How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June
From tweet to volunteer-run non-profit: inaugural Toronto Tech Week will feature over 100 events.
Podcasts
Hosted by Douglas Soltys, the BetaKit Podcast features weekly episodes discussing Canadian tech and global tech from a Canadian perspective.
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Inside Eric Migicovsky’s crazy journey to relaunch Pebble
A decade after the first Pebble, Canada’s wearables king is back making smartwatches for himself.
Katherine Homuth revisited
SRTX founder’s comments on fundraising & “losing her voice” worth revisiting with her impending departure.
Canadian foodtech has a scale-up problem
CFIN CEO Dana McCauley says Canada has “orphaned” the companies that feed us.
AI roundup: Cohere commands attention, Apple Intelligence delays, a vibe coding PSA
Plus: Telus announces “Sovereign AI” data centre (powered by Nvidia).
An election primer on what Canadian innovators need
With a new prime minister named, Canada’s next election looms. Who will set the innovation agenda?
What is Build Canada trying to construct?
Daniel Debow wants to move Canada’s Overton window. But he’s frustrated with ‘DOGE’ discourse.
Rejecting the rejection of DEIA with AccessNow’s Maayan Ziv
AccessNow’s CEO shares her response to governments, corporations, and fellow tech leaders sending the message that inclusion…
How is Canadian tech responding to the trade war?
Did someone poke the beaver and unleash Canada’s quiet patriotism? A 3-2 overtime hockey win says yes.
AI’s new moat with Coveo’s Louis Têtu
Coveo’s outgoing CEO says the company’s applied AI offering is a “market taker.”
Is Canada a secret video game powerhouse?
Canada must diversify its economy. Why not start with the industry contributing $5.1 billion to GDP?
Why Alistair Croll wants Canadian startups to be more evil
Co-author of Just Evil Enough: The Subversive Marketing Handbook wants to shake up Canada’s go-to-market approach.
SRTX’s Katherine Homuth wants to solve for everything
SRTX founder explains how solving for one problem led to modernizing Western manufacturing.
Discussing social media’s midlife crisis with Amber Mac
The tech and political worlds have collided and our feeds are suffering.
The biggest tech questions of 2025
A cleantech crisis? More centaurs? No more VCCI? FinTech IPOs? Quantum leaps? Let’s dig in.