Sonaro, Celestra, Oasis Learning AI among competition winners at SAAS NORTH 2024
Startup winners collectively took home more than $600,000 from the conference.
Ottawa
Federal government reinvests in Scale-Up Platform with $47.5 million commitment to Invest Ottawa, MaRS, and Communitech
Scale-Up Platform offers regionally tailored programming for entrepreneurs in high-growth sectors.
CIFAR leader expects CAISI to help inform AI policy in Canada and abroad
With its new AI safety institute, Canada aims to study the technology’s risks and collaborate with other countries.
The state of Canadian software in 2024
Inovia’s Chris Arsenault came to SAAS NORTH armed with data and perspective.
Shopify rises on 26 percent revenue growth in Q3, strong holiday forecast
Shopify shares rose over 21 percent following its third-quarter earnings beat.
Citing national security risks, feds order shutdown of TikTok’s Canadian arm but forgo outright ban
Minister Champagne says Canadians can still access TikTok, calling that “a personal choice.”
Shopify combines its financial solutions into one dashboard
Canadian merchants can currently use two of Shopify’s five Finance offerings.
Champagne, Conservatives point fingers as Canadian cleantech startups suffer continued SDTC funding delays
Startups face layoffs and cancelled contracts to cover SDTC financing shortfalls, BetaKit has learned.
New funding for Kepler and Wyvern headline busy month in Canadian space tech
Wyvern and Kepler secure funding, Mission Control inks big partnership, and Volta Space preps for launch.
SAAS NORTH puts AI’s impact under the microscope
Disruptor or distraction? Tealbook, Disco and more weigh in on AI in Ottawa on Nov. 13, 14, 2024
SAAS NORTH gets real
Applyboard, Sampler, Certn founders set to talk failure, determination, and more on the BetaKit Keynote Stage.
Universe alums aim to leverage developer infrastructure experience with Bemi
Bemi announces $1.2 million in funding to help companies track data changes in Postgres.
Fears of repeating Web 2.0’s mistakes permeate AI-focused Competition Summit 2024
Concerns over fate of Bill C-27 loomed over panel discussions between Canadian regulators.
Federal government’s massive $2 billion CAD loan to Telesat sparks Elon Musk debate between ministers
Elon Musk claims Starlink can provide similar internet services at half the cost. Minister Champagne disagrees.
Pablo Srugo wanted to be “insanely rich.” It killed his startup.
Now a VC, Gymtrack’s one-time COO cautions founders against becoming their own worst hypebeast.