H|T: The Healthtech Times – Amazon Clinic can now treat cough, cold, or flu
Plus: Well Health acquires cybersecurity businesses, CAE to sell healthcare unit for $311M.
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R|T: The Retail Times – Former Shopify leader launches AI imaging tool for merchants
Plus: Shein and Temu call off US legal spats.
A|I: The AI Times – Google & Nvidia are betting on this Canadian startup to boost ML model performance
Plus: Hinton and Bengio among leaders signing new AI policy letter.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Databricks nabs Arcion for $100M, 1Password detects “suspicious activity”
Plus: CentML gets Google and Nvidia backing to boost ML model performance.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Is open banking in Canada dead?
Plus: How a Fintech reckoning Is rippling through a small bank in Washington.
Ecobee’s Stuart Lombard retires, AI “godfathers” sign new policy letter
Plus: Wealthsimple’s CCO says a “lack of political will” harming FinTech innovation.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – OMERS Ventures wants you to reset your expectations for healthtech investing
Plus: Pfizer Canada announces inaugural cohort of its Healthcare Hub.
R|T: The Retail Times – How trucking startup Convoy drove itself into the ground
Plus: Post-Hopper, Expedia partners with Air Miles for new travel booking platform.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI employee secondary values company at at least $80 billion
Plus: Why Korean car makers want Tenstorrent’s AI hardware.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Struggling BBTV to go private while BlackBerry spinout eyes June IPO
Plus: What Allen Lau learned from Wattpad’s $754-million acquisition.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Procurify, Hiive secure new funding to tackle spend management & secondaries
Plus: Plaid hires first CFO on road to IPO.
EDC report says Canada is struggling to convert startups to scaleups
Plus: Ripple Ventures plants flag in Vancouver as part of coast-to-coast Fund III.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – AI takeover: predictive pitfall or “medicine’s biggest moment” since antibiotics?
Plus: Quebec City-based OpSens acquired by US firm in $345M deal.
R|T: The Retail Times – Inside the chaos of New York’s Airbnb ban
Plus: Flexport continues weekly cuts with 20 percent workforce reduction.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI passes $1.3B annualized revenue while Big Tech struggles to turn AI hype into profits
Plus: Canadian quantum group appoints its first CEO.