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Enterprise #AI company cohere is opening an office in South Korea as it looks to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region. betakit.com/cohere-to-open…

Canada’s former open banking czar Abraham Tachjian has joined #FinTech startup Brim Financial. He told me the new role will bring out his “payments nerd side.” betakit.com/canadas-former…

Vancouver #insurtech startup Quandri has secured $16.5M CAD to scale its #AI platform for #insurance agencies and brokerages. I checked in with Jamieson Fregeau on the firms’s progress to date and where it plans to go from here. #YVRtech #BCtech #CDNtech betakit.com/quandri-secure…

Exclusive: Toronto-based private equity firm Define Capital fuels up for more niche software acquisitions with nearly $28-million CAD debt facility from Scotiabank. #CDNtech betakit.com/define-capital…

My latest investigation with Sophia Massam Paul Kelso on how Tesla’s future has become increasingly uncertain amid the feud between Trump and Musk

.Substack, co-founded by two University of Waterloo alums, raises $100-million USD Series C. #CDNtech betakit.com/canadian-co-fo…

.Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook joined The BetaKit Podcast to discuss the company’s new advanced #photonic packaging facility, the feds’ renewed interest in #quantum, Canadian sovereignty, and his quantum data centre dreams. #CDNtech betakit.com/why-canada-now…

Read my take on whether Canadian founders deserve rights in the latest BetaKit Newsletter. 👇👇

"As a result, the data of Canadians who use Microsoft or other products from US-based corporations could have their data provided to the United States government and there is nothing they nor the Government of Canada can do.” cyberincontext.ca/p/microsoft-ad…

Big BetaKit scoop on changes at OMERS Ventures. One #CDNtech VC just told me that the "pensions are all retreating back to Canada." Madison McLauchlan has a first file with more coming from her and 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁. betakit.com/michael-yang-t…

.a16z says OpenSesame to Canadian agentic #AI startup for its speedrun accelerator. #CDNtech betakit.com/a16z-says-open…

How did OpenSesame get into a16z speedrun 🧊? And how did they secure that angel cheque from Aidan Gomez? It’s kind of a funny story. betakit.com/a16z-says-open…