Podcast Episodes

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? Will it even last three to six months?"

Ripple Ventur…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

The former Meta employee trying to stop Canada's AI brain drain

"A win for AXL is that, ten years from now, instead of nine of the top ten biggest and most successful companies in the world being on the West Coast of the United States, half of them are in Toronto…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

What can talking to AI teach us?

"How is this thing—running in a data centre with Nvidia GPUs—understanding what I'm saying with such nuance and such depth?"

Former DarwinAI CEO Sheldon Fernandez spends a lot of time in dialogue wit…

Published on 3 months ago

How Canada can be a leader in space (and save the world)

" This isn't just about doing something cool because space is the next frontier. This is a key domain for economics, for national security, sovereignty, job creation, and everything."

A company tryin…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The living history of Canadian tech with Phil Telio

"History never stops. It's a living reality."

In celebration of Startupfest's 15th anniversary, founder Phil Telio joins to discuss the origins of the international tech festival, its connection to Q…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

'Canada's edge in applied AI' with Nvidia and Waabi leaders

"The talent here is incredible, right? When we started faculty, I walk in the class and there's Jimmy Ba. Every time you guys train a neural network, you're using his algorithm."

Sanja Fidler (Nvidia…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Canada's prime minister is talking about quantum tech with Xanadu's Christian Weedbrook

"The current government is really plugged into what's needed."

One step closer to quantum data centres with the launch of his company's advanced photonics packaging facility, Xanadu founder and CEO C…

Published on 4 months ago

Ambition made in Canada with Shopify, Cohere, and Wealthsimple

" It's kind of that 'Valley or bust' mentality which breaks the ecosystem and really hurts Canada."

Harley Finkelstein (Shopify), Mike Katchen (Wealthsimple), and Aidan Gomez (Cohere) hold a candid c…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

What keeps Bluesky's head of trust and safety up at night?

" The company fascinates me… because they have such interesting concepts internally. One of them being 'treat the company as a future adversary,' which I have never seen anywhere in my career."

Blues…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

The stories of Canadian tech's Most Ambitious

"I want to put ambition in people's hands. You say it doesn't exist—you're going to hold it, you're going to flip through it, you're going to see it."

BetaKit CEO Siri Agrell joins to discuss today's…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago