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Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys

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.

Google
October 20, 2024

Does Canada have the leverage to regulate Big Tech?

Google is a monopolist. We spoke with a former Google Canada exec about what should happen next.

October 18, 2024

Inside FreshBooks’ struggle to reach profitability

FreshBooks is on a multi-year rollercoaster ride of executive turnover, staff reductions, and office shutdowns.

October 15, 2024

Canada’s AI godfather takes a shot at Sam Altman

Plus: Think you know 🇨🇦 tech? Take the quiz.

ALL IN 2024 panel
October 14, 2024

Can Canada successfully scale AI companies?

Mappedin, BrainBox AI, Airudi, and Videns Analytics founders offer a frank evaluation of market opportunities.

October 7, 2024

Addressing the 600-pound beaver in the room

Plus: Koho’s banking roadmap (with fresh funding), GreenSky’s rarified air.

Wealthsimple 10 year anniversary BetaKit Podcast
October 6, 2024

Can Wealthsimple build Canada’s largest financial institution?

Ten years in, Wealthsimple is profitable with $50 billion in AUA. What comes next?

Vancouver BC
October 1, 2024

Is BC tech “lethargic” or “on fire?”

Plus: Canada’s Top Startups list.

The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR)
September 30, 2024

What Canada can learn from AI use in South Africa 

Raesetje Sefala explains how DAIR is analyzing impacts of South African apartheid with AI.

Elissa Strome of CIFAR at ALL IN 2024
September 22, 2024

Evolving Canada’s AI strategy with CIFAR’s Elissa Strome

With phase three of its strategy on the horizon, can CIFAR keep up with AI’s pace of change?

Gymtrack
September 15, 2024

Pablo Srugo wanted to be “insanely rich.” It killed his startup.

Now a VC, Gymtrack’s one-time COO cautions founders against becoming their own worst hypebeast.

Harley Finkelstein Shopify president on The BetaKit Podcast
September 8, 2024

Harley Finkelstein wants Canadian entrepreneurs to ignore the “bullshit”

Shopify president cautions against doom-and-gloom narratives and founder mental traps.

Tenstorrent and Samsung
September 2, 2024

AI roundtable: Hugging Face, Zapier, Tenstorrent (and more)

The BetaKit Podcast offers vantage points on AI from North American tech leaders.

INNOVATEwest Daniel Eberhard (Koho) and Michael Katchen (Wealthsimple)
August 25, 2024

CEO roundtable: Shopify, Wealthsimple, Lightspeed, Koho, Ecobee

Summer is almost over. Hear from these Canadian tech leaders as you prepare to get back to work.

Blockchain Futurist Conference 2024
August 18, 2024

Canadian Web3 regulations & Coinbase’s year in review

Crypto.com, Coinbase, CIRO and more discuss Canada playing catch-up at the Blockchain Futurist Conference.

Vault co-founders
August 11, 2024

What Vault’s co-founder learned at Revolut

Saud Aziz explains what it takes to build a locally-grown business banking platform in Canada.

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