BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 19

Canadian Tech & Startup News

A room of people watching a panel discussion in a stylish, modern room.

By Josh Scott July 17, 2026

“We’re counting coupons”: Tech leaders question how foreign investment is shaping domestic innovation

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The large SiftMed team stand together outside.

By Josh Scott July 17, 2026

SiftMed lands $5 million to find the facts humans can miss in mountains of medical records

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A mountain at the end of a long road in Banff.

By Jesse Cole July 16, 2026

Banff Venture Forum ends 25-year run as new capital summit emerges

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Richard Sutton at Upper Bound 2025

By Jesse Cole July 14, 2026

AI pioneer Richard Sutton founds new research lab

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By Madison McLauchlan July 14, 2026

Anthropic commits $10 million to Canadian institutions for AI research

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Two workers in red jumpsuits work on a massive piece of fusion machinery.

By Sarah Rieger July 13, 2026

General Fusion begins trading on Nasdaq, becomes first nuclear fusion company to go public

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A large, white truck outside of a General Motors building

The next-generation software powering GM’s vehicles is being built in the GTA

Isabelle Kirkwood May 26, 2026

Senior Manager explains how General Motors built the largest automotive engineering centre in Canada.

At Upper Bound, AI experts debate what it means to be a person

Jesse Cole May 26, 2026

Richard Sutton says machines aren’t persons yet, but will be someday.

WonderFi clears final regulatory hurdle to be acquired by Robinhood

Alex Riehl May 26, 2026

More than a year after inking the deal, it’s finally slated to close on June 1.

Canada’s AI champion Cohere is standing up the load-bearing walls of our economy

Darrell Etherington May 26, 2026

The Toronto AI firm says that these days, the Canadian flag is a good brand.

Minimum viable sovereignty

Vass Bednar May 26, 2026

Vass Bednar explains how Canada can bootstrap digital self-reliance in the face of weaponized integration.

Canada’s early-stage investment gap “now a sovereignty issue,” BDC says

Jesse Cole May 26, 2026

BDC report says more than 80 percent of late-stage deals come via foreign capital.

At Most Ambitious: Town Hall, Canadian tech’s future came into sharper focus

Jared Lindzon May 25, 2026

Canada’s AI minister, leaders of Waabi and Xanadu spoke to sold-out crowd at BetaKit’s TTW kickoff event.

Dominion Dynamics

Cold front

Josh Scott May 25, 2026

Dominion Dynamics aims to become Canada’s first line of defence in the Arctic.

BetaKit Most Ambitious 2026: No Sovereignty Without Technology

Canada’s moment to build

BetaKit May 25, 2026

BetaKit Most Ambitious 2026 spotlights nearly 100 innovators working to meet the moment.

Peripheral establishes first biomechanics basketball shooting lab in Toronto

Josh Scott May 25, 2026

U of T robotics grads and ex-racecar builders return to apply self-driving tech to sports.

There is no sovereignty without technology

Douglas Soltys May 25, 2026

Plus: Bill C-22 threatens to drive tech firms out of Canada.

Toronto Tech Week 2026

How Toronto Tech Week became Canada’s largest grassroots tech event

Douglas Soltys May 22, 2026

Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two years.

Nick Frosst, Cohere

Cohere releases its most powerful AI model as open source

Sarah Rieger May 22, 2026

As open-source AI becomes concentrated in China, Cohere says it wants to provide a secure alternative.

The “Internet of Bodies” is here, and your body could be hacked

Jesse Cole May 22, 2026

It’s not just cyberpunk sci-fi; online prostheses create new opportunities, but also risks.

From the ashes of Ubisoft Halifax, an indie studio rises to revive Atlantic Canada’s gaming industry

Alex Riehl May 22, 2026

Besszong is figuring out the mechanics of its debut game, and how to run a studio with no money.

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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