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These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs last year
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…
Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year
Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list. Executives at public tech companies faced a challenging year in…
Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick
Shopify said Sidekick can help with designing storefronts, developer documentation, economic trends analysis. As the market applications for artificial intelligence (AI) continue to…
Shopify extends point-of-sale hardware to Canadian retailers after initial US launch
Shopify continues physical retail push as online sales fall from pandemic heights. Shopify is making its point-of-sale (POS) hardware solution available to Canada as…
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…
Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand to depart company, citing “personal reasons”
CEO Tobi Lütke to also lead R&D as Shopify loses third C-Suite exec since October. Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand is leaving the Ottawa-based e-commerce…
Tobi Lütke, Round13 part of $40 million USD Series A for blockchain gaming startup Horizon
Web3 and traditional gaming companies like Ubisoft, Take-Two also invested in Horizon. Horizon Blockchain Games has secured $40 million USD in Series A capital…
Shopify reemphasizes brick-and-mortar with new mobile POS hardware
As e-commerce giant Shopify looks to recover from e-commerce growth falling back to earth after the COVID-19 boom, the Canadian company is emphasizing brick-and-mortar…
Shopify’s Q2 2022 growth continued to slow amid changing e-commerce market conditions
The results come one day after a 10 percent, company-wide reduction in staff. Shopify has posted its financial results for the second quarter of…
Shopify employees told hiring will slow at town hall
E-commerce giant’s staff told to gird their loins. At a town hall meeting today at Shopify, CEO Tobi Lütke told the company’s staff…