How Toronto Pearson is turning Canada’s busiest airport into a proving ground for innovation
Pearson is tapping Canadian startups to reshape how passengers, baggage, and aircraft move from curb to gate.
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Ontario universities’ report says schools must help students use AI properly
Post-secondaries need more money and expertise to deal with AI shift, Council of Ontario Universities says.
Questrade’s Salim Naran doesn’t understand why more people aren’t using AI for personal finance
At Toronto Tech Week, Naran said uptake of AI tools for financial management is “surprisingly low.”
Why regulatory rigour is becoming a competitive edge in clinical AI
AI promises faster workflows, but healthcare orgs want clear answers on privacy, reliability, and accountability.
Arteria AI CEO Shelby Austin is wary of Canada naming national tech champions
Austin argues the country needs to “widen our aperture” and let the market pick winners.
Canadian startups face a home-market adoption problem, CentML co-founder says
Before it sold to Nvidia, Toronto AI startup struggled to find local adopters willing to take a risk.
Canada’s forthcoming AI strategy aims to stop IP and value from leaving the country, parliamentary secretary says
Prime Minister Carney has confirmed that the long-delayed strategy will be released next week.
Quantum chemistry for drug discovery still hasn’t had its “ChatGPT moment,” biotech founder says
ProteinQure’s co-founder argues “messy biology experiments” are still the bottleneck.
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.
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.”
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.
“Not a blip”: AI was Canada’s venture market mover in 2025
Osler Deal Points Report found that AI captured 54 cents of every Canadian venture dollar last year.
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.