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Torrin Leonard · Oct 12, 2026
Builderloo lists 851 Waterloo Region startups. I run it by myself, and Claude Code writes almost all of it. Here's how that works, and a few times it went wrong.
Graphite Ventures · Oct 12, 2026
We’ve got two new C-suite titles to announce this week! Anna Grodecka-Grad is now our Chief Client Officer. She leads the 400 people across our global client organization, the team that has made StackAdapt as much about the people as the platform. Nobody has pushed us to stay closer to our clients than Anna. Pinar […]
Startup Barn · Oct 12, 2026
Design taste on Thursday, agents that don’t go home on Friday, and Techtoberfest in between.
Torrin Leonard · Oct 10, 2026
In 2010, Research In Motion sued Kik, a Waterloo startup run by a former RIM co-op student. Three years later, BlackBerry put BBM on the iPhone.
Citified · Oct 9, 2026
Some thoughts and resources for voting in this month’s elections.
myStoria · Oct 8, 2026
myStoria opens its personal health record app to every health journey, with AI that organizes your records and Medical Insiders for $20 a month.
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · Oct 8, 2026
Waterloo researchers across the Faculty of Science are using nanotechnology to improve our health, protect our planet and shape the future of technology.
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo) · Oct 8, 2026
The Waterloo company expected to sell. Sixteen years later, it is building to stay. The post Intellijoint Surgical wants to prove Canadian medtech companies can grow on their own terms first appeared on BetaKit.
QuantumCore · Oct 8, 2026
Waterloo, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 7, 2026) - QuantumCore Ltd. (CSE: QNCR) (OTCQB: QNCRF) (FSE: K1Y) ("QuantumCore" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has begun development of a third critical technology for its quantum computing infrastructure platform: multiplexing microchips, designed to significantly reduce the number of physical interconnects required between room-t…
Graphite Ventures · Oct 7, 2026
Out of thousands of applicants, Mycroft was selected for the Google for Startups Gemini Startup Forum. 🚀 This November, we’ll be at Google’s Mountain View HQ for a 2-day, in-person summit alongside 100+ startups working at the frontier of AI, collaborating directly with experts from Google Cloud and Google DeepMind. For us, it’s a chance […]
Graphite Ventures · Oct 7, 2026
Two years in a row. Two Digiday Technology Awards recognitions 🏅 We’re excited to share that Digiday named Arima a 2026 finalist for Best Marketing Analytics Platform. We’re even more proud of the results behind the recognition. Since adopting Arima, our agency partner estimates it has: • Reduced market research and campaign-planning costs by 74% […]
Graphite Ventures · Oct 7, 2026
The University of Alberta has selected Graphite Ventures, Canada’s leading early-stage venture capital firm, to manage the U of A Innovation Fund in a partnership that aims to create high-skilled technology jobs, keep valuable intellectual property in Alberta and build lasting economic growth in the province.
Accelerator Centre · Oct 7, 2026
Federal commitment through the Strategic Response Fund for Project OPTIMISM anchors Xanadu's plan to manufacture the components of fault-tolerant utility-scale quantum computers in Canada.
University of Waterloo News (Tech) · Oct 6, 2026
A new study found that when users asked chatbots for advice, they were more likely to make suggestions that favour the status quo over alternatives.
Graphite Ventures · Oct 6, 2026
Big news for ACTO today: Everest Group has named ACTO a Luminary in its Innovation Watch: Agentic AI in Life Sciences Commercial 2026. So, what does being named a Luminary actually mean? Everest Group assessed 22 agentic AI providers serving Life Sciences commercial organizations across market performance and ecosystem drivers. Luminaries represent the providers demonstrating the strongest comb…
BetaKit (National) · Oct 6, 2026
GTA startup inks agreement to provide autonomous vehicles to Canada’s military. The post CyberWorks lands $1-million Canadian Armed Forces contract first appeared on BetaKit.
Waterloo Region Record (Startups) · Oct 6, 2026
“We need to have the priority and ability to put our assets up in space when we want to and not depend on allies.”
Voltra · Oct 5, 2026
The Voltra Load Controller and PSP Products load management: one PSP device and one controller manage every charger on the EV subpanel.
CTV News Kitchener · Oct 5, 2026
One Cambridge, Ont. father is teaching his two young sons financial literacy through an online platform he created.
Radical Ventures · Oct 5, 2026
This week, AMD announced its $8.2 billion acquisition of Radical Ventures portfolio company World Labs. When we first introduced the world to World Labs in September of 2024, we shared our deeply held belief that spatial intelligence – AI that can model, reason, and interact within the 3D physical world – represented the next frontier […]
Catalyst Commons · Oct 5, 2026
Astrus is automating analog chip design, a process that has remained manual despite digital design being automated starting in the 90s. The startup wants to reduce the time to design analog components from months to days. They’ve already raised over $25 million in funding and have caught the eyes of major chip design companies.
The Weekly · Oct 5, 2026
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Startup Barn · Oct 5, 2026
Pancakes Friday morning, a 25th birthday Monday night, and a game dev night to close it out.
