Wave alumni launch digital ID verification platform Confirm
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Wave alumni launch digital ID verification platform Confirm

Kirk Simpson and Peter Carrescia raised $6.5 million to launch company in August 2022. Toronto-based identity verification Confirm officially launched its identity verification product…

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s GPT Store is coming

Plus: HardTech Summit explores deep tech barriers, IBM debuts $500 million enterprise AI venture fund. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the…

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Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou
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F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech startups dominate Fast 50, former NYSE president in talks to reboot FTX

Plus: Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…

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CleanBC Industry Fund opens applications for round three of funding
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These three Fast 500 companies are hiring software engineers in Canada

The Fast 500 lists North America’s fastest growing tech companies… and many are hiring. Earlier this week, Deloitte released its 2023 Technology Fast 50…

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Dapper Labs, Nesto, Certn, top Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 50 list

FinTech startups made a mark on the list of Canada’s leading technology companies. Deloitte has announced the 2023 winners of its Technology Fast 50,…

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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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A|I: The AI Times – Google & Nvidia are betting on this Canadian startup to boost ML model performance

Plus: Hinton and Bengio among leaders signing new AI policy letter. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Databricks nabs Arcion for $100M, 1Password detects “suspicious activity”

Plus: CentML gets Google and Nvidia backing to boost ML model performance. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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Deloitte spinout Arteria AI closes $46-million CAD Series B to help banks turn documents into data
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Deloitte spinout Arteria AI closes $46-million CAD Series B to help banks turn documents into data

Backers include GGV Capital, Citi, BDC Capital, Information VP, and Illuminate Financial. Toronto-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) startup Arteria AI, which helps some of…

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Tehama returns as management team buys it out of bankruptcy

CEO Paul Vallée said he’s “pretty chuffed” about the new startup. The founder and former executive team of Ottawa-based Tehama Inc. have restructured and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Elizabeth Holmes is sentenced for fraud

Plus: Canadian tech layoffs continue. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to H|T…

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