Canada’s H-1B visa play strikes a nerve as feds pick tech companies for Hypergrowth
Plus: Shopify reveals new AI suite, corporate credit card, and more.
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ora Medical gets the BDC Bump
Plus: Halifax’s 3D BioFibR secures $3.52M for automated collagen fibre manufacturing.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify looks for a Faire deal, Temu sues Shein
Plus: Bolt, ex-CEO Ryan Breslow face SEC probe.
A|I: The AI Times – Cohere partners with SAP, Apple preps “Apple GPT”
Plus: Meta, Google, OpenAI promise White House responsible AI development.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – What is Reddit CEO Steve Huffman doing?
Plus: Constellation Software acquires Optimal Blue, Vitruvi acquired by Bow River Capital.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Backers buy back Clearco’s debt amid SVB Canada windup
Plus: Hutsy takes home two wins at Startupfest.
These two Canadian cities added 115,000 tech jobs in the last five years
Plus: BC and Toronto venture funding bounced back in Q2 2023.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion secures $50M from Nvidia following Canadian drug-discovery acquisitions
Plus: Ditch Labs wants to treat nicotine addiction with tech.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify wants to give you an AI Sidekick
Plus: Sampler acquires Admass’s tech to integrate UGC and AI into platform.
A|I: The AI Times – FTC investigates OpenAI as Elon Musk launches competitor
Plus: Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hypercontext’s HR pivot looks to accelerate performance reviews with AI
Plus: UK probing Adobe’s $20 billion Figma deal.
F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi completes three-way merger in landmark Canadian crypto deal
Plus: Dapper Labs makes third round of layoffs, Revolut loses $20M to theft.
Canada attracts 30,000 tech workers, BDC wants Thrive co-investment partners
Plus: Shopify is building entrepreneurs an AI Sidekick.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI has a new team to fight ‘superintelligent’ AI
Plus: Experts and VCs disagree on the actual perils of AI.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Spotify CEO’s Neko Health gets some big-name backers
Plus: There’s a $10M bounty to integrate AI into food production.