A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite
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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite

Plus: Yoshua Bengio issues stark warning to U.S. Senate. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText’s acquisition of Micro Focus spurs IP and patent questions

Plus: Solink secures $60 million to scale cloud-based video surveillance service. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe to power Shopify’s new business credit card

Plus: How the partnership between Apple and Goldman Sachs soured. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from…

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Immigration Minister details strategy for attracting foreign tech talent, digital nomads
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Canada’s H-1B visa play strikes a nerve as feds pick tech companies for Hypergrowth

Plus: Shopify reveals new AI suite, corporate credit card, and more. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, Lightspeed among first cohort of Canada’s Global Hypergrowth Project

Canada aims to take companies from $1-billion ‘unicorn’ valuation to $1-billion in annual revenue. Canadian tech unicorns Ada, Clio, and Lightspeed are among the…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify touts checkout conversion rates, ranks merchants

Plus: Lightspeed Commerce recovers from tough third quarter. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Shopify extends point-of-sale hardware to Canadian retailers after initial US launch

Shopify continues physical retail push as online sales fall from pandemic heights. Shopify is making its point-of-sale (POS) hardware solution available to Canada as…

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Mayor Tory’s departure, competing bids, and financial pressure on province and feds place Collision’s future in Canada in doubt
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Canadian startup news of the week (5/22/23)

Plus: Sam Altman says this Canadian city should be the next AI hub. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will…

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Lightspeed Commerce makes gains in fiscal 2023, fourth quarter

Revenues up, losses down but Lightspeed shares slide on the market. After a tough third quarter, Lightspeed Commerce’s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2023…

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A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman isn’t worried—but Yoshua Bengio is

Plus: Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news…

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