June takes our team across five cities and two continents, with conversations spanning travel tech, go-to-market, AI infrastructure, and the venture landscape itself.
Where to find us: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
See you there!
« Il vaut mieux décider vite, itérer, faire des erreurs et les corriger rapidement que d'attendre la certitude et de se faire dépasser. »
🎥 La rediffusion de l'allocution de @chrisarsenault au Cercle canadien de Montréal est maintenant en ligne.
Une réflexion franche sur la vélocité, le talent canadien en IA, et pourquoi le Canada se doit d'agir comme premier client de ses propres champions technologiques. Suivie d'un entretien avec Marie Josée Lamothe, présidente de Tandem International.
À visionner 👇
cerclecanadien-montreal.ca/f…
Today, we’re introducing Discovery by Inovia x Northleaf, a platform focused on pre-seed and seed, built on a long-standing collaboration between our teams.
Official press release: discoveryprogram.vc/press-re…
More: discoveryprogram.vc/#section…
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Aujourd’hui, nous présentons Discovery par Inovia et Northleaf, une plateforme axée sur le pré-amorçage et l’amorçage, issue d’une collaboration de longue date.
Communiqué de presse : discoveryprogram.vc/fr/press…
Pour en savoir plus : discoveryprogram.vc/fr#secti…
We've raised $5M to build organizational memory.
Every company runs on decisions, but as teams grow the, context behind them gets lost. We built Sentra to make sure that never happens again.
Start using Sentra for free today!
Highlights from our Q1 2026 Newsletter: 1 Exit, 1 New Investment, a Partnership with Mila to Launch the Venture Scientist Fund, and the 3rd Edition of our State of Canadian Software Report!
👀 To learn more: inovia.vc/inovia-conversatio…#Newsletter
Our colleague @sgwoods sat down with two old Google friends who've seen AI history from the inside. Mo Cheppudira (ex-OpenAI) and @tmu (ex-OpenAI, ex-Anthropic). Six-part series.
#AI
🔗 Full playlist in comments.
Today we're launching Latent-Y: the world's first autonomous agent for drug design, lab-validated end to end.
Give it a research goal. Latent-Y reasons, designs, iterates, and delivers lab-ready antibodies, autonomously or collaboratively, with the biological reasoning of a PhD protein design expert.
Technical report: tinyurl.com/latent-y-techrep…
Blog post: latentlabs.com/latent-y
Apply for access: platform.latentlabs.com
Why don’t we have a “Waymo for every robot”?
Because most autonomy stacks are hardware-heavy, GPS-dependent, and fragile outside controlled settings.
@teraai_'s latest post breaks down the limitations and their approach to software-defined, vision-based navigation.
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We’re proud to announce that Spellbook is the exclusive AI legal drafting and review partner of the Canadian Bar Association.
Through this partnership, Spellbook will serve as the exclusive provider of AI-powered contract drafting and review tools for CBA's network of 40,000 legal professionals across Canada.
CBA members will benefit from exclusive pricing across Spellbook’s full suite of tools.
More: spellbook.legal/cba
Coding isn't holding you back. Product work is.
Introducing Modem, your dev team's auto-triage PM.
It listens to user signals 24/7, finds problems before you do & does the work you're slow at – filing tickets, pinging teammates, closing the loop.
Sign up today at @modemdev
AI Lightning Round #1 is live.
Originally recorded as an internal recap of what defined AI in 2025, we decided to share it externally.
This is the first in a series of shorter, recurring updates on the developments shaping AI.
Full session ↓
youtu.be/BiQZl9b8-cg?si=gyne…
We cancelled our entire SaaS stack and started running our business with AI agents.
Now, we’re building @useToyo to help other founders do the same.
We're pleased to announce $4.3M in funding from @FrontlineVC, @inovia, @pmoe, and angels from Amazon, Microsoft, and Cloudflare.
For decades software was built for humans to operate.
That world is over. We're building for one where agents do the work, while humans direct.
The 2025 State of Canadian Software Report is out!
Here are the key trends it highlights:
• Capital concentrating into higher-conviction rounds
• Strong momentum across emerging hubs nationwide
• 40% of funding now flowing to AI-native software
#CompanyBuilders