Alex Riehl is a staff writer at BetaKit. Based in Ottawa, he focuses on topics at the intersection of technology, gaming, and sports, with a particular interest in AI, fintech, and cryptocurrency. His insights and analyses can be found in various features on BetaKit, where he explores the latest trends in startups and financial technology.
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Alex Riehl's coverage predominantly focuses on local business and tech news in Canada, particularly Ontario and Toronto. He frequently reports on private sector announcements and press releases related to software & SaaS, proptech, stock trading, healthtech, and cryptocurrency. If you have relevant insights or access to newsworthy announcements within these sectors in the specified geographic region (Canada/Ontario/Toronto), there may be an opportunity for effective outreach.
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By: Alex Riehl
The young Toronto startup develops software for policy planning.
Plus: Ontario's AI tool is accused of punishing Black prisoners. A rogue AI breaking containment sounds like a hackneyed science fiction trope.
Plus: The Canadian innovation behind The Odyssey. Last week, I caught a glimpse into the future of Canadian robotics at the University of
Plus: Big Tech's voluntary buyout push. New lines are being drawn in the battle to decide who controls the future of AI.
Plus: Was OpenAI's rogue agent unstoppable? For years, Canadian FinTech leaders have called for competition. They're finally getting their wish, but perhaps not how they thought.
Plus: Google shakes up DeepMind. Last week, an automated bakery in Montréal was vandalized for the second time in recent months.
Plus: AbCellera cashes in on menopause drug breakthrough. As AI finds its way into more of our everyday life and work, the companies that
Plus: Silicon Valley's therapists. Canadian payments processor Moneris, co-owned by banks RBC and BMO, announced its sale to a US private equity firm this week.
Plus: Tech is watching the US-Canada tariff deal. Some of the world's frontier model developers have faced backlash for damaging books to train AI models.
Plus: Moneris loss is Helcim's gain. Ilya Sutskever, Garrett Camp, Michelle Zatlyn, Ivan Zhao. All leading names in Silicon Valley, and all Canadian.
