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Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys

Douglas Soltys is the Editor-in-Chief of BetaKit and founder of BetaKit Incorporated. He has worked for a few failed companies and written about many more. He spends too much time on the Internet. You can reach him on Signal: @tr0ndizzle.83

Jill Earthy Web Summit Vancouver

InBC’s Jill Earthy knows Canadian VC “could be healthier”

June 9, 2025

Provincial Crown Corp. CEO talks wake-up calls, early-stage investment, and InBC’s future fundraising plans.

Canada’s Bengio brothers offer new AI critiques, solutions

June 9, 2025

Plus: American chip giant AMD to acquire Untether AI team.

Upper Bound 2025

Amii CEO Cam Linke says Canada’s AI strategy requires customers

June 2, 2025

The head of Alberta’s AI institute talks literacy, adoption, and commercialization at Upper Bound.

Web Summit Vancouver was worth “every penny”

June 2, 2025

Plus: BetaKit is SABEW Canada’s Best in Business (again).

Web Summit Vancouver 2025

“The energy is here”: local leaders call Web Summit Vancouver’s scaled-back debut a success

June 1, 2025

Web Summit lands smoothly on the West Coast as attendees offer ideas for how it could grow.

x402 Payment Flow: AI Agent ↔ AP IServer ↔ Blockchain

The Canadian engineer trying to fix the internet’s original sin 

May 26, 2025

Coinbase’s Erik Reppel thinks AI, crypto, and open standards could revolutionize internet commerce.

Canada’s next innovation capital

May 26, 2025

Plus: BetaKit to open full-time Prairies bureau.

Alberta tech has energy

May 20, 2025

Plus: Robinhood scoops up WonderFi, Canadian VC has another tough quarter.

Marcelo Cortes, Faire

Why Faire’s co-founder wants to bring Silicon Valley’s DNA to Canada

May 19, 2025

Faire’s Chief Architect fell in love with Canada. Now he’s selling his new home to the rest of the world.

OpenText building

Will AI agents replace SaaS before SaaS replaces employees with AI?

May 12, 2025

Plus: How Canadian tech is rising to meet the wildfire threat.

Social Media

Half of the internet is bots and they’re feeding you lies

May 11, 2025

AI-powered disinformation is taking over the internet. Calgary-based Koat.ai is tracking it in real time.

Canadian angels just want to write the cheque

May 5, 2025

Plus: Cohere Labs head calls “unreliable” AI leaderboard rankings a “crisis.”

Joe Canavan NACO Summit 2025

Joe Canavan has a plan for Canada to become an innovation nation

May 4, 2025

Canada’s angel of the year shares how the country can bolster its economic sovereignty at NACO Summit.

Canadian flag flies in the foreground over the parliament buildings in Ottawa on a sunny day

The best political party for Canadian tech

April 28, 2025

Plus: Prime Minister Mark Carney almost worked at Shopify.

Clutch

How does an online car retailer survive a trade war?

April 27, 2025

Clutch found a new gear after a post-pandemic lull, just in time for tariffs to hit.

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