Cohere announces $270 million Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
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Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million

Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders. Canadian-led, United States-based Extropic has closed $14.1 million in seed funding to build “physics-based…

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FreshBooks appoints Wayne Jackson as CFO to support global expansion, M&A plans
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F|T: The FinTech Times – FreshBooks boots CEO, FinTech leaders pressure Liberals on open banking

Plus: WonderFi has now purchased assets from nearly half of Canada’s regulated crypto trading platforms. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering…

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI passes $1.3B annualized revenue while Big Tech struggles to turn AI hype into profits

Plus: Canadian quantum group appoints its first CEO. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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Shopify invests in US-based e-commerce analytics aggregator Triple Whale
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R|T: The Retail Times – TikTok to remove its Storefront integration, Instacart officially files for IPO

Plus: Hopper scores Air Canada partnership with embedded FinTech. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…

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D-Wave lists on New York Stock Exchange following close of SPAC deal
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A|I: The AI Times – Quantum pioneer D-Wave gets $50M lifeline

Plus: Mila secures $21 million from Québec government to support ethical AI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine…

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A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman isn’t worried—but Yoshua Bengio is

Plus: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition by Thoma Bravo
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Fight brews over Magnet Forensics acquisition deal

Plus: Jobber secures $100 million. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to…

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Jobber closes $100 million USD Series D amid strong demand for home services BetaKit
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Canadian startup news of the week (2/12/23)

Plus: Fight brews over Magnet Forensics’ proposed $1.8 billion acquisition. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s…

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Big Tech discovers austerity

Plus: OpenText acquires Micro Focus. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to…

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Alphabet commences Canadian layoffs | BetaKit
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Alphabet commences Canadian layoffs | BetaKit

The cuts are part of Alphabet’s previously announced 6% staff reduction globally. Alphabet Inc. began laying off Canadian employees on Monday as part of…

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