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Raquel Urtasun wants Canada to go “all in” on physical AI

Waabi founder said at BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall that Canada could lead the physical AI revolution.

Saris raises $28.8-million USD Series A to automate banks’ back offices

Canadian founders of YC-backed Oohlala Mobile return with new startup.

Investor burn books and FaceTiming Serena Williams: three founder fundraising stories from Homecoming

CEOs of Float, Neo Financial, and Rebel told Homecoming attendees how they courted investors.

Award-winning author Ken Liu is not afraid of AI slop

Liu is fine with AI coding, but finds the notion of it writing stories for him “revolting.”

Jim Balsillie says Canada must put forward economic policy for the 21st century

CCI chair spoke on taking a lesson from US economic policy during BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall.

Cohere’s Nick Frosst thinks Canadian energy can be “100 percent” renewables

Growing Canada’s domestic capacity was a focus of Homecoming’s sovereignty-themed panel.

Defence tech founders are frustrated with Canada’s approach to “dual-use”

At Arctic Edge conference, VCs offered a mea culpa while outlining why dual-use tech is here to stay.

Eliot Pence: Canada’s defence buying timelines are “irrelevant” for modern warfare

At Most Ambitious: Town Hall, Dominion Dynamics CEO said procurement must move in weeks, not decades.

Uber’s president doesn’t know what the company’s 10.5 million drivers will be doing in 15 years

Andrew Macdonald tells Toronto Tech Week’s Homecoming that the gig app’s labour pool may soon start to shrink.

Why Shopify’s CEO thinks the one-person company is “bullshit”

But, as Tobi Lütke said at Toronto Tech Week’s Homecoming, those companies could still make a billion dollars.

Canada’s AI minister says he’s more worried about creating unicorns than monopolies

Speaking at BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall, Evan Solomon said he wants to reward companies taking risks.

Databricks and Ada execs on what’s fuelling the Gen Z AI backlash

Reynold Xin and Mike Murchison say there is space for students to reframe their relationship to AI.

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

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

WonderFi clears final regulatory hurdle to be acquired by Robinhood

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

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