The biggest tech stories of 2025
2025 was a year of change in tech, but not for the reasons we expected.
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The year every Canadian startup went AI-first
In 2025, some of Canadaâs most influential tech leaders leaned hard into an AI-first ideology.
The year Canada realized it needs sovereign tech
In 2025, Canada woke up to the possibility of buying and building Canadian.
Canadaâs job market sucks for Gen Z
Employment Heroâs Kevin Kliman explains why Canada’s workforce is underemployed and anxious about 2026.
Queenâs University recruits Ian Karlin from Nvidia in bid to build Canadian supercomputer
After working on leading supercomputers abroad, Karlin wants to help boost Canadaâs computing capacity.
Feds sign five-year MOU with Coveo in latest AI partnership
Government will explore how it can use the company’s platform in its operations.
Canadian Space Mining Corporation plans for ârapid expansionâ in 2026 under new name
The Canadian Strategic Missions Corporation rebrand reflects a broader focus on critical technologies.
Scale AI unveils $129 million for 44 new applied AI projects across Canada
AlayaCare, League, FluidAI Medical, MDA Space, and Vooban among recipients.
Tetra Trust clears another hurdle on its path to launching CADD stablecoin
Successful test saw CADD transferred between National Bank and Wealthsimple.
Startup investigation reveals 50 peer-reviewed papers contained AI-hallucinated citations
GPTZero found âobviousâ instances of false, LLM-generated references in academic papers.
National Bank sues Flinks co-founders for alleged non-compete violation
Founders of new startup Deck deny allegations, say they were authorized to build venture.
Canada launches its own quantum research program to rival DARPA initiative
Nord Quantique, Xanadu, Photonic, and Anyon to get up to $23 million in funding through CQCP.
Coinbase Canada CEO Lucas Matheson to join former Shopify colleagues at Opendoor
Former Shopify COO Kaz Nejatian continues to poach Canadian tech talent.
Tuhk raises $6 million USD to crack down on financial cybercrime
Enterprise FinTech startup planning launch in Canada, the US, and UK next year.
Humi’s co-founder loved being acquired and never wants to do it again
Plus: She tried to bring Silicon Valleyâs tech energy to Vancouver. Why did she leave for the US instead?