Podcast Episodes

Budget 2025: "cautiously optimistic"

It's a power-packed post-Budget panel podcast featuring a plethora of Canadian policy wonks! Vass Bednar (Canadian SHIELD Institute), Benjamin Bergen…

2 months, 1 week ago

What the AWS outage reveals about Canada's digital sovereignty

"We were sleepwalking our way into this new economy, and we've had a bit of a wake-up call."

Ian Rae, CEO of Aptum and a member of Minister Evan Solo…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Canada doesn't buy Canadian tech

"If you're a founder in Canada, you have a playbook, which is: try to get outside of the country as soon as possible. Try to sell outside of the coun…

2 months, 4 weeks ago

Can Canada build its own social network?

"It's one thing to say 'let's do this in a sovereign way.' It is a whole other to actually do it."

Gander Social is attempting to do something that s…

3 months ago

Are Canadian entrepreneurs willing to let their old companies die?

"Don't talk to your customers because your customers will keep you in the place that you used to be."

AI adoption is now an industry-wide mandate. It…

3 months, 1 week ago

Tailscale's CEO has an idea "worth billions" for AI startups

"That's the literal term several CISOs have used with me unprompted: 'ticking time bomb.' There's no world in which this doesn't explode the way it's…

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Canada's defence tech sector is suddenly exploding

"It actually allows us an opportunity to build sovereign capability and leapfrog to get our armed forces where they need to be by taking advantage of…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Amber Mac wants parents to know their kids are talking to AI

"There's a really good chance that a young person's parents—or even their friends—don't even know that this individual is building a relationship wit…

4 months ago

Are Canadians ready for AI-powered life insurance?

"We're going to find in the next year or two that the amount of leakage actually goes up quite a bit because I think the focus on AI is just moving r…

4 months, 1 week ago

AI is changing startup math with Ripple Ventures' Matt Cohen

" That's also quite daunting as an investor to be able to put money into something that is perfect for now, but will it last three to five years? Wil…

4 months, 2 weeks ago