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Douglas Soltys is the Editor-in-Chief of BetaKit and founder of BetaKit Incorporated. He has worked for a few failed companies and written about many more. He spends too much time on the Internet. You can reach him on Signal: @tr0ndizzle.83

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Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.

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AI sovereignty & defence tech at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall

Jun 1

Evan Solomon, leaders from Xanadu, Dominion Dynamics, Sentinel R&D got candid at Town Hall.

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Spotlighting Canada’s Most Ambitious

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Plus: Feds considering Bill C-22 amendments.

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Q&A: Erin O’Toole says Canada needs to play catch-up on defence innovation

May 28

Erin O’Toole wants Canadian innovators to seize the moment before it’s gone.

There is no sovereignty without technology

May 25

Plus: Bill C-22 threatens to drive tech firms out of Canada.

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How Toronto Tech Week became Canada’s largest grassroots tech event

May 22

Co-directors Julia Konefal and Mell Truong explain how TTW went from experiment to 600 events in just two years.

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Harjit Sajjan reports for duty

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After decades in public service, former defence minister Harjit Sajjan is now a defence-tech entrepreneur.

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The DIS adds clarity to Canada’s defence spending commitments, but not their outcomes.

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How StackAdapt quietly built an adtech giant

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StackAdapt CEO Vitaly Pecherskiy says AI has changed what customers need from software.

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How to fix Canadian VC

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Canada faces structural capital challenges requiring collective action.

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Will Xanadu lead Canadian tech back to public markets?

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Canada’s moment to build is now

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Plus: Another Turing Award win for Canada.

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More than 15,000 people expected to attend over 300 events in TTW’s return this May.

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Plus: Solomon and Sam Altman to discuss OpenAI’s connection to Tumbler Ridge tragedy.

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Boris Wertz and Lucy Hargreaves discuss what a 10 to 35-year wait says about Canada’s capacity to attract entrepreneurial…

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