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Madison McLauchlan (she/her) reports on tech and innovation for BetaKit from Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. You can reach her (in French or English) at madison.mclauchlan@betakit.com or on Signal at madisonmcla.12.

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Markets

Shopify posts strong Q1 revenue growth, but stock still falls on slow growth forecast

May 5

E-commerce giant posted loss of $581 million USD due mainly to equity investments.

AI

AI ethical concerns roughly as important to Canadians as economic growth, analysis shows

Apr 27

We analyzed the more than 11,300 submissions informing feds’ AI strategy.

Acquisitions

In AI, it’s US vs. the world

Apr 27

Plus: This Canadian company almost hired an AI candidate.

Acquisitions

OpenTable gobbles up Canadian market share with Libro acquisition

Apr 22

Montréal restaurant reservation startup to continue as standalone brand.

AI

Q&A: Behind the scenes of Cohere’s new AI transcription model

Apr 20

Cohere senior staff product manager unpacks open-source speech-to-text AI model.

FinTech

Wealthsimple partners with Elon Musk’s X for direct stock trading via social media

Apr 15

Stock tickers on X posts will now link to FinTech’s trading platform for Canadian users.

Deep Tech

Kepler to lead testing of European Space Agency’s high-speed data network

Apr 15

Toronto firm helped architect the first phase of the HydRON project.

Funding

Harmix was a profitable music startup, before AI tools tempted it to build something new

Apr 13

Startup raises $1 million to solve software fragmentation for SMBs.

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Funding

BDC launches $150-million life sciences fund

Apr 9

Parimal Nathwani will manage fund directly investing in therapeutics and MedTech companies.

Montréal

NYT claims Bitcoin creator is founder of Canadian company Blockstream

Apr 8

The latest unmasking of Satoshi Nakamoto is reportedly Blockstream CEO Adam Back.

FinTech

Neo Financial becomes second FinTech to join Interac payment system

Apr 8

Interac expanded eligibility to payment service providers in September 2025.

Funding

GridBank raises $6-million seed round to monetize the videos in your camera roll

Apr 7

Users can upload videos while brands pay to use the organic content.

Deep Tech

The Canadians behind Artemis II’s historic moon mission

Apr 1

Here’s how Canada is supporting astronaut Jeremy Hansen from the ground.

Funding

NGen announces nearly $80 million for Canadian manufacturers to adopt AI

Apr 1

Funding comes from industry partners and through Pan-Canadian AI Strategy.

Funding

Relocalize to build fully autonomous “dark” microfactory in Montréal

Apr 1

Startup opening sustainable microfactory for water cold packs that will run in complete darkness.

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