What Canadian tech startups should know about AI in the workplace
Amid a “Wild West” for AI regulation, lawyers from Littler encourage companies to mind existing laws.
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Silicon Valley hits Calgary Stampede
Plus: Canada isn’t Delaware’s waiting room.
Q&A: Minister Evan Solomon on why Ottawa wants Canadians to adopt AI
Federal AI minister on why AI is a foundational technology and why Canada needs sovereign digital alternatives.
Xanadu visits the White House for quantum summit
Toronto quantum computing firm was the lone Canadian representative in attendance.
Winnipeg adtech Taiv among recipients of PrairiesCAN AI adoption funding
Canada’s AI minister announces $10.2 million for six Manitoba businesses.
Canada should stop acting like the waiting room for Delaware
Avery Pennarun says Canadians don’t need to become American to sell to Americans.
Alberta is open-sourcing its AI playbook for government
Province releases series of white papers explaining how it used Claude, Gemini to upgrade government systems.
Canada’s real-time rail system will launch this year after achieving “critical milestone”
After years of consultations and delays, finance minister approves the RTR system’s bylaw and rules.
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.
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.
Canada’s Arctic defender looks south?
Plus: Shopify and Shopline settle copyright suit.
AI minister says Ottawa considering taking the lead on AI investment rounds
Minister Evan Solomon spoke to the government’s shift from supporter to stakeholder on The BetaKit Podcast.
Minister Evan Solomon on Canada’s AI strategy, sovereignty, and social media
A special Canada Day edition of The BetaKit Podcast.
PrairiesCan invests $5.6 million to support Black entrepreneurship in Alberta
Investment follows similar funding last week in Manitoba.
Feds release proposed open banking regulations
Draft rules would require banks to share account, transaction data upon request.