Nova Scotia taps Maple to expand free virtual care to the entire province
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations

Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around the…

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Ada latest Canadian unicorn to make additional staff cuts
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Ada latest Canadian unicorn to make additional staff cuts

The layoffs come four months after Ada reduced its staff by 16 percent. Canadian AI unicorn Ada has undergone a second round of layoffs…

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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn
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Tenstorrent swaps CEOs as Apple, AMD, Intel alum takes helm of AI chip unicorn

Renowned chip designer Jim Keller has become CEO of Toronto-based artificial intelligence (AI) hardware company Tenstorrent. Keller, who first joined Tenstorrent as president and…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – MasterControl becomes unicorn after $150 million Series A
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – MasterControl becomes unicorn after $150 million Series A

Plus: Bezos and Gates on the hunt for brain implant breakthrough. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and…

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Founding CEO of agtech unicorn Semios stepping down
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Founding CEO of agtech unicorn Semios stepping down

“We transformed a theory I had … into one of the world’s largest agtech companies.” Michael Gilbert, founding CEO of Canadian agtech unicorn Semios,…

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Xanadu computer
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A|I: The AI Times – Canada’s latest unicorn is a quantum computing firm

Plus: Louis Têtu explains how Coveo is bucking tech trends ahead of SAAS NORTH keynote. The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the…

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Xanadu
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Xanadu closes $100 million USD Series C as quantum computing firm becomes Canada’s latest unicorn

Xanadu wants to bring the first commercially available quantum computers to market. Quantum computing company Xanadu has announced the closing of a $100 million…

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Legaltech unicorn Clio now also a centaur after hitting $100 million USD in ARR milestone
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Legaltech unicorn Clio now also a centaur after hitting $100 million USD in ARR milestone

Amid glut of unicorns, Bessemer calls centaur status “true mark of an exceptional SaaS startup.” Weeks after Bessemer Venture Partners told the market that…

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Neo Financial joins Canada’s unicorns as Peter Thiel’s Valar triples down with $185 million round
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F|T: The FinTech Times – The Neo Unicorn

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2022 Narwhal List tracks Canada’s unicorn explosion
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2022 Narwhal List tracks Canada’s unicorn explosion

With a rising number of Canadian unicorns, Narwhal List shifts focus to fast-scaling companies. The Canadian tech sector has seen a stampede of unicorns…

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