Physical AI and economic nationalism at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall
Waabi’s Raquel Urtasun and CCI’s Jim Balsillie came to Toronto Tech Week armed with data and predictions.
Toronto Tech Week
Q&A: OpenCode’s founder on how the AI agent went from zero to 8 million users in a year
Jay V talks key growth decisions and agentic AI’s next wave of adoption.
Stablecoins will eventually “leapfrog” real-time rail payments, finance leaders say
Panelists at the 2026 Canadian Finance Summit agreed that stablecoins present better value than RTR payments.
Could AI give us more time for creativity? Maybe if you’re an entrepreneur
Re-Work event explored how work will change as AI takes on human tasks.
AI could democratize access to expert coaching, sports tech entrepreneurs say
Industry leaders see AI as a “complementary piece” of the puzzle alongside actual coaches.
Canadian B2B software firms are falling behind in agentic AI: report
Georgian survey shows domestic companies lag international peers in “foundational” AI adoption.
AI sovereignty & defence tech at BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall
Evan Solomon, leaders from Xanadu, Dominion Dynamics, Sentinel R&D got candid at Town Hall.
Spotlighting Canada’s Most Ambitious
Plus: Feds considering Bill C-22 amendments.
Ontario universities’ report says schools must help students use AI properly
Post-secondaries need more money and expertise to deal with AI shift, Council of Ontario Universities says.
Questrade’s Salim Naran doesn’t understand why more people aren’t using AI for personal finance
At Toronto Tech Week, Naran said uptake of AI tools for financial management is “surprisingly low.”
Arteria AI CEO Shelby Austin is wary of Canada naming national tech champions
Austin argues the country needs to “widen our aperture” and let the market pick winners.
Canadian startups face a home-market adoption problem, CentML co-founder says
Before it sold to Nvidia, Toronto AI startup struggled to find local adopters willing to take a risk.
Canada’s forthcoming AI strategy aims to stop IP and value from leaving the country, parliamentary secretary says
Prime Minister Carney has confirmed that the long-delayed strategy will be released next week.
Purpose CEO Som Seif says “self-centred” finance industry is killing competition
Amidst battle with OSC, Seif claims incumbents wield the regulated nature of the financial industry against change.
Quantum chemistry for drug discovery still hasn’t had its “ChatGPT moment,” biotech founder says
ProteinQure’s co-founder argues “messy biology experiments” are still the bottleneck.