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Vital Bio reveals blood-test solution with funding from OpenAI, Salesforce CEOs

After the bloody mess at Theranos, Vital is among the new wave of startups developing accessible diagnostics. Toronto-based Vital Biosciences has revealed its desktop…

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Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year

Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list. Executives at public tech companies faced a challenging year in…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Spotify CEO’s Neko Health gets some big-name backers

Plus: There’s a $10M bounty to integrate AI into food production. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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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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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
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A|I: The AI Times – Tenstorrent swaps CEOs, DeepMind exits Edmonton

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite swaps CEOs amidst third set of staff cuts
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hootsuite swaps CEOs amidst third set of staff cuts

Plus: Magnet Forensics gets acquired in $1.8 billion CAD deal. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and…

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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn

Renowned chip designer Jim Keller has become CEO of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company Tenstorrent. Keller, who first joined Tenstorrent as president and…

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Bold Commerce swaps CEOs, bringing on PayPal, Intuit alum Peter Karpas
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Bold Commerce swaps CEOs, bringing on PayPal, Intuit alum Peter Karpas

Karpas took the reins from Bold co-founder Yvan Boisjoli last month. Winnipeg-based checkout software company Bold Commerce has made a key leadership change, hiring…

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WonderFi to become only Canadian-regulated crypto-trading platform listed on the TSX
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WonderFi swaps CEOs, plans hedge against crypto volatility with stock trading and sports betting

New CEO brings operational experience as WonderFi looks to diversify beyond crypto to find new revenue streams. In addition to being named president, Dean…

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Alberta tech CEOs sign letter claiming restrictions over “software engineer” title hampering province’s talent gains

A number of Alberta’s leading technology companies have issued an open letter to the newly elected provincial premier over concerns that a professional standards…

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