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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion secures $50M from Nvidia following Canadian drug-discovery acquisitions

Plus: Ditch Labs wants to treat nicotine addiction with tech. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify wants to give you an AI Sidekick

Plus: Sampler acquires Admass’s tech to integrate UGC and AI into platform. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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A|I: The AI Times – FTC investigates OpenAI as Elon Musk launches competitor
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A|I: The AI Times – FTC investigates OpenAI as Elon Musk launches competitor

Plus: Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hypercontext’s HR pivot looks to accelerate performance reviews with AI

Plus: UK probing Adobe’s $20 billion Figma deal. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi completes three-way merger in landmark Canadian crypto deal
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F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi completes three-way merger in landmark Canadian crypto deal

Plus: Dapper Labs makes third round of layoffs, Revolut loses $20M to theft. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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Canada attracts 30,000 tech workers, BDC wants Thrive co-investment partners

Plus: Shopify is building entrepreneurs an AI Sidekick. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important…

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Alberta Technology Minister’s mandate letter appears to support reducing restrictions on title ‘software engineer’

Startups, regulator have been embroiled in a dispute over the title for years. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appears to have addressed previous concerns that…

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Latest Alberta, BC budgets target talent shortage with otherwise minimal new tech investment
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Evaluating UCP and NDP plans for tech as Alberta’s election day approaches

Advance polling for the 2023 Alberta general election has already begun. What’s on the table for the province’s tech sector? Neither the incumbent United…

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Nate Glubish new Alberta innovation minister as Premier Smith names cabinet

Meanwhile: spat between Alberta tech leaders and APEGA over “software engineers” continues. Newly-elected Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced her cabinet appointees, with Nate Glubish…

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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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