H|T: The Healthtech Times – Aledade secures big funding to fuel M&A
Plus: Babylon will cease trading on NYSE, combine with MindMaze.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify is in a “fight” with CRA over merchant records
Plus: Alibaba surprises with chairman and CEO replacement.
A|I: The AI Times – Can Québec’s Quantum Innovation Zone fill Canada’s D-Wave-sized hole?
Plus: AWS investing $100 million in generative AI center.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Adobe-Figma deal under threat as IBM nears $5B Apptio deal
Plus: Poka to be acquired in reported $200M deal.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Neo launches secured credit card, Robinhood acquires credit card startup
Plus: David Dodge says Canada’s open banking complacency due to “lack of political will.”
Québec bolsters quantum footprint as semiconductor industry forms advocacy group
Plus: Angel investment in Canada mirrored VC dip in 2022.
Three Canadian FinTech startups hiring full-stack developers
Neo Financial, Helcim, and Shakepay are looking to hire full-stack developers of varying experience levels.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canada’s latest big biotech exit
Plus: Google Lens can now search for skin conditions.
A|I: The AI Times – Cohere is on Bessemer’s list, D-Wave is moving execs to the US
Plus: Oracle’s answer to the Microsoft-OpenAI alliance.
R|T: The Retail Times – Canadian-founded company behind Instant Pot files for bankruptcy
Plus: Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada).
F|T: The FinTech Times – Canada’s Real-Time Rail delays are an unmitigated disaster
Plus: Shopify is offering open banking solutions (but not in Canada).
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Oracle tops sales estimates as AI-frenzy spurs cloud demand
Plus: Automotive software maker LeddarTech inks SPAC deal to go public on Nasdaq.
The two Canadian cities rising in Startup Genome’s global ecosystem rankings
Plus: Real-Time Rail delays are an unmitigated disaster.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Twig Fertility secures funding, Bunnii shuts down
Plus: Founder of OneTaste charged with exploiting abuse victims.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify uses new weapons in battle against patent trolls
Plus: TikTok seeks $20 billion ecommerce business despite US setback.