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Waabi partners with Uber Freight to deploy its autonomous trucking tech |

Waabi’s self-driving solution has already hit the road in Texas as part of 10-year agreement. Toronto-based autonomous vehicle (AV) startup Waabi has teamed up…

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Academics, CEOs push for AI regulation, as Canadian companies race to adopt the technology
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CCI calls for Parliamentary Technology and Science Officer to help get AI regulation right

CCI report says AI opportunities to reach $2 trillion by 2030. A new report on the artificial intelligence (AI) sector warns that while Canada…

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Shopify changes employee compensation model: “being a manager now has no effect on compensation”
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed bring positive earnings to pessimistic markets

Plus: Uber is finally making money after years of losses. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office

Plus: Uber finally makes a profit. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Uber, DoorDash, Grubhub sue NYC over minimum pay law

Plus: Italian food service Porta raises $10.5M to fill a General Assembly-sized hole. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news…

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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO
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R|T: The Retail Times – Alibaba logistics arm eyes up to $2 billion Hong Kong IPO

Plus: Attabotics sues Canadian Tire over warehouse fire. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada and around the…

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Hopper closes $96 million USD from Capital One at more than $5 billion valuation
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Absolute Software sold to Crosspoint for $657 million

Plus: Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around…

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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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Hopper to power Uber’s expansion into flight bookings

“Flights on Uber” will be available to UK users this summer. Montréal-based startup Hopper has struck a deal with Uber, allowing people in the…

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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Inside Janet Bannister’s new fund for B2B software startups

Plus: Salesforce is culling management layers. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe…

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