Article content Telus Corp.’s venture arm invested in a tiny company in 2017 that was working on software to enable virtual doctor-patient consultations. Two years later, Telus chief executive Darren Entwistle bought that disruptive upstart outright, and Toronto-based Akira Health became Akira by Telus Health, one offering among many at a corporation that generates annual revenue of about $15 billion. Before you shrug at what looks like a classic big-fish-eats-little-fish story, take a closer look at the big fish. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Telus sees itself as something greater than a telephone company. Is it? Back to video