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Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle Kirkwood

Isabelle is a Vancouver-based writer with 5+ years of experience in communications and journalism and a lifelong passion for telling stories. For over two years, she has reported on all sides of the Canadian startup ecosystem, from landmark venture deals to public policy, telling the stories of the founders putting Canadian tech on the map.

CIBC - Gradient Ascent Podcast - Episode2

How founders are rethinking capital in the AI era

September 24, 2026

CIBC’s Gradient Ascent Podcast examines how AI is changing round timing and allocation.

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The infrastructure tipping point for growing tech companies

September 21, 2026

Dedicatted explains how MSPs can take ownership of uptime and incident response as reliability demands increase.

AI Code

When AI writes the code, what still counts as R&D?

September 17, 2026

Boast breaks down what companies need to prove when AI is part of the experimentation process.

AVSS

What would it take to build a sovereign drone industry in Canada?

September 17, 2026

Drone company leaders share how they’re reducing foreign dependence and how Ottawa can build domestic capacity.

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Toronto Pearson wants to clear biometric travel for takeoff

September 10, 2026

The airport is testing facial verification at boarding as it prepares to handle 65 million passengers a year.

A panel of judges at ALL IN.

Smart Cities AI Challenge: Taking urban challenges to Canada’s AI startups at ALL IN

September 8, 2026

Smart Cities AI Challenge is one of three reverse pitch competitions at Canada’s largest AI and tech event.

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What it takes for Canadian tech to enter defence

August 12, 2026

DIGITAL’s new series is helping founders uncover dual-use opportunities and build a roadmap to seize them.

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“Intimate, safe, and enduring”: How a founder’s personal loss led to a new kind of business

August 6, 2026

Cremation Tattoos worked with North Forge to turn a reverent memorial practice into a scaling business.

A group of people pose for a photo inside a highrise office.

How AI is changing the agency model

July 29, 2026

Chrono Innovation wants to bring agency-level accountability to AI-assisted software development.

Large tankers

How BinSentry built an AI moat in AgTech

July 23, 2026

When the company needed a partner to support its North American expansion, it found one in CIBC.

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How Ben Machine Products is helping power Canada’s defence push from Vaughan

July 15, 2026

The firm has supported Oscar-winning camera technology and fighter jet components.

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Why cybersecurity teams are struggling to keep up with AI adoption

June 29, 2026

Fortinet’s Robert May explores the pressures defining cybersecurity in the AI era.

WearDOXX team

How university-born healthtech research can make the leap beyond the lab

June 25, 2026

WearDOXX is part of YSpace’s effort to help turn Canadian research into globally competitive healthtech businesses.

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Osler Deal Points Report finds Canada’s venture recovery was uneven in 2025

June 12, 2026

Osler’s Calvin Leung and Justin Young unpack the financing trends founders should watch in 2026.

“Not a blip”: AI was Canada’s venture market mover in 2025

May 27, 2026

Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.

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