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Douglas Soltys

Reporter · CA

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Douglas Soltys

    How Canada can keep its AI talent | BetaKit (opens the original)

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    I’m back after another successful ALL IN in Montréal. In three short years, the event has grown to easily become one of Canada’s largest AI conferences, and a major driver of national news. “I think—and I hope I’m right—that we can build the next OpenAI, or Anthropic, or world model here in Canada.” The energy was palpable to our guest this week, Mila’s Alex Shee. Now the entrepreneur-in-residence at one of Canada’s three major AI institutes, Shee first made an appearance on this podcast a full

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Douglas Soltys

    How the future of tech and Canada’s sovereignty are changing Elevate | BetaKit (opens the original)

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    Kyle Lowry, also known as the GROAT—or Greatest Raptor of All Time—just happens to be speaking at Toronto-based tech festival Elevate this month. Why? “We’re focused on ‘the future of’, so that gives us a lot more liberty of the type of speakers we can book.” That’s a good question and says more about Elevate than the GROAT, as the event has in years past played host to global names from Akon to Eric Schmidt to Michelle Obama and Al Gore. Elevate is not your standard tech conference. Joining me

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Douglas Soltys

    TextNow celebrates $1-billion revenue milestone with public art in Waterloo | BetaKit (opens the original)

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    Wireless phone service provider TextNow announced it has earned $1 billion USD in cumulative revenue since launching in 2009. The Waterloo- and San Francisco-headquartered company provides free and low-cost cellular voice and data plans in the U.S. The company is celebrating the milestone with the unveiling of a permanent public art installation of a sculpture by d’Orléans, Québec-based artist Philippe Pallafray. The sculpture sits outside the company’s Waterloo headquarters in the David Johnsto

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Douglas Soltys

    LegalTech platform Closer expands to Alberta | BetaKit (opens the original)

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    An Ontario-based LegalTech platform streamlining real estate transactions is expanding into Alberta, the company announced Monday. Founded in London, Ont., Closer is a legaltech software platform that streamlines conveyancing—the legal process of transferring property ownership from a seller to a buyer—for Canadian real estate law firms. The platform assembles information needed from different parties in a transaction, and provides tools for preparing closing documents to register the change in

  5. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Douglas Soltys

    Bell announces $50 billion buildout to produce Canada’s largest data centre in Saskatchewan (opens the original)

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    Bell is on track to produce Canada’s largest data centre after signing a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Province of Saskatchewan. The news: To close out the first day of the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto, Prime Minister Mark Carney, Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, and Bell CEO Mirko Bibic announced an agreement to expand Bell’s data centre operation in Saskatchewan by 900 megawatts on Monday afternoon. The non-binding MOU expands on an initial agreement between Bell

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