daniel debow

Your odds of being great at anything are directly proportional to your willingness to suck at it for a long time.

I spent part of the day building an AI government relations agent with claude it scans various federal data sources: parliamentary calendars, committees, hansard, stats can, gov announcements, media and delivers a daily briefing filtered for what matters to Build Canada within a few minutes it had identified 4 committee witness opportunities, drafted a brief for me to submit to a parliamentary committee, and surfaced a story most Canadians are missing: > the Standing Committee on Science and Research is finalizing a report on whether EDI criteria should determine who gets $5B in federal research funding > 32 witnesses testified > scientists testified that grants were rejected not on research quality -- but on insufficient enthusiasm for EDI. Canada Research Chairs were restricted by identity. > granting councils couldn't show that the criteria produces better science > this is about to become a major national conversation. pay attention.. this is the kind of work that used to require a full-time GR team. now it can be done in sub-10 minutes using a GR agent. full analysis from claude, un-edited, shared below

@DavidColetto Do people really feel that discounts and offers are unfair?

The politics of algorithmic pricing are already clear. Canadians show strong support for government rules or even bans on certain types of automated pricing systems. That creates real regulatory risk for companies using these tools. Full research here: abacusdata.ca/canadians-are-…

"Canada’s story gets even more depressing when only young people under 25 are counted. The country then falls to 71st, another new low. Young people were once, on average, the happiest Canadian cohort; now they’re the most miserable. And when compared to 136 countries, that 10-year drop in life satisfaction is one of the largest in the world, placing Canada just four slots from the bottom." On nearly every metric -- economic growth, prosperity, and happiness -- Canada is failing. We need to start doing things dramatically differently to change our trajectory. Incrementalism won't cut it.

"Don't focus on GDP. It doesnt measure health, trust, freedom, quality of life...." "Ok, lets focus on trends in happiness!" Er, wait...

45 prior charges?! come on people, what are we doing here?

important read

More than 70 cents of every military dollar ends up south of the border. It doesn't need to be that way. Let's Build Canada's Defence Industry and create more jobs and infrastructure at home. Read from @EliotPence: buildcanada.com/memos/build-de…

@dcprime 🤪

@ddebow Really? I was a co-op student at North during the 1/3 employee purge! Good times!

this was cool when thalmic invented it in waterloo

there's a lot joy in the early days of building something new. fear, doubt, intensity - yup. but also creativity, fun, exploration, discovery, exhilaration. early days is my happy place

@dcprime not quite the story. i was on the board 😉

@ddebow Problem was they couldn't deliver on what they promised it could do, hence the pivot.

AI is lowering the cost of building. Shopify lowered the cost of launching. Entrepreneurship just became the most accessible career path in history.

This is gonna be awesome.

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

Why Canada Needs To Fall In Love With Capitalism Again rosssimmonds.com/blog/canadians…

Our CEO @lucyhargreaves4 joins Canada's most prolific builders at @TOtechweek's Homecoming this May! 🙌 Click into the tweet below for tickets 👇 #TTW2026 #TorontoTechWeek

@TechAfi2023 tell me about it

@ddebow Thalmic proved the concept years ago. Sometimes being right too early looks the same as being wrong.

@willpate yup

@ddebow I believe CTRL-Labs bought some of the IP from thalamic, and then shortly after was acquired by Meta

@MaxRSharp @harleyf @dmrider @nytimes fun fact: i like to drink Chalet sauce. don’t judge me.

@harleyf @ddebow @dmrider @nytimes Chalet BBQ is the unsung hero of Montreal. As an expat I confirm you can't find chicken like that anywhere else in the world. Fun MTL fact: Swiss Chalet and Harvey's were founded by the son of the owner of Chalet BBQ.

Montreal has the best food scene in the world right now. And it's not even close. Here's @nytimes on Rôtisserie La Lune. Rotisserie chicken. Obsessive craft. Packed every night. One of my favorite restaurants on the planet. And absolutely in Montreal. So proud of @vanyafilipovic, Marco and the whole team. @Montreal is on fire 🔥 nytimes.com/2026/03/17/din…

Kick off @TOtechweek with @RaquelUrtasun, @_cweedbrook, Jim Balsillie, and @EvanLSolomon. BetaKit Most Ambitious: Town Hall will talk 🇨🇦 autonomy, security, and prosperity on May 25. Get your tickets: bit.ly/40wHvbj