Pharmacy AI agent Asepha raises $4 million USD to double staff and open New York office
Asepha answers the phone and files prescriptions so your pharmacist doesn’t have to.
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Tailscale CEO Avery Pennarun says pressure to adopt AI has created a “Wild West” for corporate cybersecurity
Pennarun wants companies to stop putting their private API servers on the public internet.
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An AI strategy is no longer optional for Canadian startups
Plus: Hanna Zaidi joins BetaKit’s board of directors.
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MTatt takes home top prize at Startupfest 2025 as winnings exceed $1 million for the first time
Medtech startup mTatt won both Best of Fest and Audience Choice awards.
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Market recovery Canadian VCs expected still on the horizon, experts say at Startupfest
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The three student founders plan to build stateside.
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Cobionix secures $4.1 million to commercialize its collaborative medical robot
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
OVHcloud among attendees of VivaTech 2025.
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