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Alex Riehl

Alex Riehl

Alex Riehl is an Ottawa-based staff writer and newsletter curator at BetaKit. His main interests are in tech, gaming, and sports. You can follow his sports takes @alexriehl.com on Bluesky and reach him by email Alex.Riehl@betakit.com or Signal: @riehlalex.99.

Float, Wise, Koho, Paramount, and Brim join Payments Canada

January 27, 2026

New members are now eligible to apply for access to the upcoming real-time rail system.

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Y Combinator website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in

January 26, 2026

Change implies Canadian startups have to incorporate in the US, Cayman Islands, or Singapore to join accelerator.

AXL venture studio founding team

AXL partners with IT firm Compugen to help turn AI ideas into AI applications

January 26, 2026

Compugen claims to be Canada’s largest privately-owned technology solution provider.

Drive Capital “triples down” on Birdseye with $5 million USD investment for new AI competitive-intelligence tool

January 26, 2026

Birdseye wanted to know if popular AI chatbots recommended its snail mail marketing tool. Now they’re spinning out Yolando.…

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Musk fights an airline, Capital One buys Brex, and TikTok stays online

January 23, 2026

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for January 23, 2026.

Years after selling Inkbox to BIC, the brothers who founded it can’t watch it die

January 22, 2026

Handley brothers hope to buy back their semi-permanent tattoo brand after its sudden shutdown.

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Shopify makes more job cuts, this time targeting partnerships team

January 22, 2026

Layoffs come as Shopify restructures partnerships division for stronger focus on agentic commerce.

NordSpace to team up with German researchers to advance 3D-printed rocket engines

January 22, 2026

NRC IRAP chips in $335,000 to boost Markham company’s manufacturing capabilities for medium-lift rocket engines.

Teamworks, the “operating system for sports,” buys hockey analytics platform Sportlogiq

January 21, 2026

Sportlogiq says its platform is used by 97 percent of NHL teams, and serves more than 220 clients worldwide.

Docebo deepens AI capabilities with $55-million USD 365Talents acquisition

January 21, 2026

Docebo supports how employees build skills, 365Talents helps organizations apply them.

Goodfood sees “pressure” in meal kit market as it posts 21-percent drop in sales

January 20, 2026

Despite $2.6 million net loss, Goodfood exec claims Q1 represents “a clear step in stabilizing the business.”

YC alum DevCycle bought by Dynatrace to help developers move fast, but hopefully not break things

January 19, 2026

Combined platform to help devs push smooth updates as software and AI-native applications become more complex.

Canada Rocket Company wants Canada to stop hitching rides to space

January 16, 2026

CRC emerges from stealth with $6.2 million and a plan to give Canada sovereign rockets.

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A famous catchphrase, Ubisoft’s surprise closure, and Salesforce’s original vision

January 16, 2026

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for January 16, 2026.

MedEssist’s Access To Care program has turned 100 Ontario pharmacies into mini-clinics 

January 15, 2026

Milestone follows recent seed investment from Staircase Ventures and Hyperplane VC.

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