R|T: The Retail Times – Former Shopify leader launches AI imaging tool for merchants
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R|T: The Retail Times – Former Shopify leader launches AI imaging tool for merchants

Plus: Shein and Temu call off US legal spats. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around…

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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

Plus: Canada looks at limiting number of Airbnbs to free up rentals. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from…

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Tobi Lütke Shopify
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify takes stake in Faire as company discourages employee side hustles

Plus: Instacart quickly loses its IPO gains. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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Federal government introduces new legislation aimed at governing privacy, AI
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A|I: The AI Times – Canadian leaders sign Gen AI code of conduct, Shopify’s CEO wants fewer “referees”

Plus: Amazon rachets AI race with up to $4 billion investment in Anthropic. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI,…

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

Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If…

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1Password acquires Texas-based Passage to fuel push into passkeys
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David Faugno latest addition to 1Password as first-ever president and chief operating officer

1Password continues to add to its C-suite following new revenue milestones. Toronto-based password-management startup 1Password has added David Faugno to its C-suite as president…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Waabi partners with Uber Freight, Instacart debuts big IPO

Plus: Shopify scores big off of Klaviyo IPO. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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Shopify takes stake in Faire as part of new partnership

Shopify merchants will get access to Faire products while Shopify POS becomes Faire’s preferred provider. As consolidation continues in the e-commerce space, Shopify and…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon is trying to control inventory deeper in the supply chain
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R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon is trying to control inventory deeper in the supply chain

Plus: Attabotics settles patent litigation with Urbx. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the globe….

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R|T: The Retail Times – Has the FTC taken the first step to break up Amazon?
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R|T: The Retail Times – Has the FTC taken the first step to break up Amazon?

Plus: Behind the scenes of Shopify’s Buy with Prime deal and Flexport’s ousting of CEO Dave Clark. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter…

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