R|T: The Retail Times – Shein’s revenue surpasses Zara, Alibaba is worth about half of Tencent
byPlus: Is Shopify still an Ottawa darling?
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Q4 Inc. joins pandemic IPOs returning private, Ambyint returns to Calgary
byPlus: Slack names longtime Salesforce executive Denise Dresser as new CEO.
F|T: The FinTech Times – FreshBooks boots CEO, FinTech leaders pressure Liberals on open banking
byPlus: WonderFi has now purchased assets from nearly half of Canada’s regulated crypto trading platforms.
A|I: The AI Times – Everything you need to know about the sudden firing of Sam Altman
byPlus: TechBrew becomes 4AG with $17.5M Series A.
Megadeal slowdown in Q3 marks three-year low for Canadian venture volume
byPlus: Why are there 100,000 fewer Canadian entrepreneurs?
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Mednow announces restructuring and search for buyer
byPlus: Public servant tells MPs federal chief technology officer lied about ArriveCan app.
R|T: The Retail Times – WeWork cuts Canadian locations, Shein IPO targets $90B valuation
byPlus: Inside Indigo’s plan to return to profitability.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI’s GPT Store is coming
byPlus: HardTech Summit explores deep tech barriers, IBM debuts $500 million enterprise AI venture fund.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Slack has a new CEO, again
byPlus: Google and Microsoft are fighting, again.
F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech startups dominate Fast 50, former NYSE president in talks to reboot FTX
byPlus: Tax Court disqualifies government loan spending from SR&ED.
SR&ED stress might be around the corner for startups come tax time
byPlus: Alberta’s battle over who is an ‘engineer’ hits the legislature.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations
byPlus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed shares surge after beating forecasts
byPlus: 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
byPlus: 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
byPlus: Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations.