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Amid global uncertainty, the path forward is clear: Canada’s moment to build is now.
BetaKit Most Ambitious is back, telling stories of nearly 100 Canadian innovators strengthening our nation’s autonomy, security, and prosperity.
Read it now: bit.ly/4f0Wl2a
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.@CelestaCapital will work with students, researchers, and faculty on entrepreneurship, patents, commercialization, and intellectual property as the @UAlberta tries to turn more of its deep-tech research into companies.
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The self-proclaimed “King of Bay Street,” @kingofbaystreet, and philanthropist Patsy Anderson and their families have pledged millions to support @sickkids' AI programs.
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In the VC world, moving straight to general partner is rare. Most people gradually work their way up the ranks. But @RyanStGermaine and @Raven_Capital say they're confident he can excel in the position.
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When MAK first warned @inc_uni that it wasn't living up to the deal, it quickly found private funding. It's still not clear, however, whether that funding was meant to improve UniUni's finances for the SPAC deal or provide liquidity if it fell through.
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Security doesn’t just defend your business; it accelerates it.
@Cybersecure_CA is launching Cyber for Startups, a no-cost program helping tech founders build security into products, win enterprise trust, and avoid technical debt.
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.@Reactiondyn is looking to raise $350 million and add nearly 300 employees over the next five years to send a new, more powerful rocket toward the stars.
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.@Shopify CTO Mikhail Parakhin (@MParakhin), who has helped lead the retail tech giant’s AI charge, is departing after two years. $SHOP #CDNtech betakit.com/shopify-cto-mikh…
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Montréal-based technology investor @inovia secures $200-million USD first close for sixth early-stage #VC fund. #CDNtech betakit.com/inovia-secures-2…
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.@ResolvMD_ serves about 1,700 of Alberta's physicians. Now, it's bringing its medical billing tech to Ontario.
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Rozvelt, the Montréal startup behind a breath-filtering mask for hunters, is expanding into the defence sector with a $3.1-million seed round.
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“The stock market is not even the stock market. The stock market is AI companies.”
@kylascan joins The BetaKit Podcast to discuss why #AI is viewed as the saviour of the US economy and the effect that's having on the public markets.
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Exclusive: Toronto and NYC’s @MeckaAI has recruited the growth hackers behind Ottawa-based “IRL sidequest” app @thirdspaceSo to help gather home video for training real-world robots. #CDNtech betakit.com/mecka-ai-recruit…
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US-based @AnthropicAI has been revealed as a long-term leaseholder for a large Nova Scotia data centre project—the #AI giant’s first data centre in Canada. #AtlCan betakit.com/anthropic-signs-…
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Canadian-founded, US-based #AI chipmaker @tenstorrent secures $1.5 billion USD Series E at $6.2-billion valuation to challenge GPU dominance. #CDNtech betakit.com/tenstorrent-secu…
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Where quantum and #AI intersect (ALL IN 2026) nitter.siddz.com/i/broadcasts/1qGoNYDrb…
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.@10kcoffees came within two weeks of selling. Then the buyer walked away with very little notice. The company had spent six months and $150,000 on the process, and co-founder David Wilkin says the team considered winding down. But they didn't.
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.@Waymo's Toronto pilot program is the company's first official foray into Canada.
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.@maritimelaunch has been conditionally approved to list its shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol $MAXQ.
The company has been trading on the OTCQB Venture Market and the Cboe Canada Exchange since 2022.
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Senator Daryl Fridhandler’s vision for a better SME policy in Canada looks like “Multiple BlackBerrys and Nortels remaining in Canada.”
Read the full interview to learn how he wants to make that happen.
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Canada once considered deeper membership in the European Space Agency (@esa). @matijarencelj thinks the next 12 months may be the right time to revisit an idea first floated nearly 50 years ago.
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