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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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Unprecedented revenue growth from AI companies has changed startup math.

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Can one venture studio stop Canada’s AI brain drain?

Aug 24, 2025

With AXL, Dr. Daniel Wigdor plans to help launch 50 AI companies in the next five years and keep them in Canada.

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What can talking to AI teach us?

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Former DarwinAI CEO Sheldon Fernandez discusses the virtues of being vulnerable with his ChatGPT-4o instance.

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Peeking through the Canadian tech IPO window

Aug 11, 2025

Plus: Cohere pitches security and productivity with general release of North.

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How Canada can be a leader in space (and save the world)

Aug 10, 2025

Highlights from BetaKit Town Hall: Most Ambitious with NordSpace, Deep Sky, Xatoms, MycoFutures, and Verto Health.

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AI is changing startup math

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Plus: Trade war uncertainty has some Canadian startups “hanging by a thread.”

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The living history of Canadian tech

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Startupfest founder Phil Telio on how Canada’s tech community evolves with each generation.

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‘Canada’s edge in applied AI’ with Nvidia and Waabi leaders

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Sanja Fidler and Raquel Urtasun discuss new AI frontiers and Canada’s role in reaching them.

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Why Canada’s federal government keeps talking about quantum tech with Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook

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A federal push for quantum sovereignty comes at the right time for Xanadu.

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An AI strategy is no longer optional for Canadian startups

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Plus: Hanna Zaidi joins BetaKit’s board of directors.

Homecoming 2025 panel
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‘Ambition made in Canada’ with Shopify, Cohere, and Wealthsimple

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Harley Finkelstein, Aidan Gomez, and Mike Katchen dismiss the ‘Valley or bust’ myth.

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Is Canadian AI failing?

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Plus: Clutch hits $1 billion milestone, Clio opens up the chequebook.

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What keeps Bluesky’s head of trust and safety up at night?

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Aaron Rodericks is a Canadian working out of Dublin. His mission? Help the world find joy online.

Cohere’s Aidan Gomez says acquisition is “failure”

Jun 30, 2025

Plus: Everything you need to know about Toronto Tech Week and BetaKit Most Ambitious.

BetaKit Most Ambitious: Telling the story of what's possible

Telling the stories of Canadian tech’s Most Ambitious

Jun 23, 2025

Your director’s commentary companion to BetaKit’s first-ever print issue.

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