Podcast Episodes

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…

9 months, 3 weeks 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…

9 months, 4 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…

10 months 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…

10 months, 1 week 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…

10 months, 2 weeks 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…

10 months, 3 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…

11 months 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 Shel…

11 months, 1 week 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, sovereign…

11 months, 2 weeks 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 th…

11 months, 4 weeks ago