OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText sells off mainframe business for over $2 billion USD

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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R|T: The Retail Times – Hopper makes deep staff cuts, pulls back from Asia to pursue profitability

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Federal government introduces new legislation aimed at governing privacy, AI
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Canada launches voluntary code of conduct for the responsible use of AI

Cohere, OpenText among first signatories. Cohere, a competitor of ChatGPT creator OpenAI, announced it is signing on to Canada’s new voluntary artificial intelligence (AI)…

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OpenText closes $5.8 billion USD acquisition of Micro Focus, makes workforce reduction
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OpenText acquires solutions partner KineMatik

KineMatik offers automation tools for business processes via OpenText marketplace. Kitchener-Waterloo-based OpenText, which offers information-management solutions for businesses, is expanding its portfolio of cloud-native…

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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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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ora Medical gets the BDC Bump

Plus: Halifax’s 3D BioFibR secures $3.52M for automated collagen fibre manufacturing. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein

Plus: Bolt, ex-CEO Ryan Breslow face SEC probe. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Cohere secures strategic investment from SAP as enterprise demand for generative AI grows
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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere partners with SAP, Apple preps “Apple GPT”

Plus: Meta, Google, OpenAI promise White House responsible AI development. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big…

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Montreal skyline from Mount Royal
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These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs in the last five years

Plus: BC and Toronto venture funding bounced back in Q2 2023. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?

Plus: Constellation Software acquires Optimal Blue, Vitruvi acquired by Bow River Capital. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from…

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