A|I: The AI Times – John Grisham, George R.R. Martin headline OpenAI’s latest copyright fight
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A|I: The AI Times – John Grisham, George R.R. Martin headline OpenAI’s latest copyright fight

Plus: ALL IN to showcase Canada’s AI at major conference. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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Raquel Urtasun reunites with Uber in autonomous trucking partnership

Plus: 1Password hits $250M ARR on the back of B2B growth. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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Vooban VP and partner Hugues Foltz, CDPQ executive VP and head of Québec Kim Thomassin, and Vooban president and founder Kevin Moore.
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Vooban secures CDPQ investment to fund acquisitions and North American expansion

This marks the 12-year-old Québec AI firm’s first external funding. Québec City-based artificial intelligence (AI) software and service company Vooban has closed a strategic…

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Québec venture funding maintained upward trajectory in Q2 2023

Investment in the region grew by 42 percent from Q1 2023, and 81 percent year-over-year. Helped along by a surge in both deal volume…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Instabase notches $2 billion valuation on the back of AI

Plus: Montreal-based HR platform GSoft secures $125M. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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GSoft secures $125-million CDPQ investment to pursue growth through acquisitions

GSoft’s February acquisition of Quebec City’s Didacte was the company’s first. Montreal-based GSoft, which provides software solutions for employee experience, has secured a $125-million…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Canadian startup news of the week (3/05/23)

Plus: Canadian VCs had second highest year on record. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Dapper Labs cuts another 20 percent of staff while fending off class action suit
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian regulators tighten crypto rules as Dapper Labs cuts staff, faces class action

Plus: Ant profit falls 83 percent. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If…

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Canadian startup news of the week (2/26/23)

Plus: Canadian VCs had second highest year on record. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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VirgoCX receives CSA exemption as parent company secures $10 million
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CDPQ makes executive changes following Celsius investment write-off

Crypto winter chill touches more Canadian funds, startups. The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) has seen a shake-up in its C-suite…

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