BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 18

Canadian Tech & Startup News

Intriciate technology connected to the Trillium Supercomputer

By Josh Scott June 8, 2026

Inside the GTA facility housing one of Canada’s most powerful supercomputers

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By Alex Riehl June 4, 2026

Canada’s AI strategy contains $2.3 billion in spending but few details on new privacy regulations

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Isabelle Hudon | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl June 1, 2026

BDC extends Isabelle Hudon’s mandate as CEO through 2030

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Erin O'Toole for Most Ambitious | BetaKit

By Douglas Soltys May 28, 2026

Q&A: Erin O’Toole says Canada needs to play catch-up on defence innovation

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Gilles Brassard BetaKit Most Ambitious

By Madison McLauchlan May 28, 2026

Canada’s quantum Cassandra is finally heard

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LATEST NEWS

Ex-AWS leaders bring Soma out of stealth with a plan to ease the data centre power crunch

Alex Riehl April 7, 2026

Soma Energy has raised $7 million USD for AI-powered optimization for electricity infrastucture.

How Sonibel can hear when a welder makes a mistake

Alex Riehl April 7, 2026

UBC grads raise $1.6 million USD for acoustic sensor that identifies errors while you weld.

GridBank raises $6-million seed round to monetize the videos in your camera roll

Madison McLauchlan April 7, 2026

Users can upload videos while brands pay to use the organic content.

Q&A: Clearpath Robotics’ Ryan Gariepy on killer robots and Canada’s defence strategy

Josh Scott April 6, 2026

Industry leader says Canada is leaving opportunity on the table in robotics.

Canada’s next moonshot?

Sarah Rieger April 6, 2026

Plus: Saskatchewan goes quantum.

Claude’s source code leak has permanently changed the AI race

Alistair Vigier April 3, 2026

Alistair Vigier writes that innovation needs visibility to succeed.

Why many of Canada’s tech centaurs are in no rush to go public

Josh Scott April 2, 2026

Leaders from Clio, GeoComply, Wealthsimple, and others talk IPOs and the “SaaSpocalypse.”

Carbon Upcycling secures up to $10 million USD as it chases cleaner concrete

Josh Scott April 2, 2026

Cleantech firm plans to put capital toward its first commercial project in Mississauga.

Feds invest $79 million in Aspect Biosystems to develop 3D-printed tissue treatment

Alex Riehl April 2, 2026

Investment supports $280 million project to “significantly enhance” Aspect’s clinical development capabilities.

A woman sits in front of her computer.

The women most at risk from AI aren’t in the rooms designing it

April Hicke April 2, 2026

April Hicke writes that Canada is building its AI economy on a foundation that excludes some of its workforce.

The Canadians behind Artemis II’s historic moon mission

Madison McLauchlan April 1, 2026

Here’s how Canada is supporting astronaut Jeremy Hansen from the ground.

NGen announces nearly $80 million for Canadian manufacturers to adopt AI

Madison McLauchlan April 1, 2026

Funding comes from industry partners and through Pan-Canadian AI Strategy.

Feds invest over $16 million in trio of Prairies-based cleantech research projects

Josh Scott April 1, 2026

Natural Resources Canada backs energy innovation across Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Repay will buy billing platform Kubra for $372 million USD

Alex Riehl April 1, 2026

Combined company expected to process $130 billion in annual payment volume.

Lockheed Martin Canada invests $3.6 million into Lemay.ai

Alex Riehl April 1, 2026

Project supports AI R&D for “sovereign knowledge management.”

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Physical AI and economic nationalism at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

by Douglas Soltys

Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.

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AI sovereignty & defence tech at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

by Douglas Soltys

Evan Solomon, leaders from Xanadu, Dominion Dynamics, Sentinel R&D got candid at Town Hall.

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How Toronto Tech Week became Canada’s largest grassroots tech event

by Douglas Soltys

Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two years.

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Harjit Sajjan reports for duty

by Douglas Soltys

After decades in public service, former defence minister Harjit Sajjan is now a defence-tech entrepreneur.

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Evaluating Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy

by Douglas Soltys

The DIS adds clarity to Canada’s defence spending commitments, but not their outcomes.

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How StackAdapt quietly built an adtech giant

by Douglas Soltys

StackAdapt CEO Vitaly Pecherskiy says AI has changed what customers need from software.

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