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One question still lingering around Bill C-34 is whether Ottawa can build a youth social media ban that is both enforceable and privacy-conscious. The government says yes. But not everyone is convinced.
What happens when the best AI tools keep getting more expensive?
Some Canadian startups are already feeling the financial pinch, and are now taking a harder look at non-frontier and open-source models.
Koho says it is already at 2.5 million clients and around $250 million CAD in annual revenue. It's framing the banking licence as the “last big piece of the puzzle.”
Canada's privacy commissioner says Elon Musk's Grok was launched without proper safeguards or considerations of privacy harms.
In response, X and xAI will start issuing quarterly reports and third-party audits to the OPC until the issue of sexualized deepfakes is fully resolved.
More from the OPC's investigation into Elon Musk's X and xAI.
Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne said today that X is still violating Canada’s privacy laws and that his office does not have the power to force it to comply.
Nesto is trying to move beyond being a direct-to-consumer online mortgage lender to become a “mortgage ecosystem” builder that builds white-label tech for Canadian financial institutions.
Sentinel R&D is now at the centre of Russian accusations against Canada following a deal involving the Department of National Defence and Ukraine’s Airlogix to support drone manufacturing.
General Fusion and Eavor took the top 2 spots on Time's Top GreenTech Companies of 2026 list, while Brookfield Renewable Partners, Hydrostor, and Carbon Upcycling made up the rest of the Canadian contingent.
Ax.c says it hosted more than 250 events and more than 50 international delegations in its first year. Now, with renewed city support and a partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University’s DMZ, it is trying to convert that early community momentum into something more durable for Québec startups.
Kathairos says it has cut emissions equivalent to 1 million tonnes of CO2 by replacing natural gas with liquid nitrogen at oil and gas sites.
The company claims its approach is climate-neutral and industrially scalable. Adoption by nearly 70 oil and gas companies might be starting to validate it.
Draft legislation would create new regulator to govern online safety.
