McKinsey alumni raise $2.5 million USD to build AI for industrial manufacturers | BetaKit
A pair of friends and former McKinsey & Company analysts with a background in manufacturing have teamed up to…
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Superwhisper, Cohere partner on meeting recorder for enterprise clients | BetaKit
Using Cohere models, meeting transcription and summaries can run locally on users’ devices. Superwhisper is partnering with Cohere to…
Bia Health raises $2.15 million for AI to reduce unnecessary medical interventions | BetaKit
A Québec healthtech startup thinks its AI assistant can help healthcare providers make better (and less costly) decisions about…
Mecka AI reveals $60-million USD Series B round backed by Sequoia, Nvidia | BetaKit
Startup aims to provide the real-world training data required to deploy robots. Toronto- and New York City-based Mecka AI…
Athlete-led Endo launches with $815,000 to modernize sports agencies | BetaKit
Relay Ventures backs startup’s plan to close the endorsement “information gap” with AI. A group of Canadian athletes has…
Toronto software startup Polygrade emerges from stealth to build AI for home warranty claims | BetaKit
Former Setter, Sears Home Services leaders launch with $6.3 million USD in seed funding. A group of home services…
How founders are rethinking capital in the AI era | BetaKit
CIBC’s Gradient Ascent Podcast examines how AI is changing round timing and allocation. AI is giving early-stage founders more…
Blair Health secures $4.2 million to make specialized women’s care more accessible | BetaKit
Toronto startup aims to power “specialist-level care without the specialist wait.” Toronto-based technology startup Blair Health has set its…
Altis Labs raises $25 million USD Series A to expand AI for cancer trials | BetaKit
New funding will help build out a platform designed to detect treatment effects sooner. Altis Labs has new funding…
Orbits secures $2 million USD to manage home logistics with AI | BetaKit
A16z Speedrun, N49P, Garage back Orbits’ consumer launch of AI household assistant. A new Canadian technology company with links…
Portage closes fourth FinTech VC fund at $600 million USD | BetaKit
Portage is the FinTech investment arm of Power Corporation-owned Sagard. As the national focus turns to catalyzing investment capital…
Q&A: Adam Felesky on why Canadian FinTech is missing domestic growth capital | BetaKit
Portage CEO argues pension funds should back more Canadian GPs and companies. Ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Canada…
Gravity’s 23-year-old founder left Vancouver for San Francisco. One day, he hopes to come back bigger | BetaKit
AI adtech startup hopes to eventually parlay its $30.5-million USD Series A into a Canadian office. There’s an odd…
What’s next for trust, innovation, and co-creation in the Canadian FinTech ecosystem? | BetaKit
Ahead of Canada FinTech Forum 2026, Mastercard’s Balinder Ahluwalia on local builders shaping future commerce. We don’t spend much…
Are AI labs “gambling with our lives”? | BetaKit
Yet another AI researcher has issued a staggering warning: the cutthroat race to build ever-more-powerful AI systems could wipe…
Smart Cities AI Challenge: Taking urban challenges to Canada’s AI startups at ALL IN | BetaKit
Smart Cities AI Challenge is one of three reverse pitch competitions at Canada’s largest AI and tech event. As…
Saskatchewan’s tech incubator wants to help non-tech businesses adopt AI | BetaKit
Executive director says program can help more businesses think of themselves as tech companies. Saskatchewan’s first tech incubator, Co.Labs,…
How the AI era is rewriting venture capital’s old rules | BetaKit
Michele Romanow and Christina Fox on how the AI era could change who Canadian investors back. A decade ago,…