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Marzieh Fadaee promoted to head of Cohere Labs

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 14:28

Fadaee takes over for Sara Hooker to lead the AI company’s research lab.

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BDC gets aggressive, Nick Frosst’s cold shot, Google faces the gavel

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 14:15

Test your knowledge of Canadian tech news with The BetaKit Quiz for September 5, 2025.

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Calgary’s Energy Transition Centre secures $10-million expansion investment

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 12:59

OCIF and PrairiesCan among investors aiming to support training and commercialization.

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Klue doubles down on AI with Ignition acquisition

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 12:31

Vancouver startup acquires the San Francisco-based go-to-market platform months after going “AI-first.”

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Ontario bets on made-in-province healthtech with streamlined Innovation Pathway

Fri, 09/05/2025 - 07:00

Industry leaders say program could be “turning point” for Ontario’s health system.

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Dominion Dynamics to test defence tech in “extreme” environment through Arctic Training Centre partnership

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 17:11

The Ottawa startup says it has raised a “very substantial” pre-seed round since its June founding.

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NATO backs Canadian defence tech with nearly $1 million for two companies

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 15:45

Reaction Dynamics and Tactiql each get 300,000 euros as part of DIANA tech accelerator.

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SRTX names BonLook co-founder Sophie Boulanger new CEO

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 14:18

Founder Katherine Homuth left the company in March.

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FDA approval marks “most significant milestone” in Kardium’s history

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 13:51

Burnaby firm gets US green light for innovative system to treat atrial fibrillation.

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InBC CEO Jill Earthy leaves after “mutual decision” with board

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 11:17

Earthy expects no short-term strategy changes as organization searches for new head.

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Aidan Gomez, Kari Briski, Minister Evan Solomon, Yoshua Bengio to headline ALL IN 2025

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 07:00

Inside the agenda for Canada's largest AI event, coming to Montréal on Sept. 24 and 25.

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White Star Capital wants to lead Canadian seed rounds with new $50-million USD fund

Thu, 09/04/2025 - 05:01

The VC firm has closed $25 million USD to back more early-stage Canadian software startups.

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Lightspeed would pay $11 million CAD and admit no wrongdoing in proposed lawsuit settlement

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 17:21

The lawsuit stems from allegations the company distorted financial reports.

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FedDev Ontario pledges millions to support Black entrepreneurs

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 14:48

The $2.4 million CAD will support the Black Entrepreneurship Alliance's incubator programs.

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New era at Mila as Hugo Larochelle named scientific director

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 14:07

The Google alum says the AI institute should be "ambitious" and "do more."

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Inside the platform powering a women’s health uprising

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 07:00

Femtech Canada and Innovation Factory are turning a founder network into a national force.

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Isabelle Hudon says BDC is getting ready to support Canada’s defence tech sector in “a more aggressive way”

Wed, 09/03/2025 - 04:00

Latest report shows Crown corp. hiked VC investments and contended with “correction on valuation” in fiscal 2025.

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Telus Digital to rejoin parent company after $743-million CAD acquisition

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 16:56

Telecom giant says reuniting with its spinout will accelerate AI and SaaS transformation.

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“Academically disingenuous”: Cohere co-founder calls out Sam Altman for AGI hype

Tue, 09/02/2025 - 16:25

On 20VC Podcast, Nick Frosst rejects idea that AI models pose a threat to humanity.

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