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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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Elevate announces CIX acquisition and new $2-million innovation challenge for youth mental health
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Elevate announces CIX acquisition and new $2-million innovation challenge for youth mental health

Elevate kicked off this year’s tech and innovation festival on its main stage by announcing its acquisition of the Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) and…

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A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI has a new team to fight ‘superintelligent’ AI

Plus: Experts and VCs disagree on the actual perils of AI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Spotify CEO’s Neko Health gets some big-name backers

Plus: There’s a $10M bounty to integrate AI into food production. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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Tiptap and Omnirobotic pursue restructuring after startups fail to raise additional funding
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Restructuring is here for Canadian startups as VC funding dries up

Plus: Two global SaaS firms relocate HQs to Calgary. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most…

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Vector Institute, Kids Help Phone team up to expand use of AI in mental health services

Canadian mental health services provider Kids Help Phone (KHP) is partnering with Toronto-based Vector Institute to expand its use of artificial intelligence (AI) in…

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