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Miivo AI targets productivity gains with AI agents and business automation tools
Today00:04:21Tap to summarizeMiivo AI CEO Alex Damouni joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s evolution into Miivo AI and its strategy to help businesses improve productivity and decision-making through artificial intelligence. Damouni explained that the company was originally founded to help business owners gain better visibility into their operations. Its initial platform focused on giving users real-time insight into customer activity, financial performance, and operational metrics, helping companies better understand what was happening across their business. As customer needs evolved, Miivo expanded beyond reporting and analytics to develop tools that help businesses take action. One example is the company’s lead finder solution, which is designed to improve sales productivity by helping teams identify, qualify, and capture leads more efficiently. Looking ahead, Damouni said the next stage of Miivo’s strategy is the development of AI agents capable of carrying out business tasks based on user commands. These agents are intended to automate workflows across areas such as sales, finance, and operations while still maintaining human oversight. He emphasized that the goal of Miivo’s AI platform is not to replace employees, but to augment them by automating repetitive manual work. By doing so, businesses can free up staff to focus on higher-value activities, improve efficiency, and scale their ability to serve customers without sacrificing quality or control. Management believes the long-term opportunity lies in helping businesses become AI-native organizations, where intelligent software agents support day-to-day execution, decision-making, and workflow management across multiple functions. With growing demand for automation and productivity tools, Miivo AI is positioning itself as a platform that combines operational visibility, actionable insights, and AI-driven execution to help businesses work smarter and grow more efficiently. #proactiveinvestors #miivoai #tsxv #mivo #AIForBusiness #Business #ArtificialIntelligence #Fintech #AICFO #BusinessTechnology #DigitalTransformation #FinancialTechnology #CorporateGrowth #AIInnovation #BusinessStrategy
Transcribe →Saturna CIO sees AI and Shariah investing creating new global equity opportunities
Today00:08:11Tap to summarizeSaturna Capital Chief Investment Officer Scott Klimo joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the Saturna Global Equity ETF, the principles of Shariah-compliant investing, and how the rapid growth of artificial intelligence is reshaping valuations and opportunities across global markets. Klimo explained that the actively managed ETF applies Islamic investment guidelines that exclude sectors such as conventional banking, insurance, gambling, tobacco, alcohol, and weapons. In addition to those sector screens, the strategy also emphasizes companies with low debt levels, a factor Klimo said can signal strong cash generation, disciplined capital allocation, and durable business models. The conversation also focused on the impact of AI on technology investing. Klimo noted that major technology companies such as Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft are evolving from traditionally asset-light businesses into far more capital-intensive operators as they commit massive sums to AI infrastructure, data centers, and compute capacity. Beyond the large-cap AI leaders, Klimo highlighted a broader group of companies benefiting from the AI buildout, including ASML, Taiwan Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics, and Japan’s Fujikura, all of which play important roles in chip manufacturing, semiconductor equipment, and data-center connectivity. The discussion also touched on the pharmaceutical sector, where Klimo sees long-term value despite recent market weakness. He said healthcare companies can provide portfolio balance and defensive characteristics, even as investors continue to weigh regulatory uncertainty and shifting sentiment toward the sector. Looking at the broader market backdrop, Klimo pointed to continued geopolitical uncertainty, inflation trends, and energy prices as important factors to monitor. At the same time, he said he remains generally constructive on the market outlook, supported by resilient corporate earnings and the long-term productivity gains expected from AI adoption. #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews #SaturnaCapital #ShariahInvesting #ArtificialIntelligence #ETFInvesting #GlobalEquities #TechInvesting #AIInfrastructure #Semiconductors #HealthcareStocks #MarketOutlook
Transcribe →BUZZ HPC joins Bell Canada and Cohere to build Canada’s sovereign AI infrastructure platform
Today00:05:35Tap to summarizeHive Digital Technologies’ subsidiary BUZZ HPC CEO Craig Tavares joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss a landmark partnership with Bell Canada and Cohere that aims to establish one of Canada's most significant sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure platforms. Tavares explained that the collaboration combines Bell AI Fabric’s national connectivity and data centre network, Cohere’s enterprise-grade large language models and AI software, and BUZZ HPC’s NVIDIA-powered GPU cloud infrastructure into a fully integrated Canadian AI ecosystem designed for enterprise and government customers. As part of the agreement, BUZZ HPC will deploy its sovereign AI cloud and GPU cluster infrastructure at Bell’s purpose-built AI facility in Merritt, British Columbia. The high-performance computing platform will provide the processing power required to support Cohere’s AI models and enterprise solutions while ensuring data remains within Canadian borders. Tavares noted that the partnership directly aligns with Canada’s national AI strategy, which emphasizes technology sovereignty, domestic infrastructure, and secure control of Canadian data. By combining Canadian connectivity, Canadian compute resources, and Canadian-developed AI models, the platform is designed to provide a secure, production-ready AI environment for organizations operating under Canadian regulatory standards. The infrastructure will be powered by renewable energy and built with ultra-low power usage effectiveness (PUE), supporting large-scale AI training and inference workloads while maintaining high operational efficiency. Management believes the partnership further strengthens BUZZ HPC’s position as a leading sovereign AI cloud provider in Canada. Together, Bell, Cohere, and BUZZ HPC are creating a comprehensive platform that integrates connectivity, data centres, compute infrastructure, cybersecurity, and professional services into a unified national AI ecosystem. For government agencies and enterprise customers, the platform offers enhanced control over data sovereignty, AI model security, governance, and performance, while ensuring critical AI infrastructure remains entirely under Canadian jurisdiction #proactiveinvestors #hivedigitaltechnologieslet #tsxv #hive #nasdaq #hive #AIInfrastructure #buzzhpc #HighPerformanceComputing #HPC #CloudComputing #DataCenters #BellCanada #Cohere #AIInfrastructure #NVIDIA #CloudComputing #CanadianTechnology
Transcribe →Foremost Clean Energy targets Athabasca growth after Hatchet Lake Uranium success
Today00:06:13Tap to summarizeForemost Clean Energy CEO Jason Barnard joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the company’s uranium exploration strategy, recent drilling success, and plans to advance its expanding portfolio of Athabasca Basin assets. Barnard said Foremost is focused on high-grade uranium exploration and currently holds 10 properties in Saskatchewan’s Athabasca Basin, one of the world’s premier uranium districts. A key part of the company’s strategy is its partnership with Denison Mines, which provides technical, strategic, and financial support as Foremost advances exploration across its project portfolio. The company’s flagship Hatchet Lake project remains the primary focus after recent drilling successfully intersected uranium mineralization. Barnard highlighted results of 0.34% uranium over 4.6 metres, including 1.0% uranium over 1.5 metres, describing the intercept as an important step toward defining a larger discovery at the project. “We have a flagship property now, and that’s Hatchet Lake,” Barnard said. The interview also covered growing investor and industry interest in uranium, driven by the increasing role of nuclear energy in global power generation and the rising electricity demands of artificial intelligence data centres. Barnard said these long-term demand drivers continue to support the uranium market and reinforce the strategic value of Athabasca Basin exploration projects. Beyond uranium, Foremost also holds lithium and gold assets in Manitoba. Barnard explained that the company continues to evaluate ways to unlock value from those non-core assets through corporate development opportunities and potential transactions, with the aim of supporting additional uranium-focused growth. Looking ahead, Foremost plans to continue advancing work programs at Hatchet Lake and Turkey Lake, while leveraging Denison’s technical expertise to refine targets and accelerate exploration. Management believes the combination of strong recent drilling results, strategic partnerships, and exposure to a strengthening uranium market positions the company for continued progress in the Athabasca Basin. #proactiveinvestors #foremostcleanenergy #nasdaq #fmst #uranium #Uranium #AthabascaBasin #UraniumExploration #HatchetLake #DenisonMines #NuclearEnergy #CriticalMinerals #MiningNews #ResourceDiscovery
Transcribe →Virtuix bring Omni One VR treadmill to millions of Meta Quest users to enhance playing experience
Yesterday00:04:48Tap to summarizeVirtuix CEO Jan Goetgeluk joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss the launch of Omni One for Quest, a new collaboration with Meta that brings full-body, unrestricted movement to the Meta Quest ecosystem and significantly expands Virtuix’s potential customer base. The new system will be “Made for Meta” certified and featured in the Meta Store, providing Virtuix with direct exposure to millions of active Meta Quest users worldwide. The launch represents a major milestone for the company as it integrates its proprietary omni-directional treadmill technology with one of the largest virtual and extended reality platforms in the world. Goetgeluk explained that Omni One for Quest allows users to physically walk, run, crouch, strafe, and jump in 360 degrees while playing compatible Quest games and fitness applications. Designed as a plug-and-play solution, the system combines real-world movement with virtual experiences to create a more immersive and physically engaging gaming environment. The platform is compatible with both Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 headsets, immediately opening access to a large and growing global XR audience. Users can also participate in multiplayer experiences with other Quest players, including those who do not own an Omni system. Management believes the partnership with Meta significantly enhances Virtuix’s growth prospects by bringing its technology to a much broader consumer market. The company sees increasing demand for immersive gaming, fitness, and virtual experiences as extended reality adoption continues to accelerate. The launch comes as major technology companies including Meta, Apple, and Google continue investing heavily in XR ecosystems. Industry forecasts project the global video game market could exceed $600 billion over the next decade, creating substantial opportunities for companies developing next-generation gaming and immersive technology solutions. Virtuix believes Omni One for Quest positions the company at the intersection of gaming, fitness, and immersive technology, while leveraging Meta’s extensive ecosystem to drive adoption and expand its market reach. #proactiveinvestors #virtuix #nasdaq #VTIX #Virtuix #VTIX #MetaQuest #VirtualReality #XR #GamingTechnology #OmniOne #Metaverse #VRGaming #ExtendedReality #ImmersiveTechnology
Transcribe →Coinsilium doubles down on agentic AI economy backed by strong Bitcoin treasury
Yesterday00:11:07Tap to summarizeCoinsilium Group Limited (AQSE:COIN, OTCQB:CINGF, FRA:5CT) CEO Eddy Travia and CFO Ben Proffitt joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion to discuss annual results, accounting changes around digital assets, and the company's strategic focus on frontier technologies, including agentic AI, prediction markets and blockchain infrastructure. Proffitt explained Coinsilium's updated IFRS accounting treatment for crypto assets, now classified as intangible assets rather than current assets, with market value changes flowing through other comprehensive income rather than profit and loss. The company ended the year with around £1.4 million in cash and Bitcoin holdings worth roughly £12 million, alongside post-period developments including the Predictive Labs investment and the launch of the Yellow token. Travia outlined Coinsilium's strategy of identifying transformative technologies early, now centred on where blockchain, AI and data-driven systems converge. "We have identified the emerging AI economy, which is quite vast," he said, pointing to exposure across the agentic AI ecosystem through Predictive Labs, Otomato and Yellow Network - the latter developing settlement infrastructure for AI agents, with its SDK now adopted by more than 500 projects. The interview closed with an update on Predictive Labs, where Coinsilium is the first external investor, with product milestones expected in the coming months. For more interviews and market insights, visit the Proactive YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications so you never miss future content. #Coinsilium #EddyTravia #BenProffitt #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #Blockchain #Bitcoin #CryptoAssets #PredictionMarkets #YellowNetwork #PredictiveLabs #DigitalAssets #Fintech #Web3 #TechnologyInvesting #ProactiveInvestors
Transcribe →CelLBxHealth CEO on strategy reset and growth plans
Yesterday00:06:59Tap to summarizeCelLBxHealth (AIM:CLBX) CEO Peter Collins joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion to discuss the company's strategic reset, progress with its Parsortix platform, and new collaborations with major healthcare and pharma players. Collins described the first half of 2026 as "an absolute whirlwind," with the company overhauling its business, product portfolio and commercial strategy — focusing on improving circulating tumour cell (CTC) recovery and viability to support both internal programmes and external partners. New board appointments bring added commercial, diagnostics, healthcare and capital markets expertise, which Collins believes will help drive execution, particularly in the US. On partnerships, Collins highlighted AstraZeneca's interest in CTC-based analysis to support its oncology pipeline, alongside a collaboration with AdventHealth using Parsortix in two large-scale cancer studies aimed at building clinical evidence for CTC-based patient monitoring. Looking ahead, Collins pointed to growing recognition of CTCs' role in cancer biology and drug development: "CTCs are required to address critical questions that ctDNA and tissue are unable to do." He expects further partnering opportunities and progress toward clinical utility to support future growth. For more videos featuring company executives and industry leaders, visit the Proactive YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications so you never miss future content. #CelLBxHealth #PeterCollins #Parsortix #CancerResearch #Oncology #Biotech #Diagnostics #CirculatingTumorCells #CTC #AstraZeneca #AdventHealth #HealthcareInnovation #PrecisionMedicine #CancerDiagnostics #LifeSciences #Biopharma #ClinicalResearch #MedicalTechnology #Investing #AIMMarket
Transcribe →Royal Road Minerals maintains Colombia momentum as GAM advances
Yesterday00:05:59Tap to summarizeRoyal Road Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:RYR, OTC:RRDMF, FRA:RLU) CEO Dr Tim Coughlin joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion to discuss the company's long-term exploration strategy in Colombia, as the country adjusts to a new administration following Abelardo de la Espriella's presidential runoff win over Iván Cepeda. Coughlin said it's too early to draw definitive conclusions about the political transition, but stressed there's been no change to the company's approach at its flagship GAM project, where drilling continues. He emphasised that strong community relationships remain key to successful project development. Colombia, he added, remains highly prospective for copper and gold, with Royal Road controlling around 1,840km² of combined titles and applications, making it one of the country's largest title holders, alongside assets near the Ecuador border within a recognised porphyry belt. On growth, Coughlin said access to certain projects ultimately comes down to political will: "The key to getting on to those projects is entirely political will. It's nothing else." The interview also covered exploration priorities, including the northern block, and the El Molino system in Caldas, which Coughlin called a "spectacular project," alongside efforts to maximise value across the company's land package through local partnership models. For more interviews and market insights, visit the Proactive YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications so you never miss future content. #RoyalRoadMinerals #TimCoughlin #ColombiaMining #GoldExploration #CopperExploration #MiningStocks #JuniorMining #ResourceInvesting #GAMProject #ElMolino #MiningNews #ColombiaResources #PorphyryGold #CopperMarket #ProactiveInvestors
Transcribe →Solvonis reports positive SVN-002 bridging data; CEO outlines next steps
Yesterday00:06:00Tap to summarizeSolvonis Therapeutics (LSE:SVNS) CEO Anthony Tennyson joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion to discuss positive bridging pharmacokinetic data from the SVN-002 programme and what it means for the company's strategy in alcohol use disorder. Solvonis is advancing SVN-002 toward a Phase 2b trial for moderate to severe alcohol use disorder in the US, repurposing Johnson & Johnson's approved esketamine treatment Spravato via the FDA's 505(b)(2) pathway. Preclinical PK studies showed comparable exposure levels of esketamine and its metabolites via sublingual and buccal delivery compared with intranasal administration — a key step in establishing the scientific bridge the FDA requires. "We've established that esketamine delivered sublingual and buccal delivers the same exposure as esketamine delivered intranasal," Tennyson said. He pointed to a substantial commercial opportunity, with alcohol use disorder affecting around 15 million American adults, a far larger market than the treatment-resistant depression population Spravato currently serves. Tennyson said the data could support a narrower toxicology package and a faster, capital-efficient development timeline. Next steps include FDA discussions on toxicology requirements ahead of an IND application for the planned Phase 2b trial. For more Proactive interviews and market insights, visit the Proactive YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications so you never miss future content. #SolvonisTherapeutics #AnthonyTennyson #SVN002 #AlcoholUseDisorder #AUD #Biotech #Pharma #DrugDevelopment #Esketamine #Spravato #ClinicalTrials #FDA #HealthcareInnovation #LifeSciences #Investing
Transcribe →Frontier IP CEO talks fundraise, exits and portfolio catalysts ahead
Yesterday00:04:56Tap to summarizeFrontier IP Group PLC (LSE:FIPP, FRA:8WT),CEO Neil Crabb joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion to discuss the company's recent fundraising and progress across its deep technology portfolio. Crabb said the raise will support ongoing operations, help portfolio companies hit key scale-up and commercialisation milestones, and expand the company's science centre activities in Cambridge. On the discount involved, he acknowledged challenging market conditions for listed companies seeking institutional investment, but said Frontier IP's focus remains on delivering value through portfolio growth, exits and realisations. A major highlight was progress at 2D Photonics, which secured state aid clearance for a €211 million grant to build a facility demonstrating photonics technology for AI and defence applications. "We think it's got a genuinely world leading technology backing from tier one investors and now very substantial state support that will allow it to deliver on that potential," Crabb said. The interview also covered Pulsiv's energy efficiency technology, encouraging animal challenge study results at The Vaccine Group, Alusid's scale-up plans, GraphEnergyTech's work replacing silver with graphene in solar panels, and Cambridge Raman Imaging's materials analysis technology. Watch the full interview to learn more about Frontier IP's portfolio, upcoming milestones and the opportunities management sees across AI, energy efficiency, clean technology and advanced industrial applications. For more interviews and market insights, visit the Proactive YouTube channel. Don't forget to like this video, subscribe to the channel and enable notifications so you never miss future content. #FrontierIP #NeilCrabb #FIPP #DeepTech #ArtificialIntelligence #AIInfrastructure #Photonics #2DPhotonics #EnergyEfficiency #Pulsiv #Graphene #SolarTechnology #CleanTech #Innovation #TechnologyInvesting #SmallCaps #UKInvesting #StockMarket #DefenceTechnology #CambridgeInnovation
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