Back to Atoms For the past two decades, venture capital gravitated toward software — specifically, enterprise SaaS and consumer internet. The reasons were rational: software…
The Unbundling of Venture Capital Venture capital used to follow a simple model: raise a fund from institutional LPs, deploy it over 2-4 years, and…
The Maple Advantage Canadian tech startups operate in the shadow of a $3 trillion neighbor with 10x the population and a venture capital ecosystem that’s…
The AI Gold Rush If you want to understand where billions in venture capital flowed in 2024-2025, the answer can be summarized in two letters:…
The Hangover Venture capital is climbing out of the deepest trough since the dot-com crash. Global VC funding peaked at roughly $683 billion in 2021,…
Back to Atoms For the past two decades, venture capital gravitated toward software — specifically,…
5G’s Report Card Let’s start with where we actually are. 5G deployment has been massive and, depending on your expectations, either impressive or disappointing. According to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy…
Separating Hype from Reality Quantum computing occupies a strange place in the technology landscape. Depending on who you listen to, it’s either going to break all encryption and revolutionize drug…
The Debate That Never Ends The open source versus proprietary software debate has been running for four decades, and in 2025, it’s more nuanced — and more commercially important —…
What Edge Computing Actually Means Edge computing is one of those terms that’s been hyped to the point of meaninglessness, so let’s be precise: it means processing data near where…
The Numbers Behind the Cloud Shift Global enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services hit $79 billion in Q2 2025, according to Synergy Research Group. That’s up 22% year-over-year. AWS still…
Four years ago, the Bahamas became the first country to launch a central bank digital currency — the Sand Dollar. Nigeria followed with the eNaira in 2021. China’s digital yuan…
Decentralised finance — DeFi — has survived its first real crisis. The collapse of FTX, the Terra/Luna implosion, dozens of bridge hacks and a brutal bear market that slashed total…
Ethereum’s transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake — “the Merge” — on 15 September 2022 was the most significant technical upgrade in blockchain history. More than two years later, the data…
Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 for the first time in December 2024, driven by a combination of spot ETF inflows, the April halving and improving macroeconomic conditions. The rally has drawn comparisons…
The European Union’s AI Act, which entered into force in August 2024, is the world’s first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence. It creates a risk-based classification system: unacceptable risk…
