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Q&A: How InBC hopes to redefine its role in BC tech as a more strategic investor

CIO Thomas Park unpacks InBC’s shifting strategy and its push to fill the university-commercialization gap.

Mortgage B-lender Haventree launches online bank

Schedule 1 Canadian bank now offers chequing-and-savings accounts and GICs.

Descartes cruises into Latin America with acquisition of last-mile management platform Drivin

Waterloo-based logistics tech firm makes its 37th acquisition since 2016.

Feds revamp procurement rules to make it easier to buy from Canadian small businesses 

New Small Business Procurement Program will standardize contracts and integrate AI.

Katalyze AI thinks the future of pharma operations is teams of AI agents

WFHomie co-founder and former Sanofi leader close $10.5 million USD to speed drug development.

For Canadian femtech, women’s autonomy is part of the business model

Virtual healthcare that puts women’s control at the forefront is attracting VC dollars.

Canada’s Arctic defender looks south?

Plus: Shopify and Shopline settle copyright suit.

Vancouver Police sergeant becomes first Canadian ALS patient to receive Neuralink brain implant

Toronto’s University Health Network debuts new neurosurgical technique to insert Elon Musk-owned medical device.

Has quantum computing reached an inflection point? A top insider sees signs

As IEEE Quantum Week returns to Toronto, Nvidia’s Sam Stanwyck analyzes quantum computing’s momentum.

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

A former police investigator argues that AI security needs to be treated as a distinct discipline.

AI can be the First Spike of Canada’s digital age

Alex Tapscott on what the Canadian Pacific Railway teaches us about building Canada’s next great national projects.

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

A special Canada Day edition of The BetaKit Podcast.

US finance app SoFi acquires Composer to add AI investing strategies

Acquisition of Toronto FinTech bolsters SoFi’s case to be “the everything app for digital financial services.”

Spellbook aims to write and renew the world’s contracts with AI

CEO says new AI contract tool is “bigger” than launch of its first copilot product.

Vector Institute launches open-source AI bias detector

New tool aims to flag and rework biases in writing and AI datasets.