Canada's AI Minister Evan Solomon discussed the country's AI strategy, digital sovereignty, and social media regulation in a BetaKit Podcast interview, emphasizing the need for domestic innovation and…
Toast, a Calgary-based talent acquisition company, launched an AI-powered recruitment platform called Toast Talent Marketplace to help employers hire women for tech roles. The platform uses semantic A…
The Vector Institute released UnBias-Plus on June 30, 2026, a free toolkit that detects, explains, and rewrites biased language in written content and AI training datasets. The toolkit features multi-…
Cybersecurity teams are struggling to keep up with rapid AI adoption as employees use thousands of AI tools without organizational oversight, creating data security blind spots. Fortinet executive Rob…
Conexus Venture Capital, the investment arm of Saskatchewan's Conexus Credit Union, invested in Vancouver-based FinTech Judi.ai to scale its AI platform for small-business lending. The investment, fro…
Mecka AI, a physical AI startup based in Toronto and New York City, acquired Vancouver's Docula early this year to process petabytes of motion data for training robots. The acquisition brings Docula's…
Alistair Croll launched Envoi, a virtual conference platform where attendees bring personal AI agents to a mirrored event environment, debuting at Startupfest in Montreal in July 2026. The platform, d…
Alistair Croll built Envoi, a virtual conference for AI agents, debuting at Startupfest next month. The platform is described as 'Moltbook, but a conference,' aiming to provide a dedicated space for A…
OpenCode released v1.17.10 and v1.17.11, introducing session snapshots that allow users to roll back AI agent sessions to any earlier message, including file changes. The update also adds MCP resource…
Superhuman, the company formerly known as Grammarly, has acquired GPTZero, an AI detection startup. The deal aims to create an "authenticity layer" for the internet, combining Superhuman's writing too…
Geoff and Sam Teehan, a father-son duo, aim to transform their AI side project—a viral colour memory game created through vibe-coding—into a sustainable gaming company.…
Government-associated AI policy leaders met at the British High Commission in Ottawa to discuss forming a coalition of "middle powers" to create AI safety guardrails distinct from the United States an…
BrokerPlus, a new AI-powered mortgage brokerage backed by Michael Hyatt, launched to disrupt the traditional mortgage industry by empowering brokers with artificial intelligence tools.…
Anthropic restricted access to its frontier models Fable 5 and Mythos 5, then removed them entirely, prompting Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst to warn against building on technology from a single countr…
Cohere co-founder Nick Frosst argues that the recent ban of Anthropic's AI model in certain jurisdictions validates Cohere's push for sovereign AI, emphasizing the need for countries to control their …
Shopify shareholders voted down a proposal from the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) that would have required the company to respect human rights and align with international…
Canadian LLM developer Cohere reports a surge in inbound interest after the US blocked Anthropic's latest models, positioning itself as a sovereign alternative to US AI providers.…
Fellow, an enterprise meeting assistant, has surpassed 5,000 customers after rebooting for the AI era. The company aims to achieve $100 million in revenue by 2028.…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup features unprecedented technology integration, including motion-sensor balls, computer-vision player tracking, AI analysis for coaches and referees, cooling vests, upgraded tel…
Canada-based startup Legacy Keeper launched on June 15, 2026 as an AI-powered estate-planning platform for financial advisors and families. The platform processes wills, trusts, and insurance document…