The BetaKit Podcast Channel

The BetaKit Podcast Channel features weekly podcasts discussing both Canadian tech and innovation, as well as global tech from a Canadian perspective.

How Toronto Tech Week plans to host 10,000 people this June
Apr 21, 2025 – 52:51
Eric Migicovsky’s crazy journey to relaunch Pebble
Apr 14, 2025 – 01:17:00
Katherine Homuth revisited
Apr 6, 2025 – 01:09:16
Canadian foodtech has a scale-up problem
Mar 30, 2025 – 54:03
Cohere commands attention, Apple Intelligence delays, plus a vibe coding PSA
Mar 23, 2025 – 56:10
An election primer on what Canadian innovators need
Mar 16, 2025 – 01:00:32
What is Build Canada trying to construct?
Mar 9, 2025 – 01:13:36
Rejecting the rejection of DEIA with AccessNow’s Maayan Ziv
Mar 2, 2025 – 58:43
How is Canadian tech responding to the trade war?
Feb 23, 2025 – 40:45
AI’s new moat with Coveo’s Louis Têtu
Feb 16, 2025 – 01:00:28
Is Canada a secret video game powerhouse?
Feb 9, 2025 – 58:56
Why Alistair Croll wants Canadian startups to be more evil
Feb 2, 2025 – 52:47
SRTX's Katherine Homuth wants to solve for everything
Jan 26, 2025 – 01:05:26
Social media’s midlife crisis with Amber Mac
Jan 19, 2025 – 01:02:17
The biggest tech questions of 2025
Jan 12, 2025 – 01:12:01
2025 tech predictions: embrace chaos
Dec 27, 2024 – 38:24
The biggest tech stories of 2024
Dec 20, 2024 – 01:16:02
Lessons in leadership, hiring, and AI from SAAS NORTH 2024
Dec 8, 2024 – 56:20
Mama don't take my Google Chrome away
Dec 1, 2024 – 51:07
Why Sampler failed, according to its founder
Nov 24, 2024 – 33:55
Inovia’s Chris Arsenault on the state of Canadian software
Nov 17, 2024 – 33:51
Addressing Canada’s speed of financial innovation
Nov 10, 2024 – 52:07
Alexis Ohanian and Matt Damon can help Xatoms clean water around the world
Nov 3, 2024 – 42:00
Clio’s Jack Newton can build another Shopify without building like Shopify
Oct 27, 2024 – 01:04:35
Does Canada have the leverage to regulate Big Tech?
Oct 20, 2024 – 01:03:43
Can Canada successfully scale AI companies?
Oct 14, 2024 – 45:37
Can Wealthsimple build Canada’s largest financial institution?
Oct 6, 2024 – 51:28
What Canada can learn from AI use in South Africa
Sep 30, 2024 – 38:33
Evolving Canada’s AI strategy with CIFAR’s Elissa Strome
Sep 22, 2024 – 01:00:48
Pablo Srugo wanted to be “insanely rich.” It killed his startup.
Sep 13, 2024 – 01:06:58
Harley Finkelstein wants Canadian entrepreneurs to ignore the “bullshit”
Sep 8, 2024 – 58:10
AI roundtable: Hugging Face, Zapier, Tenstorrent (and more)
Aug 31, 2024 – 57:56
CEO roundtable: Shopify, Wealthsimple, Lightspeed, Koho, Ecobee
Aug 23, 2024 – 41:39
Canadian Web3 regulations & Coinbase’s year in review
Aug 18, 2024 – 50:09
What Vault’s co-founder learned at Revolut
Aug 9, 2024 – 45:00
What feels true for VCs and founders with Sand Hill North’s Ryan Henry
Aug 4, 2024 – 01:01:39
Why has developer hiring slowed? (AMA episode)
Jul 28, 2024 – 01:07:13
Can video games teach kids math?
Jul 19, 2024 – 55:23
Québec is executing its innovation plan. Will it pay off?
Jul 14, 2024 – 54:24
Why Gen X and Gen Z both want keyboards on their smartphone
Jul 6, 2024 – 58:28
This deep tech PE firm was drawn to Canada by the data
Jun 29, 2024 – 43:54
How Web Summit Vancouver came to be with Casey Lau
Jun 21, 2024 – 37:36
WWDC: Did Apple just kill your AI company?
Jun 15, 2024 – 01:06:54
How Dax Dasilva plans to get Lightspeed to $1 billion in revenue
Jun 9, 2024 – 51:35
Can this Canadian company make a splash in plant-based fish?
May 31, 2024 – 51:23
Xanadu’s Christian Weedbrook is raising another $200 million to build a quantum data centre
May 24, 2024 – 01:16:04
Gradient Ventures’ Darian Shirazi on where AI value will accrue
May 17, 2024 – 51:40
Tobi Lütke finally comes on the podcast
May 10, 2024 – 52:29
How Simple Ventures plans to fill a Canadian entrepreneurship gap
May 3, 2024 – 49:46
Wealthsimple and Koho CEOs talk productivity, competition, and building
Apr 26, 2024 – 31:45

Recent Reviews

Hugo Wull

Great interviews and reporting.

I’m an American listener (found the podcast via following Dan Olson). I appreciate this podcast for the in-depth and well-informed conversations around tech, as well as the commentary that is measured and grounded in facts and experience. It’s cool to be able to get a perspective on tech from outside of the US, from people who really know what they’re talking about.
Ryan in the US

Canadians abroad - tune in!

Great resource for Canadians living abroad to keep up with latest news of the tech ecosystem back home
N_Jackson

Essential podcast for start-up entrepreneurs (or tech enthusiasts)!

This is definitely in my top 2 or 3 favourite podcasts. CanCon makes startup news that’s really digestible and relevant to the Canadian ecosystem, while still maintaining a global lens. Keep up the amazing work!