BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 10

Canadian Tech & Startup News

A rendering of Meta's proposed data centre in Sturgeon County

By Jesse Cole July 8, 2026

Meta to build Canada’s largest data centre north of Edmonton

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By Alex Riehl July 8, 2026

OpenText lays off two percent of its workforce

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A computer screen filled with code.

By Devi Narayan July 2, 2026

Canada is building sovereign AI—now it needs to secure it

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Cory Doctorow peeks his head out of window of a silver structure.

By Cory Doctorow July 1, 2026

Digital elbows up

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Minister Evan Solomon on The BetaKit Podcast

By Douglas Soltys July 1, 2026

Minister Evan Solomon on Canada’s AI strategy, sovereignty, and social media

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Dominion Dynamics

By Josh Scott June 30, 2026

Dominion Dynamics lands $139 million in Canada’s largest defence-tech Series A

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Rechie Valdez speaks from a podium.

Feds and City of Toronto to establish new sports tech hub at TMU

Josh Scott June 15, 2026

Toronto accelerator program is expected to support as many as 60 sports tech startups.

A head shot of Phil Fayer

Nuvei to buy US payments processor Payoneer for $2.75 billion USD

Alex Riehl June 15, 2026

Montréal-based Nuvei says combined company will process more than $500 billion in annual payment volume.

1Password

1Password acquires Apono to become the “control plane” for businesses using agentic AI

Josh Scott June 15, 2026

Toronto firm says deal aids transition from securing credentials to governing access.

Databiomes sets sights on moderating toxic gaming chats with first AI model

Josh Scott June 15, 2026

Startup launches on-device chat, voice moderation on Epic Games’ marketplace.

A man in the middle of a planted crop holding a Picketa briefcase.

Picketa raises $2.1 million to help farmers make the most of their fertilizer

Alex Riehl June 15, 2026

Fredericton-based AgTech startup can analyze crop health on the spot.

Donald Trump Portrait

US foreign access ban on Anthropic models puts control over AI in the spotlight

Sarah Rieger and Douglas Soltys June 15, 2026

Cohere co-founder Aidan Gomez: “It’s a massive wake-up call.”

A woman tending flowers in the front yard of a large house.

Legacy Keeper launches to organize estate planning with AI agents

Madison McLauchlan June 15, 2026

Victoria, BC-founded platform aims to cut down work for financial advisors.

An Alberta and Canada flag in front of a rainbow.

Meet the AI company tracking the foreign actors stoking Alberta separatism

Jesse Cole June 15, 2026

Cipher is using AI to track, monitor, and categorize the disinformation amplifying Canada’s unity crisis.

Tech’s World Cup takeover

Sarah Rieger June 15, 2026

Plus: Canada’s new FinTech unicorns.

Ubisoft closes Winnipeg office, laying off another 65 staff

Alex Riehl June 12, 2026

French game developer continues cost-cutting measures just months after closing Halifax office.

MDA Space, Calian, and Kepler tapped to lay groundwork for Canada’s next-gen satellite system

Alex Riehl June 12, 2026

Companies awarded $2.4 million to develop ground systems behind RADARSAT+.

A group of people sitting around a small table working on a project.

Osler Deal Points Report finds Canada’s venture recovery was uneven in 2025

Isabelle Kirkwood June 12, 2026

Osler’s Calvin Leung and Justin Young unpack the financing trends founders should watch in 2026.

OpenAI sued by mother of Montréal woman who died by suicide

Madison McLauchlan June 12, 2026

Complaint comes as Canada introduces bill that would hold chatbot providers liable for harms.

A view from inside the Maneva system.

Maneva raises $27-million USD Series A to expand AI vision in manufacturing

Jesse Cole June 12, 2026

Capital will be used to scale into North America, expand into Asian markets.

Aiemann Zahabi with a Kintra team member at Tristar gym.

Can a saliva test make UFC athletes better fighters? This Canadian startup is betting on it

Madison McLauchlan June 12, 2026

Ahead of White House fight, Kintra is using AI-powered biomarkers to help fighters eke out an edge.

The BetaKit Podcast

Dominion Dynamics CEO Eliot Pence on The BetaKit Podcast

Evan Solomon on The BetaKit Podcast

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst on The BetaKit Podcast

Jim Balsillie speaking at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Evan Solomon at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Dominion Dynamics CEO Eliot Pence on The BetaKit Podcast

Evan Solomon on The BetaKit Podcast

Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst on The BetaKit Podcast

Jim Balsillie speaking at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Evan Solomon at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

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How Dominion Dynamics is building Canada’s first line of Arctic defence

by Douglas Soltys

CEO Eliot Pence explains his company’s plans to become Canada’s defence general contractor.

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Minister Evan Solomon on Canada’s AI strategy, sovereignty, and social media

by Douglas Soltys

A special Canada Day edition of The BetaKit Podcast.

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Did the Anthropic model ban prove Cohere is right about sovereign AI?

by Douglas Soltys

Co-founder Nick Frosst on sovereign AI, Star Trek, and why he doesn’t make a point of listening to Marc Andreessen.

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Physical AI and economic nationalism at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

by Douglas Soltys

Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.

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AI sovereignty & defence tech at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

by Douglas Soltys

Evan Solomon, leaders from Xanadu, Dominion Dynamics, Sentinel R&D got candid at Town Hall.

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