R|T: The Retail Times – Shein seeks China’s green light to IPO
Plus: Shares drop after Lightspeed beats Q3 guidance and Shopify hikes prices.
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A|I: The AI Times – Deepfaked: employee falls for $25M USD money transfer order
Plus: Google launches a re-branded Bard in Canada and AI flags abound.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Snap cuts senior execs amid sector-wide layoffs
Plus: Canadian cleantech startup scores in Latin America with global clients.
F|T: The FinTech Times – 50 percent drop in sector deal volume last year
Plus: Plaid hires its first president and stablecoins need consultation.
Canadian VCs are less confident about 2024
Plus: Crypto stakeholders raise alarm on stablecoins.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Neuralink implants in first human test subject
Plus: How 23andMe’s valuation fell from $6 billion to nearly $0.
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon wants Rufus to shop with you
Plus: Shopify unveils term loans, lines of credit for merchants.
A|I: The AI Times – AI is expensive. Cue the M&A.
Plus: Canada and UK sign memo on AI compute power.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Toronto trio of tech firms shed jobs a second time
Plus: Antitrust regulations dampen deals and Meta’s paying dividends.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Block and PayPal cull staffers in latest tech layoffs
Plus: Koho wants a licence to compete.
Koho wants to be the new bank on Bay Street
Plus: C100 CEO is out after less than two years in role.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – $135M CBIV fund, Femtech Canada put women’s health in the spotlight
Plus: Tech chases ‘Plan A’ as demand for male fertility services grows.
R|T: The Retail Times – How Shopify goes after enterprise brands
Plus: eBay and Flexport plan more staff cuts.
A|I: The AI Times – Ex-CPPIB chief wants to raise $500M USD AI growth fund
Plus: the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – The “mother of all breaches” and more layoffs at Salesforce
Plus: The Vancouver startup partnering with Napster (in 2024).