Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
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Canada’s H-1B visa play strikes a nerve as feds pick tech companies for Hypergrowth

Plus: Shopify reveals new AI suite, corporate credit card, and more. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, Lightspeed among first cohort of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project

Canada aims to take companies from $1-billion ‘unicorn’ valuation to $1-billion in annual revenue. Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, and Lightspeed are among the…

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Toronto and Waterloo Region venture funding fell short in first quarter of 2023

Toronto’s venture funding dropped 94 percent year-over-year. Venture funding in Toronto and the Waterloo Region had a particularly sluggish start to 2023, with startups…

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Academics, CEOs push for AI regulation, as Canadian companies race to adopt the technology
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Academics, CEOs push for AI regulation, as Canadian companies race to adopt the technology

Experts and leaders in the technology community are throwing their support behind the federal government’s proposed bill to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) in Canada….

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A|I: The AI Times – Meet Google’s answer to ChatGPT

Plus: Shopify dabbles in AI, Radical adds Fei-Fei Li. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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A|I: The AI Times – Google bets on Anthropic, Ada makes more layoffs

Plus: The fight against AI art. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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Canadian startup news of the week (2/5/23)

Plus: Raven Indigenous Capital Partners closes second fund. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important…

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Ada latest Canadian unicorn to make additional staff cuts
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Ada latest Canadian unicorn to make additional staff cuts

The layoffs come four months after Ada reduced its staff by 16 percent. Canadian AI unicorn Ada has undergone a second round of layoffs…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The end of an era at Slack

Plus: Wattpad president Jeanne Lam resigns months after being tapped to lead company. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news…

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Led by former Ada employees, Lancey secures $2 million to let B2B software buyers “try before you buy”
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Led by former Ada employees, Lancey secures $2 million to let B2B software buyers “try before you buy”

YC grad Lancey is backed by group that includes Panache, Garage, and Ada’s CEO. Between multiple meetings with salespeople and walkthroughs from tech experts,…

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