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Scale AI February 2023
AI

Scale AI’s COO explains how Canada can build an AI-powered economy

Apr 23, 2023

Clément Bourgogne says Scale AI is more focused on supply chains than generative AI.

Project Arrow
Cleantech

Is Canada ready for an EV future?

Apr 16, 2023

Flavio Volpe and Paris Marx join for a conversation on what the future of transportation in Canada might look like.

PM Trudeau and DPM Freeland speaks with media in West Block. July 16, 2020
Layoffs

BetaKit’s most-read March stories show #CDNtech sector struggles continue as government innovation promises continue to lag

Apr 10, 2023

SVB’s collapse kicked off a month that included new layoffs, bankruptcies, and AI disruptions.

RenoRun team
VC

Was RenoRun abandoned by investors or just another mannequin startup?

Apr 9, 2023

Ripple Ventures’ Matt Cohen joins to unpack the complicated spot Canadian startups find themselves in.

John Ruffolo, Maverix Private Equity
VC

Ask John Ruffolo Anything: SVB fallout, VC groupthink, government dependence & more

Apr 2, 2023

Canadian tech’s maverick investor answers your submitted questions.

Layoffs

RenoRun files for creditor protection after failed pursuit of “Hail Mary” deals to save company from insolvency

Mar 28, 2023

The filing follows four attempts to raise bridge financing and multiple rounds of layoffs.

Michelle Scarborough, Managing Partner, BDC Women in Tech fund
VC

Michelle Scarborough explains why BDC is thinking bigger with Thrive Platform

Mar 26, 2023

In late September, at a private BDC event taking place during Elevate—the same day the Crown Corporation announced its new…

Raine Maida, Our Lady Peace

Raine Maida and Senator Deacon discuss Big Tech’s control over digital creators (and the news)

Mar 17, 2023

Big Tech controls the discovery and distribution of Canadian content. What’s a democracy to do?

Dan Breznitz

Dan Breznitz unmuzzled: Canada Innovation Corporation architect explains how we got here

Mar 11, 2023

What the CIC is missing, who might make a good CEO, and why the Crown corp. comes with carrots and sticks.

Santa Clara, Calif. HQ of Silicon Valley Bank
VC

How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech

Mar 10, 2023

The SVB run is done. What comes next?

Chris Neumann, Panache Ventures
VC

Panache’s Chris Neumann on FounderFuel’s return and “shitty” VC behaviour

Mar 5, 2023

“Myself and every other investor I know has a long list of people we will not deal with again.”

A pair of hands holding a mobile phone which has the Shopify logo on it
Retail

Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”

Mar 1, 2023

Shopify employees are now either managers or crafters, but not both.

AI chatbots run amok
Impact

Generative AI will test what’s worse: biased data or user bad faith

Feb 24, 2023

Is AI ready for users willing to fuck around and find out? Are we?

Indigo bookstore
AI

The Indigo hack is bad. Will AI make cyber threats worse?

Feb 20, 2023

Plurilock CEO Ian Paterson discusses the economics of AI cyber threats and Canada’s response with Bill C-26.

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AI

What comes after the attention economy?

Feb 11, 2023

Kate Bush and Girl Talk point to new outcomes and priorities.

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