Scaling in the era of AI. For founders, operators and the teams building what’s next.
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This year @TankTalkPodcast is taking the Keynote Stage at the @SAASNORTH Conference!
I'm sitting down with Avery Pennarun, Co-Founder and CEO of @Tailscale, for a live on-stage conversation.
The topic? "100x More Programmers: Who Controls What They Build?"
As AI democratizes coding to millions, maybe even billions, of new people, do we rebuild the mainframe around a handful of AI companies that control models, data, and compute...
or do we build a portable, composable, open system? 🤔
Avery, David Crawshaw, David Carney, and Brad Fitzpatrick started Tailscale in 2019. In just a few years, they turned Tailscale into the leading global secure and private network platform with their conviction in open infrastructure. And they did it while building out of Canada!
If you’re thinking or working in the AI space, you won’t want to miss this conversation!
📍 Canada Hall 1, Keynote Stage - Rogers Centre Ottawa
📅 November 4, 4:35 PM
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See you in Ottawa 🍁
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Just wrapped up an incredible few days at @SAASNORTH last week! I’m still feeling inspired from the conversations, ideas, and connections.
One of the highlights was meeting the Minister of AI, The Honourable @EvanLSolomon. We had a great discussion about Canada's trajectory to win in AI and how startups like Fellow can help shape the future of this space.
I also had the chance to moderate two panels this year, each focused on how AI is reshaping leadership and the future of work. Lmk below your guesses for the Masked Investor 👀
Events like this remind me why I love building in this moment, we’re not just witnessing a transformation, we’re part of it.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Fellow booth, joined a session, or shared an insight between talks.
See you at the next one 👋
SAAS NORTH retweeted
At @SAASNORTH, founders wrestled with relevance, results, and the AI paradigm. Is SaaS waning in the #AI era, or is the market rich for startups with imagination?
@EvanLSolomon, @StackAdapt, @michaellitt, @OpenText, @DanielWigdor, @TheEldon, @MalBrodie
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SAAS NORTH retweeted
Panache Weekly Roundup!
Where we were last week:
📍Innisfail — @DeepSkyCorp's Alpha Grand Opening
📍Calgary — Innovation Week and Pitch Breakfast
📍Toronto — Better Quality CDL Toronto and @AllRaise
📍Montréal — Workshop at @mcgillvc and 555 Demo Night
📍Ottawa — @SAASNORTH
SAAS NORTH retweeted
@SAASNORTH was electric⚡
Incredible to connect last week with Canada’s leading SaaS & AI innovators and showcase @Quantropi 's quantum-secure solutions for the present and post-quantum era.
Huge thanks to @Invest_Ottawa for making it happen!
@jamesnguyen28
#SaaSNorth #Quantropi
SAAS NORTH retweeted
Honoured to have Canada’s AI Minister @EvanLSolomon stop by our @SAASNORTH booth for an impromptu interview on why quantum security matters now.
We discussed quantum-AI threats, Canadian IP, and securing our digital future. Thank you, Minister—and @Invest_Ottawa
#Quantropi
SAAS NORTH retweeted
"The dogs bark and the caravan moves on."
At @SAASNORTH, @EvanLSolomon praised Canada's entrepreneurs and told them to not take critics too seriously. On the BetaKit Keynote Stage with @theC100's Michael Buhr, Solomon talked #AI and gov't role in the #Innovation economy.
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For The BetaKit Podcast, our editor-in-chief @tron sat down with @OpenText's Shannon Bell to learn exactly how one of Canada’s largest tech companies went all-in on #AI.
This chat was recorded live at @SAASNORTH, but you can listen now for free.
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This week's BetaKit Podcast is the final in our annual series of fireside chats from @SAASNORTH: we're ending with a bang with #AI minister @EvanLSolomon. He takes @theC100's Michael Buhr through gov't commitment to #CDNTech, and where they stem from.
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SAAS NORTH retweeted
.@vidyard and @GarageCapital founder @michaellitt had a bold message at @SAASNORTH: SaaS is dead.
Emerging instead is #RaaS, or "results as a service." Litt warned that in a world bloated with #SaaS licences, fatigued customers just want to see return on invested capital.
SAAS NORTH retweeted
Incredible energy at @SAASNORTH 2025! 🚀
Honoured to host Mayor @_MarkSutcliffe & AI Minister @EvanLSolomon at our booth — and show how @Quantropi is advancing dual-use, quantum-secure communications for the digital future.
Thanks to all sponsors!🔐🇨🇦
#SaaSNorth #Quantropi
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At @SAASNORTH, @SheBoot_ awarded $300,000 to its sixth cohort: Nifemi Oguntuase of Lab 4 Inc., Mariia Zhuldybina of @TRAQC_MTL, and Ania Geerts of Paloma. SAAS NORTH’s PitchFest winner @akhilsuresh of @IncXena also took home $10,000
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SAAS NORTH retweeted
Incredible energy today at @saasnorth — Canada’s entrepreneurs are building the future.
I joined @thec100 Michael Buhr for a great conversation on how we can help founders start, scale, and stay in Canada.
Budget 2025 is about creating the conditions for builders to thrive — and today’s crowd showed why that matters. 🇨🇦
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Énergie incroyable aujourd’hui à @SAASNorth — les entrepreneurs du Canada bâtissent l’avenir.
J’ai participé à une excellente discussion avec Michael Buhr de @theC100 sur la façon d’aider les fondateurs à démarrer, à croître et à rester au Canada.
Le budget 2025 vise à créer les conditions pour que les bâtisseurs prospèrent — et la foule d’aujourd’hui l’a bien démontré.
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@haithehuman spotted 👀👀👀
SAAS NORTH retweeted
Rumour has it that I'm going to be a speaker at SaaS North in Ottawa!
SAAS NORTH retweeted
We’re reppin’ @seoplus at @SAASNORTH until tomorrow. Great seeing so many amazing people today. We are very lucky to have such a great community in Ottawa. Nice to have an event in our backyard for once ;) if you’re here tomorrow come say hi!
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The Embassy was delighted to host a special reception for SAAS North conference, in partnership with @IDAIRELAND , at the Irish Residence, with 200 delegates from over 60 international businesses, to promote Ireland as a great country to invest & do business 🇮🇪🇨🇦 @canada_ida
SAAS NORTH retweeted
Total Fubar Alert! 🚨 Swing by and catch Ewan at @SAASNORTH today at 2:30pm to hear some hilariously epic founder fails and the priceless lessons learned while building Mission Control!
SAAS NORTH retweeted
Our colleagues Michael Barton and Cailean Kinsella are all set up at the @SAASNORTH Conference taking place in Ottawa today and tomorrow! They are at booth #D20 and keen to discuss all the Technology opportunities Northern Ireland has to offer!
#Technology #FDI #SAASNORTH
SAAS NORTH retweeted
Are you @SAASNORTH in Ottawa this week? 👋
Keep an eye out for our CEO, @AndrewNorris—he’d love to say hi and chat all things SaaS!
