Goodbye Grammarly, Canada’s newest decacorn, Let’s Go Blue Jays!

Steve Schneider filmed his son’s now-viral home run on the first pitch of Game 5 of the World Series using Meta Glasses. “Yeah, I mean his Meta glasses are a little bit … they’re kinda dumb. I don’t know why he wears them all the time,” Davis said in a recent news conference.

Toronto-based Wealthsimple signed a Series E round of up to $750 million CAD, giving it a post-money valuation of $10 billion. That will make the FinTech scale-up Canada’s most valuable private venture-backed tech company, vaulting ahead of peers like Cohere, Hopper, and 1Password.

The Government of Ontario’s ad campaign, which aired during the Fox broadcast of the Toronto Blue Jays’ American League Championship Series victory, featured former US President Ronald Reagan. The ad takes excerpts from Reagan’s 1987 radio address on foreign trade, and quotes him as saying tariffs “hurt every American.“

Litt will arrive at SAAS NORTH with the message: “SaaS is dead.” “We’re entering a new era for software,” Litt told BetaKit. “Adapt and thrive.”

Litt’s keynote is one of many must-see sessions happening on the BetaKit Keynote Stage at SAAS NORTH 2025, taking place from November 5 to 6 at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa.

The second edition of Techskis will take place at Osler Bluff Ski Club in the Blue Mountains. The event will gather 250 founders, investors, builders, and ecosystem players for two days of shredding and socializing in March 2026.

Ottawa mayor Mark Sutcliffe unveiled a new strategy that aims to attract up to $3 billion in public-private investment in the region’s defence innovation sector over the next five years. That initiative will be spearheaded by local economic development agency Invest Ottawa.

Elon Musk has launched a crowdsourced encyclopedia called Grokipedia, which features many entries reflecting Musk’s political point of view. The Verge later reported that Grokipedia includes many entries copied almost word for word from Wikipedia.

Arca’s CO2 capture solution relies on carbon mineralization, a natural process that transforms gaseous carbon into rock. The startup recently struck a 10-year deal with Microsoft to remove nearly 300,000 tonnes of CO2 from the air.

Grammarly, known for its AI-powered writing assistant, is rebranding to Superhuman as part of a shift into an all-in-one productivity platform. The rebrand comes with four products under the Superhuman suite of tools, including its writing assistant, an email service, a workspace platform, and a platform of AI agents.

Isabelle Kirkwood’s quiz work can definitely be described as informative, entertaining, and brain-busting. While she leaves big shoes to fill, you can rest assured that The BetaKit Quiz will continue as Kirkwood transitions to a new role with the team.

Adamson posed in front of an RBC branch dressed as “Kule Bank,” taken directly from RBC’s ad poking fun at neobanks. Adamson posted on LinkedIn: “We know change can be scary, but don’t worry.  You’ve been around for 200 years and I’m sure you’ll be just fine.”