Calgary’s Future Summit 2025 looks to drive deals in legacy industries, AI, and infrastructure
Three-day conference from Nov. 18-20 designed to achieve real business outcomes.
AI
Canadian AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton join global call to ban superintelligence development
More than 1,500 sign open letter warning of loss of freedom, dignity, and “potential human extinction.”
Aidan Gomez says Cohere could IPO “soon” as company holds secondary sale
CEO thinks Canadian AI scaleup will become profitable before 2029.
Can today’s AI wunderkinds clear tomorrow’s enterprise hurdles?
Four investors break down how AI startups can cross the bridge to true enterprise contracts.
Clio the latest Canadian company to partner with Affirm for “buy now, pay later” service
Legaltech company also launches its own capital advance program as it tackles the enterprise market.
Ready Plan Go raises $750K to automate accountants’ grunt work with AI
Montreal startup wants to give accountants more time for client advice by letting AI handle paperwork.
BDC report finds optimism is up among Canadian entrepreneurs despite trade war uncertainty
Trade pressure takes a toll as over half reported emotional or mental exhaustion this year.
Danielle Smith expands ministerial team leading Alberta’s $100-billion AI data centre push
Nathan Neudorf joins finance and innovation colleagues as data centre proposals outpace power grid capacity.
“It is war”: How Alexi hopes to dominate the AI legaltech market
Toronto-based firm claims it’s approaching $10 million in ARR as it faces off against Harvey, Legora.
Clio caps off year of big acquisitions by launching new enterprise division
Enterprise suite provides software for legal and business operations sides of large law firms.
SAAS NORTH will feel a little different this year
Unlikely pairings and unfiltered conversations will take over the BetaKit Keynote Stage on November 5 and 6.
Provision raises $7 million USD to build AI co-pilots for pre-construction estimates
Toronto startup wants to help firms like EllisDon “gut check” pre-construction work.
Kaz Nejatian brings his former Shopify “second-in-command” to Opendoor
Giang LeGrice, Shopify’s VP of operations, joins Nejatian’s leadership team.
How CTK Bio uses R&D support to compete on cost
With SR&ED support from Boast, the BC startup keeps sustainable plastic alternatives moving from lab to market.
1Password holds $100 million secondary sale, inks deal to deepen AI focus
Cybersecurity company partners with Browserbase to secure AI-enabled web browsing.