In another comment someone posted the link to Vector's website (which I couldn't find linked from any of the announcements, nor by searching on Google), which c

In another comment someone posted the link to Vector's website (which I couldn't find linked from any of the announcements, nor by searching on Google), which clarifies #1 and #2. http://vectorinstitute.ai/ http://vectorinstitute.ai/ Vector is organized as a not-for-profit corporation. It has 12 directors including some academics, some big names from corporate Canada, two VCs, a few entrepreneurs, and a few people with close ties to the Ontario government. The directors are: Ed Clark - former bank CEO, Ontario government economic advisor Scott Bonham - VC Vivek Goel - senior administrator at U of T Mary Jo Haddad - management consultant specializing in healthcare Chaviva Hosek - U of T public policy professor, former Canadian government advisor Jordan Jacobs - lawyer and founder of an AI company Stephen Lake - engineer and founder Nadir Mohamed - former Big 3 telecom CEO, associated with Ryerson University Michael Serbinis - scientist and founder Pearl Sullivan - Dean of Engineering at UWaterloo Terrence Sullivan - healthcare policy professor at U of T, closely tied to the Ontario government Shivon Zilis - VC