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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI employee secondary values company at least $80 billion

Plus: Why Korean car makers want Tenstorrent’s AI hardware. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify takes stake in Faire as company discourages employee side hustles

Plus: Instacart quickly loses its IPO gains. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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Employee time-tracking startup Replicon acquired by US-based Deltek

Deltek called this deal one of the largest in the company’s history. Calgary-founded startup Replicon, which offers employee time-tracking software, has been acquired by…

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Amazon, Square launch buy now, pay later options in Canada
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Amazon won’t confirm how many Canadians impacted by forthcoming 9,000 employee layoffs

Worldwide cuts will impact AWS, PXT, advertising, and Twitch teams. Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy issued an update today that called for the e-commerce and…

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Loopio co-founder launches Barley to help make employee compensation easier, more equitable BetaKit
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Loopio co-founder launches Barley to help make employee compensation easier, more equitable BetaKit

Golden Ventures-backed Barley has raised $5.4 million CAD to date. Determining how to compensate employees can be challenging. As remote work has become common…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”

Shopify employees are now either managers or crafters, but not both. First, it eliminated meetings. Now, Shopify is altering how it views and pays…

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The painful changes that helped GSoft scale from zero revenue to $100 million ARR
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GSoft acquires Didacte to bolster employee engagement software suite

GSoft said this marks the beginning of more acquisitions. Montréal-based SaaS startup GSoft has acquired Québec City company Didacte as it looks to expand…

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Delphia places co-founder on leave over sexual assault allegations, lawsuit from former employee
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Delphia places co-founder on leave over sexual assault allegations, lawsuit from former employee

Toronto-based FinTech startup Delphia is facing a lawsuit over allegations that co-founder and CTO Cameron Westland sexually assaulted and harassed a former employee. The…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks to recruit, retain talent with new employee comp

Plus: SkipTheDishes cuts staff. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to R|T…

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Andgo Systems raises $5.6 million to make employee absence management easier

Andgo said it has added new major healthcare organizations as customers. Saskatoon-based SaaS startup Andgo Systems (formerly NC SmartCall) has raised a $5.6 million…

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