Marzieh Fadaee promoted to head of Cohere Labs
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
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
OCIF and PrairiesCan among investors aiming to support training and commercialization.
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Klue doubles down on AI with Ignition acquisition
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
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
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
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
Founder Katherine Homuth left the company in March.
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FDA approval marks “most significant milestone” in Kardium’s history
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
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
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
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
The lawsuit stems from allegations the company distorted financial reports.
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FedDev Ontario pledges millions to support Black entrepreneurs
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
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
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”
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
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
On 20VC Podcast, Nick Frosst rejects idea that AI models pose a threat to humanity.
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Molecular You secures $6.9 million CAD to scale predictive blood tests across North America
Fresh funding follows US launch of direct-to-consumer platform.
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