Brian Ritchie Speaks at AI Activism Workshop by Forus
kama.ai CEO Brian Ritchie joined Dr. Moses Isooba, Executive Director of UNNGOF and Felicia Anthonio of the #KeepItOn coalition in an AI activism workshop hosted by Forus on February 26. The digital event was open to the public—fitting, as much of...
Globe and Mail Black History Month Event – kama.ai CEO Brian Ritchie Joins Panel
For Black History Month, The Globe and Mail is hosting a panel, Enduring and Thriving Despite Diversity - Race in Canada, moderated by Sandra E. Martin, Standards Editor at the Globe. Alongside panellists Dr. Jean Augustine (former Member of...
kama.ai Featured In NationTalk’s Indigenous Innovators, Icons & Influencers
kama.ai has been featured in the first issue of NationTalk’s Indigenous Innovators, Icons & Influencers, a magazine highlighting community contributions through media. Other notable trailblazers profiled in this issue include writer Billy-Ray...
Panel: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in International Development
Last week, kama.ai CEO Brian Ritchie spoke about how sustainable, responsible AI can be used to support international development projects. Organized by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Cooperation Canada, this panel...
kama.ai Signs Canadian Government’s Code of Conduct for Responsible AI
TORONTO – November 28, 2023 – Internationally, there are growing concerns regarding the development and regulation of Generative AI (GenAI). American President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order on artificial intelligence, the Blueprint...
Recognizing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation at kama.ai
On Saturday, September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Canadians will come together to reflect on the injustices inflicted on our country's original people. As an Indigenous company with a very culturally diverse team, kama has...
kama.ai Adds Advanced Inference and Responsible Generative AI
On August 30, 2023, kama.ai announced in a press release the addition of two key new features to its kama DEI Designed Experiential Intelligence® platform: Advanced Inference and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). These new features continue...
kama.ai Partners With Red Pill Labs
On July 5, 2023, Vancouver-based business incubator and mid-market advisory firm Red Pill Labs announced its partnership with kama.ai, with the goal of leveraging conversational AI to overcome knowledge loss challenges in business. “As we all know...
CEO Brian Ritchie Speaks at Collision Conference in Toronto
For the second year, kama.ai CEO Brian Ritchie was invited to speak at the 2023 Collision Conference in Toronto, an annual event that "brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry." At the Growth Summit on June 29,...
An Indigenous Approach to Knowledge Sharing in the AI Era
To celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council invited kama.ai CEO Brian Ritchie to write a blog post about Indigenous approaches to knowledge sharing in an AI era. In Corporate Canada, the...
kama.ai VP of Business Development speaks at CMC BC Pathways Panel
Last week Mark Cosyn, kama.AI’s VP of Business Development and a member of the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada), spoke in a panel discussion called Pathways: The Future of AI. The event—a collaboration with Axis...
RESEAU and kama.ai Present at the AFN Water Symposium
On February 8th, kama.ai presented at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) 6th annual Water Symposium with its new customer, and strategic partner, RESEAU Centre for Mobilizing Innovation. The symposium was attended by over 300 Indigenous...
Why bring a traditional approach to AI-enabled knowledge sharing NOW?
Learning and sharing knowledge is the foundation of how we improve as individuals, organizations, and communities. If we increase efficiency in organizational knowledge gathering and sharing from existing business ecosystems, we improve economic...
kama.ai recognized in the 2022 Gartner® Competitive Landscape: Emotion AI Technologies report
We are very pleased to be recognized in the Gartner research on Emotion AI technology for the second year in a row. The detailed report on emotion AI technology landscape in 2023 was issued on December 29, 2022. Gartner, Competitive Landscape:...
kama.ai Joins RESEAU’s Community Circle™
VANCOUVER – December 7, 2022 – RESEAU, Centre for Mobilizing Innovation, announces that it is expanding its network of strategic partners to include the Indigenous business and conversational intelligence provider kama.ai. We are very happy to add...
Celebrating Truth and Reconciliation Day – 2022
On this day— only the second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, kama.ai wishes to recognize the good things that have happened over the last 12 months. Firstly, we must acknowledge that the first Truth and Reconciliation Day in...
kama.ai mentioned in 2022 Gartner® Maverick* Research: Time to Turn Down VoC and Turn Up VoS
According to this Gartner report, "technology companies spanning consumer products and often B2B solutions (like human resources solutions, financial services, cyber-physical and solutions leveraging AI/ML) must rein in VoC before it runs amok....
Attract and Retain Employees and Customers with Well-Executed ESG Strategies
“Throughout the past years, society has seen a shift in values. We are seeing an increased desire by companies to demonstrate their social responsibility. This demand for a deeper organizational connection is what is guiding customers' and...
kama.ai CEO opens Collision conference on National Indigenous People’s Day
Kama.ai was thrilled to be able to join the many incredible startups and growing tech innovators at the 2022 Collision Conference in Toronto. On opening night, Brian Ritchie, CEO of kama.ai, spoke about the company’s unique technology and how it...
kama.ai Vows to Mitigate the Colonizing Effects of AI
TORONTO – Collision Conference - June 21, 2022 – Kama.AI, an Indigenous-owned ArtificialIntelligence company, enables Indigenous communities to take a leadership role in ArtificialIntelligence and related technologies, countering the colonizing...
Decolonizing AI: Indigenous Voices Breaking Through the Digital Divide
The month of June is National Indigenous History Month here in Canada. It is a month that seeks to bring to light the voices, stories, and history of Indigenous Peoples. It is these very voices that have been continually sidelined in the...
kama.ai CEO speaks at Spring Members Meeting of the Conference Board of Canada
Last week the Corporate Indigenous Relations Council, an executive council of the Conference Board of Canada held their 2-day, 2022 Spring Members meeting to discuss “UNDRIP Legislation: Implications for The Evolving Corporate-Indigenous Agreement...
kama.ai concludes Virtual Health Assistant Feasibility Study with Mushkegowuk Cree Communities
We are pleased to announce the completion of kama.ai’s Feasibility Study of a ‘Virtual Health Assistant’ for First Nations and Remote Communities. A summary of the report was presented to Mushkegowuk Council at its Health Conference with its member...
kama.ai Brings More Humanity to its Emotional Intelligence Experience
We are excited to announce kama.ai has released a new feature that enables the integration of live chat help desk applications, including Salesforce and those offered by other Customer Relationship Management platforms. As always, kama DEI...
The Emergence of AI in the Mental Health Industry
As a result of the global pandemic, we have been grappling with new levels of stress, grief, and isolation. “According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), 77% of adults in Canada are reporting feeling negative emotions as a result of...
kama DEI Recognized in Gartner Emotion AI Global Roundup
We were extremely pleased to have kama DEI identified by world-leading research firm Gartner as one of 18 Emotion AI technology vendors. In their December 2021 report "Competitive Landscape: Emotion AI Technologies, Worldwide" by Annette...
kama.ai Honours the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
On June 3rd, 2021, the Canadian government passed legislation to identify September 30th, 2021, as a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to commemorate the historical and current impacts of residential schools. This was one of the...
New AI Capabilities are Paving the Way for Advanced Virtual Assistants
“New AI Capabilities are Paving the Way for Advanced Virtual Assistants” is kama.ai’s newest white paper, examining the various technical innovations which are evolving AVA capabilities, specifically Emotion AI. It provides use-case examples from...
kama.ai CEO Elected to Kerry’s Place Board of Directors
kama.ai’s CEO and founder, Brian Ritchie, has been announced as one of the newest Directors to join the Kerry’s Place Board of Directors. Kerry’s Place is “Canada’s largest service provider to families with children, adolescents, and adults, with...
kama.ai Selected as Finalist for CAMSC Technology and Innovation Award
Indigeous business kama.ai is proud to announce they have been selected as one of the finalists for the CAMSC Technology and Innovation Award. The award goes out to “An Aboriginal or Minority owned business that stands out for its innovative new...