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Amid global uncertainty, the path forward is clear: Canada’s moment to build is now.
BetaKit Most Ambitious is back, telling stories of nearly 100 Canadian innovators strengthening our nation’s autonomy, security, and prosperity.
Read it now: bit.ly/4f0Wl2a
CEO Amanda Hall said she thinks it’s exciting to continue to grow @summitlithium under a different banner in Canada from Calgary, but other options are on the table. betakit.com/summit-lithium-t…
Paul Christiano says the speed of AI development will inevitably slow, but he doubts it will happen in the near future. In fact, he says it's “reasonably likely" we'll see another 10 years of progress.
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After seeking creditor protection in August, embattled food delivery service Goodfood has been bought by its Vancouver-based peer Fresh Prep.
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.@FDavidsonT left @SonderStays in June 2025 after what he called the hardest experience of his career. Within a year, he had launched another startup, @OdessiaTravel, raised $6 million led by Sequoia, and exited.
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Ax.c director Geneviève Leclerc says her organization and @PlatformCalgary want to make interprovincial collaboration "simple, natural, and concrete."
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Canadian defence tech is increasingly finding its way to public markets. @junoindustries, @NorthStarEandS, and @MDA_space have all made moves this year.
Now, @EliotPence says @DominionDynamic wants to eventually join them.
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Canada has signed on to a new international AI safety push, along with a few other countries and AI developers like @AnthropicAI, @OpenAI, and @cohere. But without the US, China, @Google, or @Meta, how much impact will it have?
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Blackletter is a law firm built atop a proprietary legaltech platform. So why doesn't co-founder @jrbluth want you to call it AI-native?
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Jack Fraser led @BDC_Capital’s investment in @float_financial just months ago. Now he’s leaving VC to become the company’s first CFO.
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.@cvca says 26 of Canada’s 28 venture-backed exits through Q3 were M&A deals.
With traditional IPOs absent since 2023, acquisitions are doing almost all the work when it comes to startup liquidity.
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The round values @BlueJLegal at more than $700 million USD.
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Montréal, let's talk productivity.
On Nov. 19, BetaKit and Float bring together Québec business leaders for a candid conversation on capital, efficiency, AI, and global growth.
Featuring the CEOs of @float_financial , @shakepay & Deck.
Space is limited
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Smaller AI startups are getting crowded out in the compute race. The federal government wants to ensure they have got a seat at the table.
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Karen Karniol-Tambour will lead the fund that the government has said it would use to make more deals like its billion-dollar investment in Cohere.
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.@GetKoho's @DanEbs called RTR “largely performative” without the Big Six. Now the system is live, and his criticism is about to be tested.
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As AI accelerates the threat landscape and raises the bar for high-growth tech vendors, selling to major banking institutions like @CIBCInnovation demands seamless integration and airtight security, in addition to strong tech.
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Prime Minister @MarkJCarney’s second budget aims to make Canada “competitive.” Does it?
Also in this week’s BetaKit Newsletter:
🤖@Wealthsimple reveals AI assistant
📉Tech rout hits @Shopify and @LightspeedHQ
💸Fewer Canadian startups raise pre-seeds
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.@boson_ai opened in Toronto as a “Plan B.” Now, roughly half of its 40-person team works there.
CEO @smolix says Canada’s predictability, access to talent, and lower costs have made Toronto increasingly attractive as US immigration rules tighten.
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#Budget2026: everything, everywhere, all at once xitter.twitterapi.xyz/i/broadcasts/2XyEAKKAn…
The feds are framing the proposed merger between @bdc_ca and @ExportDevCanada as a way to reduce overlap and improve the efficiency of federal financing bodies. We've got reactions from the #CDNTech ecosystem.
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