How YouTuber Dan Olson (Folding Ideas) hunts internet grifts
Alberta is the unlikely front in the war against NFTs, contrepreneurs, and the metaverse.
Podcasts
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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Revisiting BlackBerry’s extraordinary rise and spectacular fall
Losing 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
Clément Bourgogne says Scale AI is more focused on supply chains than generative AI.
Is Canada ready for an EV future?
Flavio 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?
Ripple 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
Canadian tech’s maverick investor answers your submitted questions.
Michelle Scarborough explains why BDC is thinking bigger with Thrive Platform
In 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)
Big 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
What 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
“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
Is AI ready for users willing to fuck around and find out? Are we?
The Indigo hack is bad. Will AI make cyber threats worse?
Plurilock CEO Ian Paterson discusses the economics of AI cyber threats and Canada’s response with Bill C-26.
What comes after the attention economy?
Kate Bush and Girl Talk point to new outcomes and priorities.
Why I killed my startup
A one-on-one interview with the BetaKit Podcast’s co-host about what it takes to start—and end—a business.
Can Amber Mac explain WTF is happening in tech right now?
Not quite the best start to 2023 for tech.