Sean Silcoff

Storyteller. Newshound. Co-wrote Losing the Signal, about BlackBerry. I cover Canadian tech/biotech/innovation for Globe & Mail. Verified.

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Today is my 10th anniversary at the Globe & Mail (excluding a summer stint in 1996). It’s been a fun ride so far. Here are 10* stories I’ve written/cowritten in the past decade: 1. How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story/via @globeandmail https://t.co/pnLMx7zMiW
(*OK, 11)

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

We are going to learn how many systems only work today because they are built around friction that will no longer exist soon.

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https://t.co/4q5YpuwLky

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Biossil raises US$153-million in OpenAI-led funding at US$1-billion valuation to bring resuscitated drugs to market. @globeandmail scoop, story below

[Ray Wong @raywongy]

Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

Dangerous and creepy

This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

https://t.co/6DyaLsbKBT

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Matthew Proud-led SPAC threatens to pull out of merger with delivery company UniUni /via @globeandmail $MAK.U

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https://t.co/ezwtvAc8c4

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Globe scoop: OMERS promotes Laura Lenz to lead venture capital unit /via @globeandmail

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https://t.co/Ck6OjR9TQc

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

BlackBerry results exceed expectations as company boosts forecast for second time this year
$BB story below

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Teachers’ pension plan invests $50-million in legal AI firm Harvey as competition heats up with LLM giants

https://t.co/ZAyl81yXjy

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Xanadu CEO sells nearly 10% of holdings as lockup lifts
https://t.co/D9SY8NDm4s

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Nasdaq reaches record high close as AI stocks extend rally; Shopify boosts TSX after Meta deal and Xanadu sells off 21.6% as lockup lifts for most shareholders $XNDU $SHOP /via @globeandmail https://t.co/zsz6nW8RBN

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Vancouver’s Hiive changes name to Clarity as private stock marketplace plans expansion  /via @globeandmail https://t.co/kvPqvQ1rRN

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https://t.co/kSW5McL0xW

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

BlackBerry secures $100-million-plus deal for new automotive software, Alloy Kore $BB

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https://t.co/kSW5McL0xW

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Xanadu stock faces test as lockup set to lift for most investors $XNDU Story here: https://t.co/qWe5V9JYT1

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Deep Sky gets ‘full value’ after making most of its inclusion in investment summit
https://t.co/VyEAqFHOE0

[Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff]

Xenon stock crashes as B.C. drug developer pauses enrolment in depression study $XENE
https://t.co/VXOHqgXMtH