Year: 2024

#CDNtech’s 2025 Resolutions: Founders

PRESENTED BY The new year is a clean slate, a time to double down on what works, take a few big swings, and leave the dead weight behind. In partnership with NorthGuide, BetaKit asked Canadian founders about the habits they’re sharpening, the bets they’re making, and the buzzwords they’re banning in 2025. Taran Ghatrora Blume […]

#CDNtech’s 2025 Resolutions: VCs

PRESENTED BY The new year is a clean slate, a time to double down on what works, take a few big swings, and leave the dead weight behind. In partnership with NorthGuide, BetaKit asked Canadian VCs about the habits they’re sharpening, the bets they’re making, and the buzzwords they’re banning in 2025. Danielle GrahamThe Firehood […]

Province funnels $9 million into Québec Tech amid critiques over government spending

As the Québec government continues to execute its five-year innovation plan, some ecosystem players are calling it a spendthrift approach, prompting a government defence of its financial aid to startups.  On Dec. 12, the Ministry of the Economy, Innovation and Energy (MEIE) awarded $9 million in direct support to non-profit organization Québec Tech, capping off […]

Wrong answers only: industry continues to grapple with “inherent characteristic” of GenAI hallucinations

At the two-year mark after the launch of OpenAI’s large-language model (LLM)-powered chatbot ChatGPT, and with it, the explosion of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) into the public consciousness, the technology’s growing pains and future evolution dominated conversations at Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. “I think generative AI has the potential to transform […]

A requiem for the feds’ (failed) innovation strategy

The bottom fell out in April. On April 16, the federal government unveiled its 2024 budget, a 416-page document containing billions of dollars in funding commitments and policy initiatives for tech. Most of it was ignored due to the unexpected insert of a capital gains tax inclusion rate that, to many, seemed directly targeted at […]

2025 tech predictions: embrace chaos

With 2024 almost in the books, Rob Kenedi (the Ghost of Tech Future) and I have peered deep into our crystal balls to offer tech predictions and prognostication for 2025. Consider this a companion piece to our twice-recorded, first-in-your-hearts 2024 tech recap episode, which provides a historical grounding allowing us to fly free with our […]

Jocelyne Murphy on the year tech showed up

PRESENTED BY Presented by North Guide, our year-end “What I Learned” series asked BetaKit newsmakers to share insights, ideas and lessons from the year in tech. It was a mic-drop moment. In May 2024, Jocelyne Murphy sat in front of the CEOs and founders of some of the biggest Canadian tech companies, and described the […]

Ali Asaria on the limits of computer-like logic

PRESENTED BY Presented by North Guide, our year-end “What I Learned” series asked BetaKit newsmakers to share insights, ideas and lessons from the year in tech. A year ago, Ali Asaria stepped down as CEO of the Kitchener-Waterloo-based retail startup Tulip, which he had founded a decade earlier. This year, Asaria co-founded a new startup […]

Alison Nankivell departs MaRS for Export Development Canada

Alison Nankivell’s leadership of the MaRS Discovery District ends shortly after it began with the announcement today that she has been named the new CEO and president of Export Development Canada (EDC). The appointment announcement was made by Mary Ng, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development. A federal Crown corporation, EDC provides […]