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H|T: The Healthtech Times – SmileDirectClub shuts down shortly after declaring bankruptcy
Plus: The silly things women’s health entrepreneurs hear from male VCs. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…
Generative AI use in the workplace is growing unchecked, new Salesforce survey finds
Only 13 percent of Canadian respondents said their workplace has clearly defined generative AI rules. A new report from Salesforce suggests that the increasing…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – BlackBerry names new CEO, ditches spinout IPO plans
Plus: Vistara Growth Fund V sets target on enterprise software companies. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…
A|I: The AI Times – Google launches its hopeful GPT-4 killer
Plus: “Gentle Canadian” @BasedBeffJezos raises $14M for AI hardware startup. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…
Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders. Canadian-led, United States-based Extropic has closed $14.1 million in seed funding to build “physics-based…
Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
The round comes eight months after Birdseye’s $500,000 USD pre-seed funding round. Toronto-based Birdseye has secured $4.1 million CAD ($3 million USD) in seed…
Microsoft looks to scale Québec presence with $500-million USD investment
Tech giant plans to expand its AI, cloud computing infrastructure in the province. Microsoft is betting big on Québec as the tech giant earmarks $685…
F|T: The FinTech Times – FreshBooks boots CEO, FinTech leaders pressure Liberals on open banking
Plus: WonderFi has now purchased assets from nearly half of Canada’s regulated crypto trading platforms. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Slack has a new CEO, again
Plus: Google and Microsoft are fighting, again. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….
A|I: The AI Times – Jim Balsillie says “AIDA needs to be scrapped completely” as Biden lays out new executive order
Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI,…