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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.

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Sprung Studios launches Sonar, an AI tool to track how players feel about games

January 6, 2026

After working on gaming’s biggest titles, Sprung wants to make player feedback easier to find.

The Basic Phone launches Kickstarter for “dumbphone” that’s just the right amount of smart

January 6, 2026

You can’t log onto TikTok, but you can call an Uber.

The BetaKit Quiz

The ultimate 2025 #CDNtech quiz

January 2, 2026

Start 2026 with a refresher of last year’s headlines: one question for every month.

Clicks releases a phone for your phone, giving users a taste of BlackBerry

January 2, 2026

The Communicator is your “second phone” for communicating, not consuming. It also resurrects the headphone jack.

#CDNTECH 2025: Politics

The year Canadian tech got political (again)

January 1, 2026

In 2025, Canadian tech’s reengagement with federal politics had many parallels with the prior decade.

The BetaKit Quiz

Canada’s quantum dark horse, DoorDash gets Zesty, and Queen’s Nvidia recruit

December 19, 2025

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for December 19, 2025.

CoLab

CoLab joins Nvidia Inception Program to beef up AI capabilities for its engineering tools

December 18, 2025

St. John’s startup says Nvidia’s platforms will improve how engineers interpret simulation data.

Feds sign five-year MOU with Coveo in latest AI partnership

December 17, 2025

Government will explore how it can use the company’s platform in its operations.

Canadian Space Mining Corporation plans for “rapid expansion” in 2026 under new name

December 17, 2025

The Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation rebrand reflects a broader focus on critical technologies.

Tetra Digital Group CEO Didier Lavallee.

Tetra Trust clears another hurdle on its path to launching CADD stablecoin

December 16, 2025

Successful test saw CADD transferred between National Bank and Wealthsimple.

Coinbase Canada CEO Lucas Matheson to join former Shopify colleagues at Opendoor

December 15, 2025

Former Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian continues to poach Canadian tech talent.

Simuhealth raises $2.6 million pre-seed to modernize healthcare training

December 12, 2025

New capital will help Vancouver startup scale its training management platform across North America.

The BetaKit Quiz

Salesforce might rebrand, Shopify gets agentic, and SpaceX’s unexpected beneficiary

December 12, 2025

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for December 12, 2025.

GoodFood

Goodfood loses another leader as co-founder says he’s stepping down as president and COO

December 11, 2025

Neil Cuggy took over day-to-day operations after co-founder Jonathan Ferrari abruptly left in August.

Canada needs a national semiconductor strategy, industry groups argue

December 11, 2025

Five countries account for almost 91 percent of the global semiconductor market. Canada isn’t one.

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