Microsoft thinks AI agents will eat the world
Plus: Shopify, Lightspeed among Canadian tech stocks dragged down by tariffs.
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Are you going to Web Summit Vancouver?
Plus: Québec overhauls innovation tax credits, Ontario called to prioritize provincial procurement.
The future of Canadian tech runs through Waterloo
Plus: How meaningful is D-Wave’s claim to quantum supremacy?
Did Cohere give Canada its DeepSeek moment?
Plus: An innovation agenda for the next election.
Y Combinator is stealing Canadian startups
Plus: Richard Sutton wins Turing Award, SDTC funding is flowing again.
Canada wants a whole-of-society approach to cybersecurity
Plus: a Canadian VC calls it quits, Shopify cozies up to US with new SEC filings.
Who are Canadian tech’s most ambitious?
Plus: BDC commits $1B as megadeals keep Canadian VC funding afloat.
A piece of Canadian tech history just expired
Plus: Cohere sued for alleged copyright infringement.
Canadian tech is up against a ticking tariff clock
Plus: Canadian tech leaders launch Build Canada.
An AI report to distract you from tariffs
Plus: Shopify CEO promises ‘buy local’ features in Shop app.
To survive tariffs, Canadian startups need plans “A through D”
Plus: Shopify quietly kills Indigenous Entrepreneurship program.
Canadian tech is locked in on election season
Plus: Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi on trial for alleged sexual assault.
It’s time for Canada to show “spine and toughness”
Plus: Big acquisition week for 1Password, Humi, and Carbon6.
What kind of entrepreneur will you be in 2025?
Plus: Bench had a crazier holiday break than your startup.
The biggest Canadian tech stories of 2024
Plus: Check your SR&ED history for a potential post-holiday windfall.