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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…