the toronto moment
why the city is becoming a real hub for bitcoin and ai builders
did 30 meetings this month with founders and investors. half of them are based in toronto now. three years ago it was 10%.
something's shifting. the talent's here. the funding's starting to follow. the regulatory environment is friendly enough that builders aren't leaving.
this happened to london. it happened to berlin. it's happening here.
toronto's strength isn't that it's the next silicon valley. it's that it's not silicon valley. people here optimize for actually shipping things, not for landing the next headline.
the bitcoin exchange i built was in india because that's where the problem was. the companies i'm building and advising now are in toronto because this is where the builders are clustering.
geography matters in a way that everyone underestimates. it's not about the weather. it's about whether the person across the table gets what you're building.
right now, toronto gets it.
what city are you building in, and does it understand what you're doing?