo EDC Blog

Last week, Waterloo-based BlackBerry announced that it has acquired Cylance, an artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company, for $1.4 billion. This acquisition makes BlackBerry – once known primarily for building the world’s most secure smartphones – one of the world’s largest cybersecurity firms.

There was tons of exciting news in Waterloo over the last month. That made choosing just 10 stories a challenge, but we did it anyway.

Here are 10 great business and investment stories:

Is a quantum revolution around the corner? We asked quantum security expert and entrepreneur Michele Mosca.

The National Security Agency in the United States identified quantum computers as a major threat to cybersecurity. That’s where Waterloo’s ISARA comes in.