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The story Budget 2025 tells to Canadian tech
Plus: Xanadu to go public in $3.6-billion USD SPAC deal.
What will Budget 2025 offer Canada’s innovation economy?
Plus: Wealthsimple hits $10-billion valuation with new funding.
The feds are picking Canadian tech winners through MOUs
Plus: Aidan Gomez says Cohere could IPO “soon.”
Gen Z wants BlackBerry back. Why?
Plus: Open banking details expected in #Budget2025.
Canadian VC movement and AI at Elevate
Plus: OpenAI teases Canadian office.
Canada must not ignore its innovation problems
Plus: Feds launch Defence Investment Agency.
The feds are ALL IN on AI
It was a good week to be Canada’s AI darling. One day after the company announced another $100 million USD in funding to…
An untapped market for Canadian tech
Plus: Ex-Rogers CEO and venture investor Nadir Mohamed dead at 69.
Canadian tech execs change with the season
Plus: Carney tasks Major Projects Office with “Canadian sovereign cloud.”
‘Mission is a go’ for Canadian defence tech
Plus: Cohere co-founder calls out Sam Altman for AGI hype.
Teenagers are talking with AI. What are the chatbots telling them?
Plus: Canadian tech job listings plunge below pre-pandemic levels.
Taking Pride in Canadian tech
Plus: The former Meta employee trying to stop Canada’s AI brain drain.
Cohere remains Canada’s AI hope
Plus: The bright spot in Québec’s gloomy VC landscape.
Peeking through the Canadian tech IPO window
Plus: Cohere pitches security and productivity with general release of North.