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Neo, Float, Cohere top startup list, Luge tops up new FinTech fund

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Wealthsimple to join Interac e-transfer system under expanded access guidelines
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple partners with Interac, Luge Capital is ready to cut cheques

Plus: Neo Financial, Float headline LinkedIn top startups list. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed bring positive earnings to pessimistic markets

Plus: Uber is finally making money after years of losses. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Y Combinator decides which health care startups are worth a shot

Plus: Silofit closes its doors, VoxNeuro raises $4.5M to scale brain performance. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada…

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Tenstorrent and Samsung
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A|I: The AI Times – Canadian AI chip manufacturer closes $100M from global backers

Plus: Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office

Plus: Uber finally makes a profit. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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Neo Financial launches secured credit card to help Canadians build credit
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Neo Financial goes all-in on partner credit cards, US regulators worry of Binance bank run

Plus: National Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian commercial loan portfolio. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news…

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Canadian startup struggles continue as Silofit closes up shop, Top Hat and Fable cut staff
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Canadian startup struggles continue with more layoffs, shutdowns

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Luge Capital’s David Nault on making investment decisions through the AI hype cycle

Since the release of OpenAI’s large language model-based chatbot, ChatGPT, enthusiasm for all things artificial intelligence (AI), and specifically generative AI, have surged. In…

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Tiptap and Omnirobotic pursue restructuring after startups fail to raise additional funding
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Tiptap and Omnirobotic pursue restructuring after startups fail to raise additional funding

As VC financing has dried up, a growing number of Canadian tech firms are running out of cash. Burlington, Ont.-based Tiptap and Laval, Qué.’s…

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