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Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Author: George Holt Published Date: December 8, 2023
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropic’s backers include Tobias Lütke, Cohere co-founders. Canadian-led, United States-based Extropic has closed $14.1 million in seed funding to build “physics-based…
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Long-time VP and product leader Satish Kanwar departs Shopify
Author: George Holt Published Date: July 25, 2023
Kanwar steps down 10 years after Shopify’s Jet Cooper acquisition. Long-serving Shopify executive Satish Kanwar is leaving the company after 10 years. The Shopify…
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Canadian startup news of the week (5/22/23)
Author: George Holt Published Date: May 23, 2023
Plus: Sam Altman says this Canadian city should be the next AI hub. Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will…
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“The revolution has launched”: OpenAI’s Sam Altman charts the promise and peril of AI at Toronto event
Author: George Holt Published Date: May 15, 2023
Sam Altman has become the world’s most powerful optimist. Sam Altman believes that artificial intelligence (AI) will build “a better world,” but there’s still…