<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Globe and Mail]]></title><link>https://www.theglobeandmail.com</link><atom:link href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arc/outboundfeeds/rss/author/4510328/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description><![CDATA[The Globe and Mail News Feed]]></description><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:23:32 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en-ca</language><copyright>Copyright 2024 The Globe and Mail Inc. 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THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nathan Denette</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Kinaxis CEO bets Ottawa supply chain software company will be a SaaS-pocalypse winner]]></title><link>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-kinaxis-ceo-razat-gaurav-software-saas-pocalypse-ai/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-kinaxis-ceo-razat-gaurav-software-saas-pocalypse-ai/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Silcoff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Company is adding AI tools for giant customers that can’t rely on vibe coding]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/33H67CPBLVD43O33UHGG4XQYYE.JPG?auth=a6fbb5129d7e4ff97430e1e52ad7b4cdf0c3562f01528398e4be5144b48d5c8a&smart=true&width=3857&height=2571" alt="Razat Gaurav, CEO of Kinaxis, plays ping pong in the game room of the company’s headquarters in Ottawa on March 31." height="2571" width="3857"/>]]></content:encoded><media:content url="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/33H67CPBLVD43O33UHGG4XQYYE.JPG?auth=a6fbb5129d7e4ff97430e1e52ad7b4cdf0c3562f01528398e4be5144b48d5c8a&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3857&amp;height=2571" type="image/jpeg" height="2571" width="3857"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Razat Gaurav, CEO of Kinaxis plays ping pong in the game room of the company’s headquarters in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Keito Newman/The Globe and Mail]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Keito Newman</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian MPs join U.K.-based campaign warning of extinction risk posed by superintelligent AI ]]></title><link>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-mps-join-uk-based-campaign-warning-of-extinction-risk-posed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-canadian-mps-join-uk-based-campaign-warning-of-extinction-risk-posed/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marie Woolf, Sean Silcoff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Group warns that autonomous systems could compromise national security and escape human oversight]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:51 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/4R6OIZNREVDIVE2TINCHXKRKGE.JPG?auth=2ae82dea72f636463eaeaa1b3b41045f5c089817e73169957f0902a37121c920&smart=true&width=5382&height=3588" alt="Superintelligent AI could arrive before 2030, but no method exists to contain or control such a system, the ControlAI campaign group says." height="3588" width="5382"/>]]></content:encoded><media:content url="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/4R6OIZNREVDIVE2TINCHXKRKGE.JPG?auth=2ae82dea72f636463eaeaa1b3b41045f5c089817e73169957f0902a37121c920&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5382&amp;height=3588" type="image/jpeg" height="3588" width="5382"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Superintelligent AI could arrive before 2030, but But no method exists to contain or control such a system, the Control/AI campaign group says.]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">FLORENCE LO</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Version One Ventures raises $108-million as top Canadian seed investor expands globally]]></title><link>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-version-one-ventures-seed-investor-boris-wertz/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-version-one-ventures-seed-investor-boris-wertz/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Silcoff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recent investments by Vancouver-based financier that backed Ada, Clio and Jobber include startups in India and Africa]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/FJOP44DCPNBUVLWNKKAQOEI734.jpg?auth=2336287a3b719431893ae1c1509d4cc98c88545b3329e4db8b27829d3f7c16eb&smart=true&width=2831&height=1884" alt="Boris Wertz and Angela Tran, partners at Version One Ventures. 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The company has filed to go public on the Toronto Stock Exchange. ]]></media:description><media:credit role="author" scheme="urn:ebu">Nathan Denette</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spellbook lands ex-Shopify CTO Jean-Michel Lemieux in new ‘executive skipper’ post]]></title><link>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-spellbook-ex-shopify-cto-jean-michel-lemieux/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-spellbook-ex-shopify-cto-jean-michel-lemieux/</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Silcoff]]></dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Lemieux and Spellbook chief executive Scott Stevenson believe new role is better suited to realities of building AI-native companies]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/ZHIUODEMUZGNFPCYDYXY3IQ7FM.JPG?auth=f2ed75d491fdd9be3746152cc109be007509c71b9f15844adcd21bc0d2cc2846&smart=true&width=4000&height=2667" alt="Jean-Michel Lemieux of AI company Spellbook at Arlo, a restaurant he owns in Ottawa, on Friday." height="2667" width="4000"/>]]></content:encoded><media:content url="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/ZHIUODEMUZGNFPCYDYXY3IQ7FM.JPG?auth=f2ed75d491fdd9be3746152cc109be007509c71b9f15844adcd21bc0d2cc2846&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4000&amp;height=2667" type="image/jpeg" height="2667" width="4000"><media:description type="plain"><![CDATA[Jean-Michel Lemieux of AI company Spellbook at Arlo, a restaurant he owns in Ottawa, on Friday, May 22, 2026. 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