With Signal 1, Tomi Poutanen is using AI to tackle Canadian Healthcare

Tomi Poutanen has co-founded some of Canada’s most notable artificial intelligence (AI) organizations, from early-stage VC firm Radical Ventures to the Vector Institute research hub, and prediction engine company Layer 6.

When Layer 6 was sold to TD Bank in 2018 in a reported $100 million USD deal, Poutanen became the bank’s chief AI officer, and helped apply Layer 6’s AI engine at TD to a number of different financial services-related use-cases.