Latest posts tagged with #CdnTech on Bluesky
“We are watering the top of the tree while the roots are dying.”
NACO's Claudio Rojas warns against putting Ottawa's $750M support for early growth-stage #CDNTech companies only into later-stage capital. Meanwhile, @cvca.bsky.social is offering a much different vision for how to spend the money.
CCI says Canada should take a buy-Canadian approach to healthtech procurement.
Its pitch its fairly straightforward: governments should buy more #CDNTech, improve data portability, and make it easier for health systems to work together.
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A healthtech company in the #Yukon has released a new #AI tool to help clinicians quickly knock out administrative work using just their voice. #CDNtech
Canada’s startup ecosystems have lost $66B in value since 2019 - not from lack of ideas, but from early-stage funding gaps.
New data from Startup Genome + NACO shows why seed-stage capital is foundational infrastructure.
Read more here: zurl.co/V0XqS
#CDNtech #Startups #VC #InnovationPolicy
OpenAI connection to Tumbler Ridge tragedy puts balance between privacy and public safety in the spotlight. #CDNpoli #CDNtech
Digital life in Canada happens largely on foreign platforms. Join Steve and #cdntech experts in Waterloo this Friday night for why that matters more than you think.
Free tix: tvo.org/tvo-today-live
@eslfairy.bsky.social you about?
The Netherlands wants to turn the North Sea into "Europe's green power plant." It's turned to Canadian cleantech startup CoeusAI to help.
Co-founder and CEO Vincent Marsland says this is #CDNTech making an impact on the world stage. Read on to learn how he plans to do it:
Photonic (BC) raised $180M and announced world-first quantum teleportation over 30km on TELUS’ fibre. In our Q&A, Dr. Stephanie Simmons explains Photonic’s Entanglement First approach to scaling distributed, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
Read more here: zurl.co/7I91w
#quantum #deeptech #cdntech
There is still so much uncertainty around US trade and #tariffs, and #CDNTech businesses we spoke to today are largely just holding their breath, waiting to see what's next.
Feds’ $6.6-billion Defence Industrial Strategy takes aim at building “a robust” Canadian defence sector. #CDNpoli #CDNtech
Ottawa and Gatineau have launched a new task force aimed at turning the country’s capital region into a defence innovation hub. #CDNtech
Cohere reportedly soars past revenue target with $240 million USD in annual recurring revenue. #CDNtech
1/6 🇨🇦 BELL AND SAP PARTNER ON SOVEREIGN CLOUD 🇨🇦
A new deal aims to lock down sensitive data.
Bell and SAP will build a fully isolated cloud solution for government and regulated industries.
The Canadian Press reports.
#CdnTech #CdnPoli #AISky #DataSovereignty #NatSecSky #Geopolitics
Talk about #CDNTech on the world stage. Over the past week, Montréal special effects company PixMob played a part in two of the biggest cultural events in the world.
The uproar in #CDNTech after @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy stopped directly investing in Canada-domiciled startups wasn't really about a terms of service change at the accelerator.
On the BetaKit Podcast, John Ruffolo breaks down what Canada is getting wrong. Listen now: betakit.com/why-y-combin...
In the BetaKit Newsletter this week, Waabi sets #CDNTech funding records and robots (try to) solve the housing crisis🤖 🏠 . Plus:
🌑 Data centres on the moon
🪿 Big-name advisors cut ties with Gander Social
📱 Why Canada shouldn't ban social media for kids
🎙️ Is the @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy news a death blow for #CDNTech, or something else entirely?
John Ruffalo joins The BetaKit Podcast to break down “bullshit” narratives, fuzzy data, and the real problems plaguing the ecosystem.
Listen now 🎧
ICYMI: Waabi announced yesterday it closed the largest funding round in #CDNTech history
That means founder Raquel Urtasun, years after leaving Uber, is once again developing robo-taxis with the ride-hailing giant.
Years after leaving Uber, Raquel Urtasun is once again developing robo-taxis with the ride-hailing giant, after the largest funding round in #CDNTech history.
“Self-driving is happening,” the Waabi founder told us. “The technology is ready now."
Conversation is raging as a divided #CDNTech debates Y Combinator removing Canada as one of its permitted sites of investment.
More reactions and analysis from across Canadian tech here:
#btdubs Rio Tinto successfully extracts first gallium in Canada discoveryalert.com.au/gallium-extr... | #Cdntech #QuantumComputing #innovation
Calian is watering the seeds of Canada’s burgeoning #defence industry with a $100 million CAD platform led by its new Ventures arm. #ottcity #CDNtech
Float, Wise, Koho, Paramount, and Brim have become members of Payments Canada, setting them up to access the upcoming real-time rail system. #CDNtech
The @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy website no longer lists Canada as a country it invests in.
The change implies Canadian startups have to incorporate in the US, Cayman Islands, or Singapore to join the famed Silicon Valley accelerator. #CDNtech #YC
Meet Ignition: Winnipeg's newest venture studio, and a space for Manitoba’s early-stage founders to find hands-on support. #CDNtech
Canada desperately needs more homes. 🏠 These #CDNtech companies are betting innovation can help.
Toronto's Float has secured nearly $100 million CAD in debt to expand its credit products for Canadian business, who are struggling to balance growth with rising costs. #CDNtech
betakit.com/float-secure...
Some of Ottawa-based Telesat’s lenders are taking the satellite operator to court over some recent asset transfers as big debt repayment deadlines loom. $TSAT #CDNtech
