H|T: The Healthtech Times – SmileDirectClub shuts down shortly after declaring bankruptcy
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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…

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Generative AI use in the workplace is growing unchecked, new Salesforce survey finds
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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…

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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…

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Cohere announces $270 million Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
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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…

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Cohere announces $270 million Series C from Inovia, Nvidia, Oracle, Salesforce
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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…

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Birdseye closes $4.1 million CAD in seed funding for AI-powered marketing platform
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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…

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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…

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FreshBooks appoints Wayne Jackson as CFO to support global expansion, M&A plans
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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…

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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….

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Academics, CEOs push for AI regulation, as Canadian companies race to adopt the technology
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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,…

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