H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healwell CEO dishes on evolution from clinics to AI
Plus: Newfoundland wants to be a biotech hub.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Dax Dasilva returns as Lightspeed CEO, Shopify drops on strong earnings
Plus: Investors fooled by Lyft typo.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI debuts Sora, a hyper-realistic text-to-video generator
Plus: How Vector Institute is reversing Canada’s AI brain drain.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Prodigy’s got a new plan, a new CFO, and a leaner team to boost growth
Plus: It’s getting (slightly) easier to sell software.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Float expands with $50M debt financing from SVB
Plus: What a crumbling Brex says about the FinTech sector.
Love troubles? There’s an AI chatbot for that.
Plus: #CDNtech startups pivot and refocus in 2024.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Beleaguered 23andMe weighs splitting
Plus: Amazon makes cuts in healthcare units.
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.
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.