F|T: The FinTech Times – Diagram Ventures adds $100M onto its FinTech bet
byPlus: Shopify backs Nigeria-based FinTech Nomba.
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 1Password’s CEO responds to Google’s “tipping point”
byPlus: Will BlackBerry make it to the BlackBerry movie release?
A|I: The AI Times – Geoffrey Hinton issues warning, Cohere is soaring
byPlus: IBM to pause hiring for jobs that AI could do.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify sheds staff, offloads logistics business to focus on “main quest”
byPlus: RenoRun halts operations as it pursues asset sale.
Canadian startup news of the week (5/7/23)
byPlus: Canadian Q1 VC investment falls 82 percent from last year.
A|I: The AI Times – EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI as OpenAI adds ChatGPT privacy options
byPlus: Ray Kurzweil weighs in on calls to pause AI development.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Apple developing an AI-powered health coach
byWell Health investing $2.5M into AI healthcare solutions.
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon begins more layoffs as Shopify employees brace for same
byPlus: Walmart using AI to negotiate with vendors.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Inside the Salesforce slowdown
byPlus: After Canadian pilot, Google expands cloud accelerator to US startups.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Super and Neo evolve, Pillar and Billi shut down
byPlus: Revolut’s valuation troubles signal a stormy horizon for less-profitable neobanks.
Canadian startup news of the week (4/30/23)
byPlus: OneEleven reborn, Neo Financial embedded, Pillar & Billi ended.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – GSK to buy Bellus Health for $2 billion USD
byPlus: GPT-4 will hunt for trends in medical records.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Certn targets global expansion, Huawei builds Oracle replacement
byPlus: Salesforce is working on new generative AI-driven workflow tools.
A|I: The AI Times – How AI Drake is testing copyright law and fair use
byPlus: Google combines its competing AI research units.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify goes ‘stealth spear-fishing’ for tech talent
byPlus: General Assembly sells its frozen pizza business.