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Canadian SaaS investment rebounded in 2023, reaching nearly $7 billion

L-Spark’s report identified 20 SaaS deals valued at $50 million or more. Canada’s software as a service (SaaS) sector saw a marked year-over-year…

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A|I: The AI Times – Tiger Global’s share sale puts Cohere at a $3 billion valuation

Plus: A new Canadian generative image startup gets $22.3 million. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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F|T: The FinTech Times – Better.com’s stock tanks, Ramp officially closes $300M at valuation haircut

Plus: Hopper’s embedded FinTech offerings are now half of its app revenue. Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech…

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MindBridge founder Solon Angel joins Fresh Founders as managing partner
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MindBridge founder Solon Angel joins Fresh Founders as managing partner

Following MindBridge departure, Angel wanted to explore another “specific idea in accounting tech.” The founder of Ottawa-based artificial intelligence (AI) startup MindBridge, Solon Angel,…

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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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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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MindBridge closes $60 million USD from US growth equity firm, appoints interim CEO
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MindBridge closes $60 million USD from US growth equity firm, appoints interim CEO

Ottawa-based artificial intelligence (AI) company MindBridge has raised $60 million USD from Boston growth-stage investment firm PSG Equity to fuel its global growth plans,…

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A|I: The AI Times – How AI Drake is testing copyright law and fair use
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A|I: The AI Times – How AI Drake is testing copyright law and fair use

Plus: Google combines its competing AI research units. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and…

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AltaML, Waabi, TrojAI among Vector Institute’s 20 Canadian AI startups to watch for 2023

The list was narrowed down from 150 startups. AltaML, Waabi, and TrojAI are among the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) startups to watch over the…

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