BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 48

Canadian Tech & Startup News

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By Douglas Soltys February 1, 2026

Why Y Combinator cut Canada out

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By Alex Riehl January 28, 2026

Earth is full of power-hungry data centres. Is shooting them into space the answer?

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By Alex Riehl January 28, 2026

Pluvo heads to San Francisco to join the latest a16z speedrun cohort

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By Josh Scott January 28, 2026

Q&A: BDC Capital’s head on why Canadian defence tech investments are heating up

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By Madison McLauchlan January 28, 2026

How a small change to Y Combinator’s terms sent waves through Canadian tech

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Waabi | BetaKit

By Josh Scott January 28, 2026

Waabi claims largest-ever Canadian tech fundraise as it hauls in $750-million USD Series C

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Latest

Uber - Service Animals

Helping service animals catch a ride

Isabelle Kirkwood July 15, 2025

Uber is tackling trip refusals through policy, information, and inclusive product design.

GreenSky closes $23.5-million sixth fund with help from new managing partner Jeff Brunet

Josh Scott July 15, 2025

NBIF becomes LP as Toronto firm dips its toes into institutional investor pool.

Cohere to open South Korean office, expand AI offerings in Asia Pacific

Madison McLauchlan July 14, 2025

Enterprise AI developer partnered with tech giant LG and South Korean government for AI diplomacy program.

Moonvalley raises additional $84 million USD to meet demand for its Hollywood-friendly AI video generator

Alex Riehl July 14, 2025

Toronto-based company has raised $154 million since founding in 2023.

Pharmacy AI agent Asepha raises $4 million USD to double staff and open New York office

Alex Riehl July 14, 2025

Asepha answers the phone and files prescriptions so your pharmacist doesn’t have to.

Tailscale CEO Avery Pennarun says pressure to adopt AI has created a “Wild West” for corporate cybersecurity

Josh Scott July 14, 2025

Pennarun wants companies to stop putting their private API servers on the public internet.

An AI strategy is no longer optional for Canadian startups

Douglas Soltys July 14, 2025

Plus: Hanna Zaidi joins BetaKit’s board of directors.

MTatt takes home top prize at Startupfest 2025 as winnings exceed $1 million for the first time

Madison McLauchlan July 11, 2025

Medtech startup mTatt won both Best of Fest and Audience Choice awards.

Market recovery Canadian VCs expected still on the horizon, experts say at Startupfest

Madison McLauchlan July 11, 2025

A persistently cool exit market and middling returns are preventing cash from re-entering the market, data shows.

The BetaKit Quiz

Elon Musk’s new party, Canada’s AI adoption, and Clutch cracks $1 billion

Isabelle Kirkwood July 11, 2025

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for July 11, 2025.

Minister Evan Solomon unveils fresh AI project funding to address “crisis moment” at Scale AI event

Alex Riehl July 10, 2025

Twenty-three Québec-led projects will receive almost $100 million in combined public-private funding.

Airalo founders pose in front of painted artistic background

Canadian co-founded eSIM provider Airalo hits unicorn status with $220-million USD Series C round

Alex Riehl July 10, 2025

COO Abraham Burak left the University of Ottawa to launch the billion-dollar business.

Intuit - GED

No meetings, no mandates: Inside Intuit’s five-day innovation week for technologists

Jacqueline Loganathan July 10, 2025

During Intuit’s Global Engineering Days, teams transform ideas into solutions for millions.

Manzil co-founder and group CEO Mohamad Sawwaf speaking on stage at Elevate 2024 in Toronto.

Manzil wants to become “the North American Islamic neobank” as it expands to the US

Josh Scott July 10, 2025

Toronto FinTech startup sets its sights south of the border post-Aghaz acquisition.

Founders need a good reason to forgo an AI strategy, VCs warn at Startupfest

Madison McLauchlan July 10, 2025

Investors say proving long-term differentiation is more important than ever as AI saturates the market.

The BetaKit Podcast

A Y Combinator sign

TikTok and Grok

PolarGrid CEO Rade Kovacevic

Jared Lindzon Do More With Four

A Y Combinator sign

TikTok and Grok

PolarGrid CEO Rade Kovacevic

Jared Lindzon Do More With Four

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Podcast

Why Y Combinator cut Canada out

by Douglas Soltys

John Ruffolo joins to discuss fuzzy data, “bullshit” narratives, and the real problems hampering Canadian tech.

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TikTok and Grok are messes Canada can’t clean up

by Douglas Soltys

What’s a middle power to do in the face of algorithms controlled by global superpowers (and their supporters)?

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The Canadian company solving AI’s latency problem

by Douglas Soltys

PolarGrid CEO Rade Kovacevic believes GenAI video and voice will be killer apps once they can function in real-time.

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The future is a four-day workweek

by Douglas Soltys

Jared Lindzon’s new book says the future of work is more productive employees working fewer days.

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The biggest tech questions of 2026

by Douglas Soltys

Robots, and IPOs, and AI, Oh My! 2026 poses many tech questions.

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