SR&ED stress might be around the corner for startups come tax time
Plus: Alberta’s battle over who is an ‘engineer’ hits the legislature.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations
Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed shares surge after beating forecasts
Plus: Amazon unveils first BNPL option for SMBs through Affirm.
A|I: The AI Times – Jim Balsillie says “AIDA needs to be scrapped completely” as Biden lays out new executive order
Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – John Chen retires, Hyatt brothers return with DataStealth
Plus: Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried convicted on all charges, Intuit winds down Mint
Plus: BDC recommits to seed deals with $50M fund.
BDC recommits to leading seed deals with new $50-million fund
Plus: The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2023.
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.
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.