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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

Events

The price of admission for Canadian entrepreneurs

Jun 23, 2025

Plus: Coinbase Canada’s CEO says country’s digital sovereignty requires a stablecoin strategy.

Teresa Resch, Toronto Tempo
Events

Teresa Resch knows tech can give the Toronto Tempo a competitive advantage

Jun 21, 2025

Tempo president says her team “is a startup in every way” ahead of Homecoming talk at Toronto Tech Week.

Events

Wealthsimple picks a fight it believes it can win

Jun 16, 2025

Plus: AI minister says Bill C-27 is “not gone.”

Jill Earthy Web Summit Vancouver
VC

InBC’s Jill Earthy knows Canadian VC “could be healthier”

Jun 9, 2025

Provincial Crown Corp. CEO talks wake-up calls, early-stage investment, and InBC’s future fundraising plans.

AI

Canada’s Bengio brothers offer new AI critiques, solutions

Jun 9, 2025

Plus: American chip giant AMD to acquire Untether AI team.

Upper Bound 2025
Events

Amii CEO Cam Linke says Canada’s AI strategy requires customers

Jun 2, 2025

The head of Alberta’s AI institute talks literacy, adoption, and commercialization at Upper Bound.

Events

Web Summit Vancouver was worth “every penny”

Jun 2, 2025

Plus: BetaKit is SABEW Canada’s Best in Business (again).

Web Summit Vancouver 2025
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“The energy is here”: local leaders call Web Summit Vancouver’s scaled-back debut a success

Jun 1, 2025

Web Summit lands smoothly on the West Coast as attendees offer ideas for how it could grow.

x402 Payment Flow: AI Agent ↔ AP IServer ↔ Blockchain
AI

The Canadian engineer trying to fix the internet’s original sin 

May 26, 2025

Coinbase’s Erik Reppel thinks AI, crypto, and open standards could revolutionize internet commerce.

Calgary

Canada’s next innovation capital

May 26, 2025

Plus: BetaKit to open full-time Prairies bureau.

VC

Alberta tech has energy

May 20, 2025

Plus: Robinhood scoops up WonderFi, Canadian VC has another tough quarter.

Marcelo Cortes, Faire
AI

Why Faire’s co-founder wants to bring Silicon Valley’s DNA to Canada

May 19, 2025

Faire’s Chief Architect fell in love with Canada. Now he’s selling his new home to the rest of the world.

OpenText building

Will AI agents replace SaaS before SaaS replaces employees with AI?

May 12, 2025

Plus: How Canadian tech is rising to meet the wildfire threat.

Social Media
AI

Half of the internet is bots and they’re feeding you lies

May 11, 2025

AI-powered disinformation is taking over the internet. Calgary-based Koat.ai is tracking it in real time.

VC

Canadian angels just want to write the cheque

May 5, 2025

Plus: Cohere Labs head calls “unreliable” AI leaderboard rankings a “crisis.”

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