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AI agents are making it a hard time to be a software provider. The White House is suddenly preaching peachy collaboration with its allies.

The days may be short, the sidewalks in constant need of shovelling, but at least we finally have the Olympics to carry us through the rest of winter. Execs from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery were in the hot seat yesterday, defending the proposed merger of the two companies in front of a U.S. Senate antitrust committee.

The promise of AI has become every C-suite’s favourite cost-cutting scapegoat. Salt is famously the only rock we eat, but is it the only thing we can use to melt road ice?

AI agents now have their own group chats to make fun of our ridiculous requests, and they’re not pulling any punches. How many renminbi yuan is a Canadian dollar worth? Soon it may be useful to know that it is, at the moment, around five.

In today's episode, we explore how Alberta separatist groups have been secretly meeting with Trump administration officials, seeking massive financial support for a potential independence referendum. We also look at Canada's major banks expanding into the Middle East, with RBC applying for banking licences in Abu Dhabi and Riyadh as Canadian businesses deepen ties with Gulf nations. Plus, we cover General Motors' layoffs at its Oshawa plant, Pierre Poilievre's leadership vote, SpaceX and xAI merger talks, Manulife's use of AI in life insurance applications, and Wealthsimple's partnership with Canada Post for cash deposits.

Neil Young offering free archive access to Greenlanders amid U.S. political tensions. Keep on rocking in a free world. Plus, Toronto-based Waabi secured a $750 million funding round and is partnering with Uber to launch 25,000 robotaxis, marking a major milestone for Canadian tech and Uber's autonomous vehicle ambitions. Beyond Meat pivots from plant-based burgers to protein sodas, Ottawa's negotiations with Meta to restore news on Facebook, the Bank of Canada and Federal Reserve holding interest rates steady, South Korean automaker deals, Amazon's 16,000-worker layoff, and Starbucks' sales turnaround under CEO Brian Niccol.

In this episode of Peak Daily, Jay discusses Canada's $210 billion opportunity from eliminating internal trade barriers, explore why Canadian tech startups are increasingly relocating to the U.S. despite Canada ranking sixth globally for startup ecosystems, and examine how the federal government's $10-a-day childcare program is falling short of its targets. Plus, updates on PM Mark Carney's response to Trump, BDC's new defense investments, and the latest in tech including Meta's potential paid subscriptions and TikTok's settlement of a social media addiction lawsuit.

In this episode, Jay covers Ottawa's new food inflation rebate providing up to $1,890 for families through an enhanced GST tax credit, along with concerns about food safety following the closure of seven federal research sites including a key facility in Guelph. The big picture roundup includes Ottawa subsidizing a tech firm supplying ICE with wiretapping tools, Chinese miner Zijin's $5.5 billion bid for Allied Gold, Cineplex challenging its drip pricing ruling at the Supreme Court, and Y Combinator no longer accepting Canadian startups unless they relocate. Plus, stay tuned for a conversation with personal finance experts from Meridian and Conscious Economics.

It wasn’t just large swaths of the country getting snowed in this weekend — the relationship between Ottawa and the White House also went back into deep freeze. It turns out, parents will pay a lot of money to watch their nine-year-old's soccer game on TV.

For a company repeatedly branded a national security threat, TikTok has emerged from its U.S. standoff in remarkably good shape Chinese EV companies are starting their engines to enter the Canadian market.

Like the final two contestants on a Bachelorette season, Hanwha Ocean and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) are pulling out all the stops to win Ottawa’s affections. The algorithms that keep us mindlessly scrolling for hours could soon be in legal peril.

We’re guessing it was a pretty awkward afternoon at Davos for the White House delegation. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov aren’t real-life hockey players, but the protagonists of the hit Canadian gay hockey romance might just be the NHL’s biggest draws.

With anxiety over Arctic sovereignty at an all-time high, a Canadian startup is pitching itself as Ottawa’s solution. Like a student who’s behind on their readings, Health Canada is looking to copy some homework off of friends.

Like a nasty gossip, it’s basically never good news when the U.S. president starts bringing you up in conversations. Remote work has evolved from answering Slack messages in your sweatpants to conducting brain surgeries on a patient 500 kilometres away.

B.C. is closing the book on its experiment with drug decriminalization.  We hate to say it, but all of those “crazy” sports fans complaining about the games being rigged might not have been so crazy after all.