word czar. two-guard. currently: @BetaKit previously: @MobileSyrup @BlackBerry and a bunch of dead sites you might remember fondly. "Wildly out of control."
Toronto, Canada
Joined March 2007
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We had a good run, didn’t we?
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Douglas Tr0n Soltys retweeted
Industry minister @melaniejoly will release details today of the feds' $750-million #VC funding envelope and open applications for the Growth VCCI program.
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Happy VCCI / VGCCI / Growth VCCI Day to all #VC firms that celebrate. #CDNtech #CDNpoli betakit.com/feds-reveal-brea…
Douglas Tr0n Soltys retweeted
The next Mass Effect game won’t make it out of @bioware.
Development is stopping as the Edmonton studio shuts down. The closure is a stark ending for a company that helped turn Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Baldur’s Gate into global franchises.
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Montréal-based technology investor @inovia secures $200-million USD first close for sixth early-stage #VC fund. #CDNtech betakit.com/inovia-secures-2…
I think this is the... fourth time I've seen this scam ad today? Always from a different (parody!) account. Report it every time, but there's no meaningful impact.
Douglas Tr0n Soltys retweeted
Canadian-founded, US-based #AI chipmaker @tenstorrent secures $1.5 billion USD Series E at $6.2-billion valuation to challenge GPU dominance. #CDNtech betakit.com/tenstorrent-secu…
Douglas Tr0n Soltys retweeted
US-based @AnthropicAI has been revealed as a long-term leaseholder for a large Nova Scotia data centre project—the #AI giant’s first data centre in Canada. #AtlCan betakit.com/anthropic-signs-…
Douglas Tr0n Soltys retweeted
“The stock market is not even the stock market. The stock market is AI companies.”
@kylascan joins The BetaKit Podcast to discuss why #AI is viewed as the saviour of the US economy and the effect that's having on the public markets.
betakit.com/kyla-scanlon-on-…
