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Future Summit 2025 to host leaders from NVIDIA, AWS Canada, Alberta government, and more

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 11/03/2025 07:00 EDT

A closer look at the sessions and power players shaping Future Summit’s inaugural gathering on Nov 18 to 20. Read more ›

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“Godfather of deep learning” Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/01/2023 10:53 EDT

Hinton left his decade-long tenure at Google to speak openly about new AI fears. Read more ›

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Odaia closes $34 million CAD Series B to fix “bottleneck” in drug delivery process

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Josh Scott @ BetaKit 1 place · 05/01/2023 07:59 EDT

Roster of big pharma clients helped Odaia nab latest funding round. Read more ›

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Canadian startup news of the week (4/30/23)

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 05/01/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: OneEleven reborn, Neo Financial embedded, Pillar & Billi ended. Read more ›

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Three FinTechs hiring experienced software developers in Canada

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 04/30/2023 15:51 EDT

Mid-level and management software development positions are open across Canada. Read more ›

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Revisiting BlackBerry’s extraordinary rise and spectacular fall

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Douglas Soltys @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/28/2023 18:46 EDT

Losing the Signal co-author Sean Silcoff and BlackBerry co-writer Matthew Miller step into the Wayback Machine. Read more ›

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Banking apps Pillar and Billi shut down as funding dries up for FinTech businesses

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit 2 place · 04/28/2023 15:48 EDT

Venture funding for FinTech startups in Canada plummeted by 70 percent in 2022. Read more ›

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As Bill C-11 passes, YouTube influencers, content creators express concern while Big Tech quiet

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/28/2023 15:38 EDT

Bill C-11, the so-called online streaming bill, passed on April 27. Read more ›

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University of Toronto, Université de Montréal get combined $325 million as part of $1.4 billion federal investment into university innovation

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit · 04/28/2023 14:24 EDT

Other projects focus on sustainability, health, and migrants. Read more ›

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CIFAR names eight new AI chairs as part of second phase of federal AI strategy

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 04/28/2023 11:09 EDT

CIFAR also awarded five-year renewals to seven AI chairs appointed in 2017. Read more ›

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How new tools will change the way developers learn to build software

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Stefan Palios @ BetaKit 2 place · 04/28/2023 09:42 EDT

Developers might soon be flying with an AI Copilot. Read more ›

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The51 closes $30 million of targeted $50-million Food and AgTech Fund

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/28/2023 09:00 EDT

LPs include Farm Credit Canada, Alberta Enterprise Corporation, and National Bank of Canada. Read more ›

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – GSK to buy Bellus Health for US$2 billion

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 04/28/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records. Read more ›

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Certn targets global expansion, Huawei builds Oracle replacement

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit · 04/28/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Salesforce is working on new generative AI-driven workflow tools. Read more ›

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Reddit says Canada one of its largest and most key markets globally

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Charles Mandel @ BetaKit · 04/27/2023 15:56 EDT

Canada represents Reddit’s third-largest market after the US and UK. Read more ›

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Tentree founders spin out platform to help businesses keep their tree planting promises

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Isabelle Kirkwood @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/27/2023 14:48 EDT

CEO: "For us, Tentree was never an apparel business that planted trees." Read more ›

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Another round of layoffs hits Amazon employees in Canada

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 04/27/2023 13:08 EDT

Roles have been terminated in Amazon’s PXT and cloud divisions. Read more ›

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Practice Better raises $27 million USD to grow client management software for wellness providers

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Meagan Simpson @ BetaKit 1 place · 04/27/2023 09:00 EDT

Practice Better claims to have more than 10,000 customers in more than 70 countries. Read more ›

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A|I: The AI Times – How AI Drake is testing copyright law and fair use

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Alex Riehl @ BetaKit 3 place · 04/27/2023 05:00 EDT

Plus: Google combines its competing AI research units. Read more ›

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Well Health looks to invest $2.5 million into AI companies developing healthcare solutions

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 04/26/2023 17:21 EDT

Well aims to make at least 10 investments of at least $250,000 each. Read more ›

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After “pilot” program in Canada, Google expands cloud accelerator to US startups

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Charlize Alcaraz @ BetaKit · 04/26/2023 16:10 EDT

The accelerator will support startups building AI applications in the cloud. Read more ›

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