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Pharmacy AI agent Asepha raises $4 million USD to double staff and open New York office

Mon, 07/14/2025 - 09:00

Asepha answers the phone and files prescriptions so your pharmacist doesn’t have to.

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An AI strategy is no longer optional for Canadian startups

Mon, 07/14/2025 - 05:00

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

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Market recovery Canadian VCs expected still on the horizon, experts say at Startupfest

Fri, 07/11/2025 - 14:38

A persistently cool exit market and middling returns are preventing cash from re-entering the market, data shows.

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Elon Musk’s new party, Canada’s AI adoption, and Clutch cracks $1 billion

Fri, 07/11/2025 - 13:15

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for July 11, 2025.

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Minister Evan Solomon unveils fresh AI project funding to address “crisis moment” at ScaleAI event

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 16:14

Twenty-three Québec-led projects will receive almost $100 million in combined public-private funding.

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Canadian co-founded eSIM provider Airalo hits unicorn status with $220-million USD Series C round

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 14:47

COO Abraham Burak left the University of Ottawa to launch the billion-dollar business.

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No meetings, no mandates: Inside Intuit’s five-day innovation week for technologists

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 07:00

During Intuit’s Global Engineering Days, teams transform ideas into solutions for millions.

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Manzil wants to become “the North American Islamic neobank” as it expands to the US

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 06:00

Toronto FinTech startup sets its sights south of the border post-Aghaz acquisition.

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Founders need a good reason to forgo an AI strategy, VCs warn at Startupfest

Thu, 07/10/2025 - 06:00

Investors say proving long-term differentiation is more important than ever as AI saturates the market.

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Opennote raises $850,000 USD, secures Y Combinator spot for edtech platform

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 17:20

The three student founders plan to build stateside.

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Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 17:13

Funding to support pilot projects that move CODI the robot “from bench to bedside.”

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OpenText CFO Chadwick Westlake to succeed the late Andrew Moor as CEO of Equitable Bank

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 13:39

Westlake was being groomed for the EQB CEO job before joining OpenText five months ago.

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Most Canadian companies are walking the AI adoption race: report

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 09:00

Canadian execs report uneven efficiency gains from AI and a lack of technical talent, Georgian survey finds.

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R-Labs secures $3.5 million to help create more startups tackling “big problems” in real estate

Wed, 07/09/2025 - 07:00

Hatch adds engineering capabilities to the Toronto real estate industry venture builder.

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Tenstorrent acquires Blue Cheetah to bring more chip design in-house

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 17:40

AI chipmaker had been licensing Blue Cheetah’s technology since last year.

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VitalHub acquires referral platform Novari Health in deal worth up to $48.6 million

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:40

VitalHub said the referral management market is a “a key area of investment” for governments around the world.

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Hanna Zaidi joins BetaKit’s board of directors

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 09:00

FinTech leader brings significant governance experience to award-winning Canadian tech publication.

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Canada steals the spotlight at Europe’s biggest tech event

Tue, 07/08/2025 - 07:00

OVHcloud among attendees of VivaTech 2025.

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