Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
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R|T: The Retail Times – How Hopper’s Fred Lalonde went from hacker to tech titan

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Active Impact Investments launches third climate tech seed fund with $70 million in initial commitments
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Active Impact launches $120-million third cleantech fund, Feds release Fall Economic Statement

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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A|I: The AI Times – As Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, Cohere CEO slams the “self righteousness” of effective altruism
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A|I: The AI Times – As Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, Cohere CEO slams the “self righteousness” of effective altruism

Plus: Microsoft looks to scale Québec presence with $500-million USD investment. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
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Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform

The round comes eight months after Birdseye’s $500,000 USD pre-seed funding round. Toronto-based Birdseye has secured $4.1 million CAD ($3 million USD) in seed…

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Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation
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BetaKit’s most-read stories of March show #CDNtech sector struggles continue, government’s innovation promises continue to lag

SVB collapse kicked off a month that included new layoffs, bankruptcies, and AI disruptions. With spring officially here, BetaKit’s most-read stories for the month…

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RenoRun lays off 12 percent of staff, pauses geographic expansion amid uncertainty surrounding consumer spending
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – RenoRun’s “Hail Mary” deals fail to save it from creditor protection

Plus: 2023 Federal budget focuses on cleantech. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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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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Federal #Budget2023 includes cleantech commitments, little else for innovation
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Canadian startup news of the week (4/2/23)

Plus: RenoRun files for creditor protection. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features,…

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Birdseye raises $500,000 to help Shopify businesses automate marketing strategies using AI

Birdseye’s platform generates marketing plans with step-by-step instructions. Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup Birdseye has secured $500,000 in pre-seed funding as part of its…

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