A|I: The AI Times – FTC investigates OpenAI as Elon Musk launches competitor
Plus: Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick.
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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.
R|T: The Retail Times – Uber, DoorDash, Grubhub sue NYC over minimum pay law
Plus: Italian food service Porta raises $10.5M to fill a General Assembly-sized hole.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Dye & Durham accuses startup rival of ripping off its software
Plus: Vantage Circle and Eventcombo are moving HQs to Calgary.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Binance unravelling, Kraken founder investigated by FBI
Plus: Mastercard’s new AI tool helps British banks tackle scams.
Restructuring is here for Canadian startups as VC funding dries up
Plus: Two global SaaS firms relocate HQs to Calgary.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Iodine Software teams up with OpenAI on AI tech for hospitals
Plus: DOJ charges 78 in sweeping $2.5B healthcare fraud takedown.
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon faces FTC antitrust case and free returns backlash
Plus: Meet the Shopify Ventures portfolio.
A|I: The AI Times – PitchBook says VC is done for 2023, but AI startups continue to raise
Plus: OpenAI’s personal assistant plans may spark a rivalry with benefactor Microsoft.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – ApplyBoard co-founder launches new skilled worker startup as feds update talent strategy
Plus: Snowflake expands Canadian engineering hub.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe & Robinhood make layoffs, Financeit acquires competitor
Plus: FTX considers a reboot?