A wake for BuzzFeed, Gawker, Vice with CANADALAND’s Jonathan Goldsbie
byA post-mortem on the rampant demise of 2000s digital media publications & how they compare to the slow death of traditional…
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Hosted by Douglas Soltys and Rob Kenedi, the BetaKit Podcast Channel features weekly podcasts discussing Canadian tech and global tech from a Canadian perspective. Produced by Kattie Laur.
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What’s next for Shopify?
byBusiness Insider’s Madeline Stone joins to discuss the end of Shopify’s “side quest” and future of…
Do the feds have an innovation strategy? CCI’s Ben Bergen isn’t so sure
byThe Council of Canadian Innovators president answers your submitted questions on innovation policy.
How YouTuber Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) hunts internet grifts
byAlberta is the unlikely front in the war against NFTs, contrepreneurs, and the metaverse.
Revisiting BlackBerry’s extraordinary rise and spectacular fall
byLosing the Signal co-author Sean Silcoff and BlackBerry co-writer Matthew Miller step into the Wayback Machine.
Scale AI’s COO explains how Canada can build an AI-powered economy
byClément Bourgogne says Scale AI is more focused on supply chains than generative AI.
Is Canada ready for an EV future?
byFlavio Volpe and Paris Marx join for a conversation on what the future of transportation in Canada might look like.
Was RenoRun abandoned by investors or just another mannequin startup?
byRipple Ventures’ Matt Cohen joins to unpack the complicated spot Canadian startups find themselves in.
Ask John Ruffolo Anything: SVB fallout, VC groupthink, government dependence & more
byCanadian tech’s maverick investor answers your submitted questions.
Michelle Scarborough explains why BDC is thinking bigger with Thrive Platform
byIn late September, at a private BDC event taking place during Elevate—the same day the Crown Corporation announced its new…
Raine Maida and Senator Deacon discuss Big Tech’s control over digital creators (and the news)
byBig Tech controls the discovery and distribution of Canadian content. What’s a democracy to do?
Dan Breznitz unmuzzled: Canada Innovation Corporation architect explains how we got here
byWhat the CIC is missing, who might make a good CEO, and why the Crown corp. comes with carrots and sticks.
Panache’s Chris Neumann on FounderFuel’s return and “shitty” VC behaviour
by“Myself and every other investor I know has a long list of people we will not deal with again.”
Generative AI will test what’s worse: biased data or user bad faith
byIs AI ready for users willing to fuck around and find out? Are we?
The Indigo hack is bad. Will AI make cyber threats worse?
byPlurilock CEO Ian Paterson discusses the economics of AI cyber threats and Canada’s response with Bill C-26.