Q&A: Minister Evan Solomon on why Ottawa wants Canadians to adopt AI
Federal AI minister on why AI is a foundational technology and why Canada needs sovereign digital alternatives.
Minister Evan Solomon on Canada’s AI strategy, sovereignty, and social media
A special Canada Day edition of The BetaKit Podcast.
Did the Anthropic model ban prove Cohere is right about sovereign AI?
Co-founder Nick Frosst on sovereign AI, Star Trek, and why he doesn’t make a point of listening to Marc Andreessen.
US foreign access ban on Anthropic models puts control over AI in the spotlight
Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez: “It’s a massive wake-up call.”
Physical AI and economic nationalism at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall
Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.
AI sovereignty & defence tech at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall
Evan Solomon, leaders from Xanadu, Dominion Dynamics, Sentinel R&D got candid at Town Hall.
Spotlighting Canada’s Most Ambitious
Plus: Feds considering Bill C-22 amendments.
Q&A: Erin O’Toole says Canada needs to play catch-up on defence innovation
Erin O’Toole wants Canadian innovators to seize the moment before it’s gone.
There is no sovereignty without technology
Plus: Bill C-22 threatens to drive tech firms out of Canada.
How Toronto Tech Week became Canada’s largest grassroots tech event
Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two years.
Harjit Sajjan reports for duty
After decades in public service, former defence minister Harjit Sajjan is now a defence-tech entrepreneur.
Evaluating Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy
The DIS adds clarity to Canada’s defence spending commitments, but not their outcomes.
How StackAdapt quietly built an adtech giant
StackAdapt CEO Vitaly Pecherskiy says AI has changed what customers need from software.
How to fix Canadian VC
Canada faces structural capital challenges requiring collective action.
Will Xanadu lead Canadian tech back to public markets?
Plus: Canadian VCs fear an AI-driven “SaaSpocalypse.”