News
Kanin Energy Secures $100M for North American Expansion
Kanin Energy closed up to $100 million in equity financing on September 16, 2026, led by S2G Investments and the Canada Growth Fund, to advance its…
Gavin Foss / October 14, 2026
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Gavin Foss
Gavin Foss is the editor-in-chief at Tech Forum, covering the Canadian technology landscape with a focus on AI and emerging technologies. His technical depth and industry connections make him one of Canada's most respected tech journalists.
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News
Vendasta RAII Funding: CAD 1.416M Investment
Vendasta RAII funding boosts AI innovation for local SMBs through a CAD 1.416M government grant, accelerating digital transformation initiatives.
Gavin Foss / October 11, 2026
News
Quantum EMotion NRC IRAP Funding Montreal Secured
Quantum eMotion secures NRC IRAP Funding in Montreal, advancing quantum-secure R&D with crucial support from NRC IRAP for innovation.
Gavin Foss / October 2, 2026
Cybersecurity
Integrated, Secure, Auditable: Owl Practice’s Answer to Data Rules and Client Agility
Canadian mental health technology sits on an awkward fault line. On one side are some of the strictest data-protection rules in the country: the federal Personal Information Protec
Gavin Foss / October 2, 2026
News
WestJet Privacy Breach OPC Compliance 2026 Update
WestJet privacy breach OPC compliance 2026: comprehensive data-driven update on regulatory measures and advanced security steps implemented.
Gavin Foss / September 29, 2026
News
Bell AI Fabric Sovereign AI Infrastructure Canada
Bell AI Fabric sovereign AI infrastructure Canada powers a landmark sovereign AI deal in Canada, linking data residency with national compute.
Gavin Foss / September 24, 2026
AI
GPT-6 Astra, iPhone Duo, $6B AI Funding: Tech's Wildest Week
GPT-6 Astra, the iPhone Duo, a complete fruit fly connectome, and $6.13B in AI funding in 48 hours: every major story from tech's most eventful week, with the numbers that matter.
Gavin Foss / September 12, 2026
News
RBCx Growth Fund I Funding in Toronto
RBCx Growth Fund I funding initiative in Toronto spearheads a substantial USD 1.4 billion venture to support and elevate Canadian tech champions.
Gavin Foss / September 11, 2026
AI
DOJ Backs OpenAI Against New York Times on AI Copyright
The US government filed its first-ever brief in an AI copyright case, siding with OpenAI. A term-by-term count shows the argument is doctrine, not geopolitics - China is never mentioned.
Gavin Foss / September 2, 2026
Apple
John Ternus Takes Over Apple as Tim Cook Steps Down
Tim Cook's last day as Apple CEO is August 31. John Ternus takes over September 1 — eight days before the iPhone 18 and foldable iPhone event.
Gavin Foss / August 31, 2026
News
Jetty Montreal AI Infrastructure Funding: Seed Round Secured
Jetty Montreal AI infrastructure funding details the May 6, 2026 pre-seed raise in Montreal, with investor lines and ecosystem context.
Gavin Foss / August 26, 2026
AI
Canada lost the AI race it invented: Hinton, Bengio, Cohere
Canada trained Hinton, Bengio and Sutskever, then sold the AlexNet team to Google for $44M in 2013. Thirteen years and billions later, it still funds the half of the pipeline that captures no value.
Gavin Foss / August 24, 2026
AI
Miles Brundage’s AVERI AI Audit Conflict Explained
Miles Brundage’s call for AI audits overlaps with AVERI’s mission. Its OpenAI ties and disclosures show what independence must require.
Gavin Foss / August 22, 2026
News
Mila Partners with Anthropic to Enhance AI Research
Mila and Anthropic announced a partnership to provide Mila's research community access to Anthropic's Claude models, aiming to advance responsible AI…
Gavin Foss / August 22, 2026
Developer Tools
Terminal-Code Runs VS Code Inside Your Terminal
Zenbu Labs' terminal-code renders real VS Code as a pane in your terminal via code-server and the kitty graphics protocol. How tode works, and where it breaks.
Gavin Foss / August 19, 2026
AI
Anthropic's Claude Pushes Riemann Hypothesis Bound to 67.2%
Anthropic says a research version of Claude raised the Riemann zeta critical-line bound from 41.6% to 67.2%, weeks after Claude Fable 5 disproved the Jacobian conjecture.
Gavin Foss / August 10, 2026
News
Starbase's Prometheus Statue: Atelier Missor's $1M Gift
A Paris foundry spent about $1 million of its own money on a fifty-foot bronze Prometheus and gave it to SpaceX's Starbase uncommissioned. The sculptor is the patron, which inverts how monuments get built.
Gavin Foss / August 10, 2026
Innovation
Betta SE Plus: Rental Pool Cleaning Between Guests
A vacation rental pool is the listing hero photo and nobody skims it between the cleaning service and check-in. The case for automating the surface as rental infrastructure.
Gavin Foss / August 7, 2026
News
Dominion Dynamics Raises CAD 139M, a Canadian Defence Record
Explore a detailed, data-driven update on Dominion Dynamics' Series A funding and its significant implications for Arctic defense technology advancements.
Gavin Foss / August 7, 2026
AI
Open-source LLM benchmarks 2026: Kimi K3 closes in
Kimi K3 scores 55.4 against GPT-5.6 Sol's 57.2. The open-weight gap is now 1.8 points, and Cohere's Command A+ shows why that is no longer the number that matters.
Gavin Foss / August 5, 2026
News
Ottawa Orders a National Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography
Neutral, data-driven look at quantum-safe encryption adoption in Canadian enterprise software and its market implications.
Gavin Foss / July 30, 2026
Innovation
July Is When Your Electric Bill Meets Your Pool — Here's the Appliance That Opts Out
Summer electricity rates peak just as pool equipment works hardest. A solar-first robotic skimmer flips that math.
Gavin Foss / July 22, 2026
News
Sanofi Toronto AI Center of Excellence Expansion CA$294M
Sanofi Toronto AI Center of Excellence expansion, detailed by Tech Forum, is backed by a significant CA$294 million investment.
Gavin Foss / June 21, 2026
Technology
How Do You Make Thesis Defense Slides That Survive the Committee?
A practical guide to thesis defense slides — IMRaD structure, citations, committee Q&A prep, and how AI academic presentation makers help build a dissertation defense deck.
Gavin Foss / June 20, 2026
Culture
Who Are the 5 Most Stylish Executives in Tech in 2026?
The 5 most stylish executives in tech in 2026 — from Jensen Huang's leather jacket and Sam Altman's quiet luxury to San Francisco founder Quanlai Li's polished look.
Gavin Foss / June 18, 2026
News
RBC Vancouver AI Hub Expansion Accelerates Canada AI Drive
RBC's Vancouver AI hub expansion advances growth and innovation in artificial intelligence across cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data analytics.
Gavin Foss / June 17, 2026
News
How Singapore's Premium Grocers Are Engineering Fresh-Food Delivery for the Digital Age
Inside the cold-chain logistics, route optimization, and direct-to-consumer technology powering Singapore's premium online grocers — and what the rest of the world can learn.
Gavin Foss / June 11, 2026
Trends
Why File Compression Quietly Moved Into the Browser
Office files keep getting bigger while email limits stay frozen in 2004. A new generation of client-side compression tools is fixing the mismatch — without uploading your files anywhere.
Gavin Foss / June 5, 2026
Technology
AI Tools for Medical Presentations Canada Tech
AI Tools for Medical Presentations Canada Tech guide for clinicians, educators, and journalists. Practical insights for Canadian healthcare communications.
Gavin Foss / May 8, 2026
Technology
Canadian SaaS Picks AI Presentation Tools 2026
Tech Forum analyzes Canadian SaaS picks AI presentation tools 2026 with trends, top tools, and practical guidance for Canadian businesses.
Gavin Foss / April 30, 2026
News
Open Banking and API Economy Canada 2026: News Update
Neutral, data-driven analysis of open banking and API economy Canada 2026 and its impact on fintech, SMB lending, and digital Payments.
Gavin Foss / April 15, 2026
Technology
Merging PowerPoint Presentations for Better Efficiency
Discover how to seamlessly merge multiple PowerPoint presentations efficiently with practical step-by-step guides, useful tips, and essential tools.
Gavin Foss / April 15, 2026
Technology
AI Regulatory Compliance Software Biopharma Canada Guide
An essential guide to AI regulatory compliance software biopharma Canada for safer data governance, regulatory alignment, and responsible innovation in Canada.
Gavin Foss / April 9, 2026
Technology
Chatslide Ai Content Creation Technology Slides Video
A deep dive into chatslide ai content creation technology slides video and its impact on Canada’s tech scene and content strategy.
Gavin Foss / March 22, 2026
Technology
Michelin Hotels Tech: Digital Hospitality Innovation
Tech Forum explores Michelin Key Hotels Technology Digital Hospitality Innovation and its impact on guest experiences in Canada and beyond.
Gavin Foss / March 22, 2026
News
Toronto startup funding landscape 2026
Neutral, data-driven analysis of the Toronto startup funding landscape 2026, detailing funding trends, rounds, and policy impacts.
Gavin Foss / March 6, 2026
News
Shakudo Toronto AI funding 2026 US$7M Round Expands
Shakudo Toronto secures US$7M in AI funding for 2026 to boost AI infrastructure and support its ambitious global expansion initiatives.
Gavin Foss / March 4, 2026
News
Toronto AI chip startup Taalas funding Feb 2026
Neutral, data-driven update on Toronto AI chip startup Taalas funding Feb 2026, detailing the announcement, implications, and milestones.
Gavin Foss / February 27, 2026
News
Reco cybersecurity funding Canada 2026: News Update
In-depth report on Reco cybersecurity funding Canada 2026, detailing a $30M Series B and Canada's broader cybersecurity finance landscape.
Gavin Foss / February 18, 2026
News
ALL IN 2026 Montréal AI Event Canada’s Largest AI Conference
News update on ALL IN 2026 Montréal AI event, Canada’s largest AI conference in Montreal uniting researchers, industry, and policymakers.
Gavin Foss / February 18, 2026
News
Montreal LaSalle Sovereign AI Research Hub Launch
Explore a neutral, data-driven update on the exciting collaboration of the Montreal LaSalle Sovereign AI Research Hub initiative today.
Gavin Foss / February 18, 2026
Product Analysis
Waterloo Palitronica NCC PASCAL 2025 Case Study
A data-driven case study of Waterloo Palitronica NCC PASCAL 2025, detailing challenges, solutions, and measurable outcomes.
Gavin Foss / February 18, 2026
AI
Canadian AI Startups Funding 2026
A detailed guide to Canadian AI startups funding 2026, with insights on government programs, VC trends, and what it means for Canada's tech ecosystem.
Gavin Foss / February 10, 2026