Deep Genomics adds life sciences veteran as CEO to support its evolution into biopharma firm
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Deep Genomics adds life sciences veteran, Papa loses major contracts

Plus: Digital health, health IT funding slumped in Q2, but some bright spots remain. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news…

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Scale AI February 2023
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ALL IN to showcase Canada’s AI at major conference

More than 60 case studies of Canadian AI projects and 100 AI startups will be featured. Scale AI, Canada’s federally funded AI Global Innovation…

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A|I: The AI Times – Samsung workers made a major error by using ChatGPT

Plus: Anthropic’s $5B, 4-year plan to take on OpenAI. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data,…

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Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter
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Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter

Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and DeepMind scientists also signed the letter. Yoshua Bengio, the co-founder of Montréal-based Mila, along with hundreds of tech leaders,…

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After navigating “major” changes to restaurant industry, Notch closes $13.7 million CAD to fuel pivot to FinTech
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After navigating “major” changes to restaurant industry, Notch closes $13.7 million CAD to fuel pivot to FinTech

Toronto-based supply chain software startup Notch has survived COVID-19 upending the restaurant industry and come out of the pandemic with a focus on FinTech…

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Meta mass layoffs hit Canada less than a year after major expansion plans

Meta’s Canadian offices were not insulated from the layoffs that hit the parent company of social network site Facebook this week. Meta’s broad reductions…

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Financial rates comparison platform Ratehub receives “major” investment from Novacap

Novacap buys into financial education platform Ratehub amid increasing mortgage rates. Toronto-based online financial products marketplace Ratehub has received a “major” investment from Canadian…

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Think Research sees 142 percent rise in Q1 revenue fuelled by acquisitions, “major contract wins”

Despite Omicron-related “setbacks,” Think Research sees strong Q1 revenue growth. Following an acquisition-filled 2021, Think Research posted strong year-over-year (YoY) revenue growth and a…

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