Koho close to securing banking licence, hopes to launch telco product, CEO says
At NACO Summit, Daniel Eberhard compares the future of Koho to Chinese “super apps.”
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Three European tech founders on why they chose Canada for North American expansion
Canada is becoming a deliberate next stop for European startups looking to expand to North America, and the Toronto Business…
Shopify posts strong Q1 revenue growth, but stock still falls on slow growth forecast
E-commerce giant posted loss of $581 million USD due mainly to equity investments.
“The math is not mathing”: How AI bubble fears are changing Canadian VCs’ investment approach
Leaders from Wittington, McRock, and IRV clash on whether AI is a bubble, but agree some things do not add up.
Canada’s plan to ban crypto ATMs worries industry, advocates
Nearly 4,000 cryptocurrency ATMs are located across Canada.
Q&A: Why the threat of Anthropic’s Mythos demonstrates the need for sovereign AI
CIRA VP Jon Ferguson on how the Project Glasswing preview could leave Canadian firms out in the cold.
Wealth? In this economy?
Plus: The full BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall speaker lineup.
AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says we must convince AI that it’s our mother
Hinton says making AIs care more about us than themselves could keep them from wiping out humanity.
Women’s Equity Lab Manitoba closes Fund 3 at $300,000
Fund reached full subscription in record time, maxing out in roughly a month.
Canada’s real workforce crisis isn’t AI, it’s the entry-level experience gap
Venture for Canada’s CEO writes that Canadian employers need to give young workers a fair shot.
Meet the BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall full speaker lineup
Cameron Bailey, Olivia Chow, Eliot Pence, and more join BetaKit’s marquee Toronto Tech Week opener.
Canadian co-founded Featherless AI secures $20 million USD to build open-source AI infrastructure
Company can deploy more than 30,000 open-source AI models through a single API.
General Fusion prepares to continue its quest for commercial fusion power as a public company
BC firm lays out its vision for scalable fusion ahead of expected Nasdaq debut.
Cohere buys naming rights to Ottawa’s former EY Centre
Partnership will take effect on May 1 with rebranding rolling out in the coming weeks.
Lightspeed offloads Upserve at a discount as transformation plan continues
Montréal-based payments firm sells US hospitality business for nearly $350 million less than it paid.