From roaming robo-barns to laser weeders, how an innovative program is helping BC farmers
Innovate BC’s On-Farm Technology Adoption Program gave farmers $4.5 million last year to buy new tech.
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CanLII and Caseway AI reportedly moving towards settlement in copyright dispute
Non-profit sued Caseway in late 2024 for allegedly scraping its data to build an AI legaltech tool.
Backboard.io looks to solve AI amnesia with “substantial” pre-seed round
Assent co-founder Rob Imbeault’s new AI company has backing from Mistral and Garage.
Edmonton reporter Jesse Cole joins BetaKit’s new Prairies Bureau
Prairies coverage funded through innovative partnership with non-profit YEGAF.
“A perfect storm”: 2025 was the worst year for Canadian VC fundraising since 2016
RBCx report shows emerging managers, fund sizes, and graduation rates are declining amid a lack of exits.
Sprung Studios launches Sonar, an AI tool to track how players feel about games
After working on gaming’s biggest titles, Sprung wants to make player feedback easier to find.
Fifteen bold predictions on what it will feel like to work in tech in 2026
Canadian tech leaders share what they expect to see this year in the job market and at the office.
The Basic Phone launches Kickstarter for “dumbphone” that’s just the right amount of smart
You can’t log onto TikTok, but you can call an Uber.
Photonic says it’s ready to commercialize quantum with $180-million fundraise
RBC, Telus back quantum computing company as it looks to develop enterprise-ready tech.
“There is a huge gap in the innovation space”
Investor Darren Clifford sees the strongest market signals coming from a warming world.
Shopify ordered not to delete merchant data as legal spat with CRA continues
CRA’s data preservation order granted in case that has been ongoing since 2023.
Thirty bold predictions for AI in 2026
Canadian founders, VCs, experts, and critics share what they expect from artificial intelligence this year.
McRock Capital closes $120 million in third fund, backing industrial software startups
Caterpillar and Autodesk become LPs as McRock falls shy of initial $200-million target.
Canadian Food Inspection Agency suspends Goodfood’s safe food licence
Suspension follows months of executive turnover at meal-delivery company.
Clicks releases a phone for your phone, giving users a taste of BlackBerry
The Communicator is your “second phone” for communicating, not consuming. It also resurrects the headphone jack.