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Neo Financial, Float, and Cohere headline LinkedIn’s sixth annual list of Canada’s top 15 startups

Neo Financial joins Wealthsimple as only companies to top list in multiple years. Neo Financial ranks first for the second year in a row…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion acquires two Canadian AI drug-discovery companies

Plus: FDA commissioner: “hard to catch up” on regulating digital health. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Telehealth giant Amwell posts nearly $400M loss in Q1
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Telehealth giant Amwell posts nearly $400M loss in Q1

Plus: Peloton shares plunge after company reports wider-than-expected loss. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 1Password’s CEO responds to Google’s “tipping point”

The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the form at…

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"Godfather of deep learning" Geoffrey Hinton quits Google to warn against dangers of AI
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A|I: The AI Times – Geoffrey Hinton issues warning, Cohere is soaring

Plus: IBM to pause hiring for jobs that AI could do. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning,…

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Canadian startup news of the week (5/7/23)

Plus: Canadian Q1 VC investment falls 82 percent from last year. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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Odaia closes $34 million CAD Series B to fix “bottleneck” in drug delivery process
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Odaia closes $34 million CAD Series B to fix “bottleneck” in drug delivery process

Roster of big pharma clients helped Odaia nab latest funding round. Toronto-based software startup Odaia has secured $34 million CAD ($25 million USD) in…

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