Canada’s forthcoming AI strategy aims to stop IP and value from leaving the country, parliamentary secretary says
Prime Minister Carney has confirmed that the long-delayed strategy will be released next week.
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Purpose CEO Som Seif says “self-centred” finance industry is killing competition
Amidst battle with OSC, Seif claims incumbents wield the regulated nature of the financial industry against change.
Quantum chemistry for drug discovery still hasn’t had its “ChatGPT moment,” biotech founder says
ProteinQure’s co-founder argues “messy biology experiments” are still the bottleneck.
Wealthsimple to offer early access to IPO trading
Upcoming IPOs for SpaceX and Anthropic are boosting demand.
Raquel Urtasun wants Canada to go “all in” on physical AI
Waabi founder said at BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall that Canada could lead the physical AI revolution.
Saris raises $28.8-million USD Series A to automate banks’ back offices
Canadian founders of YC-backed Oohlala Mobile return with new startup.
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.
Canada’s quantum Cassandra is finally heard
Turing Award winner Gilles Brassard has spent decades warning about the threat posed by powerful quantum encryption.
Investor burn books and FaceTiming Serena Williams: three founder fundraising stories from Homecoming
CEOs of Float, Neo Financial, and Rebel told Homecoming attendees how they courted investors.
Award-winning author Ken Liu is not afraid of AI slop
Liu is fine with AI coding, but finds the notion of it writing stories for him “revolting.”
Jim Balsillie says Canada must put forward economic policy for the 21st century
CCI chair spoke on taking a lesson from US economic policy during BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall.
Cohere’s Nick Frosst thinks Canadian energy can be “100 percent” renewables
Growing Canada’s domestic capacity was a focus of Homecoming’s sovereignty-themed panel.
“Not a blip”: AI was Canada’s venture market mover in 2025
Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.
Defence tech founders are frustrated with Canada’s approach to “dual-use”
At Arctic Edge conference, VCs offered a mea culpa while outlining why dual-use tech is here to stay.
Eliot Pence: Canada’s defence buying timelines are “irrelevant” for modern warfare
At Most Ambitious: Town Hall, Dominion Dynamics CEO said procurement must move in weeks, not decades.