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Funding

Canadian governments open arms, and wallets, to US chipmakers

Dec 1, 2025

Federal, Québec, and Ontario governments promise millions to Canadian semiconductor projects from IBM and Marvell.

The BetaKit Quiz

Alberta’s AI-generated legislation, Tobi’s take on Nokia, and Nvidia’s name-drop

Nov 28, 2025

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for November 28, 2025

Funding

MedReddie helps hospitals spend less time shopping. It just raised over $2 million to go global

Nov 27, 2025

Digital platform helps procurement teams avoid “information overload.”

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FinTech

Stablecorp claims to have first regulator-approved stablecoin tied to Canadian dollar

Nov 26, 2025

Toronto firm approved under existing stablecoin framework, but will be ready for new federal strategy.

AI

Nokia’s Ottawa expansion tests Canada’s definition of “sovereign AI”

Nov 26, 2025

Government calls $340-million project “gold standard” while critics say it’s a “toxic” foreign subsidy.

Retail

Canadian founders launch Furble to make pet prescriptions more accessible

Nov 24, 2025

Online marketplace lets pet parents fill prescriptions and get them delivered to their door.

AI

UAE research institute to open lab within Mila

Nov 24, 2025

Montréal AI research centre and Technology Innovation Institute team up as PM visits UAE.

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AI

Inside Ottawa’s cautious experiment with an AI-powered digital help desk

Nov 24, 2025

Plus: It’s ‘Valley or Bust’ for Canada’s young entrepreneurs.

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The great Cloudflare outage, Russian robots, and the rebirth of Zork

Nov 21, 2025

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for November 21, 2025.

VC

Inovia Capital opens Abu Dhabi office as Canada strengthens ties with UAE

Nov 20, 2025

Montréal VC firm looks to forge commercial and financial partnerships for its portfolio companies in the region.

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The feds get 4,000 website complaints a day. Can a “responsible” AI chatbot untangle the mess?

Nov 20, 2025

At the Ottawa Responsible AI Summit, experts debated security, equity, and who gets a seat at the table.

AI

Okta to launch Canadian data cell as sovereignty debate intensifies

Nov 19, 2025

US data security company adds in-country cell that will keep customer data in Canada.

Cleantech

Canadian-led Quilt brings its smart heat pumps north

Nov 18, 2025

After launching in 14 US states, Quilt systems are now available in five Canadian provinces.

FinTech

Plooto co-founder sues payment software firm, accuses board of ousting him

Nov 18, 2025

Serguei Kloubkov alleges he was pushed out after nominating former CEO Hamed Abbasi to board.

AI

Cohere and OpenAI lose key motions in high-stakes copyright fights

Nov 14, 2025

Judges in New York and Ontario ruled against both companies in separate lawsuits.

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