Kitchener-Waterloo supply chain tech firm Descartes continues string of US acquisitions with @finaleinventory. #CDNtech betakit.com/descartes-contin…
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Challenger bank @GetKoho is Canada’s latest unicorn with a $130M CAD Series E at a $1.33B valuation, as the Vancouver #FinTech firm continues its quest to build the country’s “next great bank.” I sat down with @DanEbs to unpack the news. #YVRtech #CDNtech betakit.com/koho-becomes-can…
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KOHO Raises $130 Million on Path to Banking Licence #cdntech @GetKoho fintech.ca/2026/06/11/koho-r…
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Canada’s AI Strategy Targets Talent Gap #cdntech techtalent.ca/canadas-ai-str…
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Can the federal government deliver on the outcomes it promised in its AI strategy? In The BetaKit Newsletter, managing editor @sarahcrgr digs into its promises.
Read her take, PLUS latest news from around #CDNTech 👀
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SUMMARY - Canada's National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All
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Built on trust, opportunity & sovereignty across six pillars. Targets: AI adoption 12%→60% by 2034, 250K new jobs, a sovereign supercomputer by 2031. Launched by @MarkJCarney & @EvanLSolomon.
@ISED_CA #AI #AIpolicy #CdnTech #DigitalSovereignty
ALT Promotional graphic for “Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All” from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. The design features large white serif text over a dark blue-to-red gradient background with subtle geometric light lines. Government of Canada and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada logos appear at the top. A white banner at bottom left reads “AN ISOC LIVE SUMMARY,” with “ISOC LIVE” highlighted in red.
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The strategy is promising some big investments in commercialization, which many in #CDNTech appear optimistic about. However, it's noticeably light on details surrounding privacy and safety.
Read more:
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BDC is putting capital behind Canadian defence innovation, investing in quantum computing company Photonic and cybersecurity firm Lastwall through its StrongNorth Fund. The move signals growing momentum for Canada's dual-use technology sector. #CANSEC2026 #DefenceTech #QuantumComputing #Cybersecurity #CDNtech
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Toronto and NYC-based @MeckaAI announces $60 million USD to power physical #AI. #CDNtech betakit.com/mecka-ai-announc…
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From AI adoption to defence procurement to digital sovereignty, BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall touched on some of the biggest issues in #CDNTech.
@EliotPence, @_cweedbrook, @VassB, @RaquelUrtasun, and more weighed in.
Here's what they had to say.
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iotum, Canada’s leading Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) provider, today announced it has been named a key CPaaS provider on the S&P Global 2026 Programmable Communications Market Map, making iotum the only Canadian company among fewer than 25 platforms recognized globally.
#CPaaS #CloudCommunications #DigitalTransformation #CDNtech #CanadianTech #MadeInCanada #CanadianMade #S&PGlobal
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Relay Financial Raises $50M Round to 'Ignite' Brand, Expand Market Reach @bankwithrelay #cdntech fintech.ca/2026/05/19/relay-…
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ICYMI: Amid all the recent talk about digital sovereignty, I sat down with @VassB (@CanShieldInst) to unpack what that actually means, how Canada stacks up globally, and what’s at stake if we don’t own and control our digital economy. #CDNpoli #CDNtech betakit.com/qa-vass-bednar-o…
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Montréal’s DevCap has closed $5M to invest in its winners and back 10 more early-stage #AI startups. I sat down with @jordanahnuld to unpack its unique structure, progress, how poker compares to #VC, and why he plans to take it public. #MTLtech #CDNtech betakit.com/ai-investment-fi…
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Vancouver #quantum computing firm @TeamPhotonic has secured another $70M USD and a $2B valuation. I sat down with Don Mattrick Stephanie Simmons to unpack this round, how it positions Photonic, and if we’re in a quantum bubble. #YVRtech #BCtech #CDNtech betakit.com/photonic-secures…
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Photonics meets policy. Canada’s next step in AI and semiconductor leadership starts with scaling the CPFC. #Photonics #QuantumTech #AIInfrastructure #CDNtech
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In The BetaKit Newsletter this week, @RiehlAlex99 unpacks why Canada could be on the ground floor for what hardware leaders see as the next trillion-dollar age of computing.
PLUS, the most important stories from the last week in #CDNTech. Read now:
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The Canadian gov't has announced a sovereign wealth fund. The potential problem, @sarahcrgr says, is that there isn't much sovereign wealth in it.
Sarah's full take, along with the top #CDNTech news from teh last week, in The BetaKit Newsletter:
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Canada's Spring Economic Update unveiled the pillars of the upcoming AI strategy, a new SMB procurement program, and some small updates on stablecoins and real-time rail payments.
But not everyone in #CDNtech is satisfied.
New from me for @betakit👉 betakit.com/canadian-spring-…
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