2025 was a year of change in technology, but not for the reasons we expected.
As is tradition, the BetaKit podcast is back to fill your holiday stocking with the most important tech stories of 2025.
But I can't do this alone. So my vacation wish was granted and I, Amazon, spent the night in the pod of my brother Rob Kenedy, host Moderator podcast!
“2025 is the year we hit the ground running and all the pretense is gone.”
We've been through too Predictions for 2024: What 2025 will bringand let's just say (with the exception of one political Hail Mary guess) they're best left in the past. It looks like much of the tectonic changes we tracked last year will continue into 2025, but not for the reasons we expected.
DOGE may have died as a government organization, but the movement lives on. The AI bubble is now recognized, but is yet to burst. Antitrust battles haven't swayed big tech competition, but Google is resurgent, OpenAI is calling Code Reds, and Apple seems…very ripe for disruption.
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Please note that most of this conversation is about technology from a Canadian perspective, but we still had time to talk about Canadian technology. I have one big story in the background, but if you want a whole series dedicated to the biggest Canadian tech stories of 2025, may I suggest this a special series created with love BetaKit newsroom?
So what were the biggest tech stories of 2025? Let's dig in.
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