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Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys is the Editor-in-Chief of BetaKit and founder of BetaKit Incorporated. He has worked for a few failed companies and written about many more. He spends too much time on the Internet. You can reach him on Signal: @tr0ndizzle.83

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The Canadian engineer trying to fix the internet’s original sin 

May 26, 2025

Coinbase’s Erik Reppel thinks AI, crypto, and open standards could revolutionize internet commerce.

Canada’s next innovation capital

May 26, 2025

Plus: BetaKit to open full-time Prairies bureau.

Alberta tech has energy

May 20, 2025

Plus: Robinhood scoops up WonderFi, Canadian VC has another tough quarter.

Marcelo Cortes, Faire

Why Faire’s co-founder wants to bring Silicon Valley’s DNA to Canada

May 19, 2025

Faire’s Chief Architect fell in love with Canada. Now he’s selling his new home to the rest of the world.

OpenText building

Will AI agents replace SaaS before SaaS replaces employees with AI?

May 12, 2025

Plus: How Canadian tech is rising to meet the wildfire threat.

Social Media

Half of the internet is bots and they’re feeding you lies

May 11, 2025

AI-powered disinformation is taking over the internet. Calgary-based Koat.ai is tracking it in real time.

Canadian angels just want to write the cheque

May 5, 2025

Plus: Cohere Labs head calls “unreliable” AI leaderboard rankings a “crisis.”

Joe Canavan NACO Summit 2025

Joe Canavan has a plan for Canada to become an innovation nation

May 4, 2025

Canada’s angel of the year shares how the country can bolster its economic sovereignty at NACO Summit.

Canadian flag flies in the foreground over the parliament buildings in Ottawa on a sunny day

The best political party for Canadian tech

April 28, 2025

Plus: Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify.

Clutch

How does an online car retailer survive a trade war?

April 27, 2025

Clutch found a new gear after a post-pandemic lull, just in time for tariffs to hit.

Canadian VCs have performance anxiety

April 21, 2025

Plus: Yoshua Bengio warns of agentic AI’s “catastrophic risks.”

Toronto Tech Week

How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June

April 20, 2025

From tweet to volunteer-run non-profit: inaugural Toronto Tech Week will feature over 100 events.

Toronto Tech Week

Chamath Palihapitiya, Sanja Fidler among Homecoming headliners as Toronto Tech Week unveils event calendar

April 14, 2025

More than 10,000 people expected to attend over 100 events across five days in June.

Canadian tech makes federal election asks

April 14, 2025

Plus: BetaKit’s “Most Ambitious” issue launches in June.

PebbleOS smartwatches Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2

Inside Eric Migicovsky’s crazy journey to relaunch Pebble

April 13, 2025

A decade after the first Pebble, Canada’s wearables king is back making smartwatches for himself.

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