S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
Plus: Uber finally makes a profit.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Neo Financial goes all-in on partner credit cards, US regulators worry of Binance bank run
Plus: National Bank acquires Silicon Valley Bank’s Canadian commercial loan portfolio.
Canadian startup struggles continue with more layoffs, shutdowns
Plus: Do Canadian entrepreneurs take risks?
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify adds new merchant tools, loses long-time VP
Plus: Shein makes an aggressive pitch to woo US Amazon sellers.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Turnstone Biologics goes public, Dialogue Health to be acquired
Plus: Vital Bioscience reveals desktop blood tester with big backers.
A|I: The AI Times – Cohere releases Coral, Shopify unveils AI suite
Plus: Yoshua Bengio issues stark warning to U.S. Senate.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText’s acquisition of Micro Focus spurs IP and patent questions
Plus: Solink secures $60 million to scale cloud-based video surveillance service.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe to power Shopify’s new business credit card
Plus: How the partnership between Apple and Goldman Sachs soured.
Canada’s H-1B visa play strikes a nerve as feds pick tech companies for Hypergrowth
Plus: Shopify reveals new AI suite, corporate credit card, and more.
Three companies hiring software engineers at $100K+ salaries in Canada
Ceridian, TribalScale, and Software International are enticing software engineers with 100K+ salaries.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ora Medical gets the BDC Bump
Plus: Halifax’s 3D BioFibR secures $3.52M for automated collagen fibre manufacturing.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein
Plus: Bolt, ex-CEO Ryan Breslow face SEC probe.
A|I: The AI Times – Cohere partners with SAP, Apple preps “Apple GPT”
Plus: Meta, Google, OpenAI promise White House responsible AI development.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?
Plus: Constellation Software acquires Optimal Blue, Vitruvi acquired by Bow River Capital.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Backers buy back Clearco’s debt amid SVB Canada windup
Plus: Hutsy takes home two wins at Startupfest.