‘Ambition made in Canada’ with Shopify, Cohere, and Wealthsimple
Harley Finkelstein, Aidan Gomez, and Mike Katchen dismiss the ‘Valley or bust’ myth.
Is Canadian AI failing?
Plus: Clutch hits $1 billion milestone, Clio opens up the chequebook.
What keeps Bluesky’s head of trust and safety up at night?
Aaron Rodericks is a Canadian working out of Dublin. His mission? Help the world find joy online.
Cohere’s Aidan Gomez says acquisition is “failure”
Plus: Everything you need to know about Toronto Tech Week and BetaKit Most Ambitious.
Telling the stories of Canadian tech’s Most Ambitious
Your director’s commentary companion to BetaKit’s first-ever print issue.
The price of admission for Canadian entrepreneurs
Plus: Coinbase Canada’s CEO says country’s digital sovereignty requires a stablecoin strategy.
Teresa Resch knows tech can give the Toronto Tempo a competitive advantage
Tempo president says her team “is a startup in every way” ahead of Homecoming talk at Toronto Tech Week.
Wealthsimple picks a fight it believes it can win
Plus: AI minister says Bill C-27 is “not gone.”
InBC’s Jill Earthy knows Canadian VC “could be healthier”
Provincial Crown Corp. CEO talks wake-up calls, early-stage investment, and InBC’s future fundraising plans.
Canada’s Bengio brothers offer new AI critiques, solutions
Plus: American chip giant AMD to acquire Untether AI team.
Amii CEO Cam Linke says Canada’s AI strategy requires customers
The head of Alberta’s AI institute talks literacy, adoption, and commercialization at Upper Bound.
Web Summit Vancouver was worth “every penny”
Plus: BetaKit is SABEW Canada’s Best in Business (again).
“The energy is here”: local leaders call Web Summit Vancouver’s scaled-back debut a success
Web Summit lands smoothly on the West Coast as attendees offer ideas for how it could grow.
The Canadian engineer trying to fix the internet’s original sin
Coinbase’s Erik Reppel thinks AI, crypto, and open standards could revolutionize internet commerce.
Canada’s next innovation capital
Plus: BetaKit to open full-time Prairies bureau.