BetaKit - Canadian Startup News & Tech Innovation - Part 88

Canadian Tech & Startup News

Evan Solomon on stage at ALL IN 2025

By Madison McLauchlan April 27, 2026

AI ethical concerns roughly as important to Canadians as economic growth, analysis shows

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Aidan Gomez, Founder & CEO, Cohere, on Centre Stage on day one of Collision 2024 | BetaKit

By Alex Riehl April 24, 2026

Cohere to acquire Germany’s Aleph Alpha in sovereign AI play

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By Alex Riehl April 23, 2026

The man who helped build five generations of wireless retires from Ericsson’s Ottawa lab

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Patrick Searle | BetaKit

By Josh Scott April 22, 2026

Canada’s new US economic advisory committee draws backlash from tech leaders

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CSCA founder and executive director Jesse Wiebe | BetaKit

By Josh Scott April 22, 2026

Former Startup TNT leader launches coalition for Canada’s early-stage investors

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Vitaly Pecherskiy, StackAdapt

By Douglas Soltys April 20, 2026

How StackAdapt quietly built an adtech giant

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R2 affordable car model from Rivian

Electric vehicle maker Rivian elects Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez to board of directors

Jon Fingas April 22, 2025

Rivian looks to integrate AI as it branches into more affordable models in the next few years.

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1Password expands Extended Access Management platform with agentic AI security

Josh Scott April 22, 2025

Co-CEO says the rise of AI agents has created business security concerns.

FundThrough acquires American company Ampla alongside fresh Series B funding

Alex Riehl April 22, 2025

Macroeconomic uncertainty inspired invoice factoring platform to raise $34.6 million CAD.

Latest Google for Startups Accelerator cohort makes AI de facto entry requirement

Madison McLauchlan April 22, 2025

Montréal-based companies lead the pack of B2B SaaS startups selected for 10-week program.

France’s Alan comes to Canada with digital group health insurance for tech startups

Josh Scott April 22, 2025

Teachers-backed unicorn aims to help disrupt Canada’s health insurance market.

Long-life startup NiaHealth exits stealth with $2.5 million in pre-seed funding

Jon Fingas April 21, 2025

Edmonton-based healthtech startup aims to reduce disease through preventative health testing.

At World Summit AI, cautious tone of researchers drowned out by cutthroat adoption race

Madison McLauchlan April 21, 2025

Cohere says first movers on AI agents will gain “competitive advantage.”

Canadian VCs have performance anxiety

Douglas Soltys April 21, 2025

Plus: Yoshua Bengio warns of agentic AI’s “catastrophic risks.”

Toronto Tech Week

How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June

Douglas Soltys April 20, 2025

From tweet to volunteer-run non-profit: inaugural Toronto Tech Week will feature over 100 events.

The BetaKit Quiz

Québec’s LabHost crackdown, Poilievre’s tech endorsement, and Blue Origin’s star-studded spaceflight

Isabelle Kirkwood April 18, 2025

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for Apr. 18, 2025.

BMO launches a workplace savings platform with FinTech startup Link

Jon Fingas April 17, 2025

Calgary startup’s product aims to modernize company-run plans amid wobbly stock market.

TruthSayer claims its AI “Hedge Fund-in-a-Box” is a cheaper, smarter alternative for investments

Jon Fingas April 17, 2025

The Canadian company believes it can outperform conventional trading strategies using AI models.

Vector Institute hires ex-TD, Thomson Reuters leader Glenda Crisp as president and CEO

Josh Scott April 17, 2025

Crisp replaces Tony Gaffney, who departed after less than half of a five-year term as head of the AI hub.

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Yoshua Bengio warns of “catastrophic risks” of agentic AI at World Summit AI

Madison McLauchlan April 16, 2025

Deep neural networks trailblazer recommends building non-agentic AI programs without goals of their own.

Missed it by that much: Well Health falls just short of $1-billion revenue mark in 2024 earnings

Jon Fingas April 16, 2025

Revenue deferral and a cyberattack kept the Canadian healthtech firm from reaching milestone.

The BetaKit Podcast

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Evaluating Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy

by Douglas Soltys

The DIS adds clarity to Canada’s defence spending commitments, but not their outcomes.

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How StackAdapt quietly built an adtech giant

by Douglas Soltys

StackAdapt CEO Vitaly Pecherskiy says AI has changed what customers need from software.

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How to fix Canadian VC

by Douglas Soltys

Canada faces structural capital challenges requiring collective action.

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How to fix Canada’s Start-up Visa

by Douglas Soltys

Boris Wertz and Lucy Hargreaves discuss what a 10 to 35-year wait says about Canada’s capacity to attract entrepreneurial…

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Is BDC too big to change?

by Douglas Soltys

Canadian VCs who rely on the Crown corporation have feedback on its “steady hand” approach. Who’s listening?

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