Canadian startup news of the week (3/19/23)
Plus: Québec and Alberta tech investment bucked 2022 trends.
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A|I: The AI Times – Embark Trucks explores liquidation, AI beer invades Alberta
Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech
H|T: The Healthtech Times – CAN Health Network expanding… across Canada
Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech.
R|T: The Retail Times – Amazon’s belt-tightening is causing concerns
Plus: Uber rumoured to spin off freight division.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Qualtrics shopping for a private offer
Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Stripe looks to raise another $6 billion
Plus: How the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown might impact Canadian tech.
Canadian startup news of the week (3/12/23)
Plus: Ten things worth reading on International Women’s Day.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – AstraZeneca announces big Canadian expansion, hiring plans
Plus: BetterHelp barred by FTC from sharing data with Facebook.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be
Plus: Who’s actually getting rich off of AI?
R|T: The Retail Times – The Shopify divide: manager or crafter?
Plus: Amazon pauses long awaited construction
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce’s ‘one big family’ is showing cracks. Can Slack’s new CEO hold it together?
Plus: Not the first LastPass breach
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bad news comes in threes for Dapper Labs
Plus: Roham on the hot seat.
Canadian startup news of the week (3/05/23)
Plus: Canadian VCs had second highest year on record.
A|I: The AI Times – Google researchers take key step towards Quantum future
Plus: AI generated voices can hack your bank account.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Is Apple close to no-prick blood glucose tracking for its watch?
Plus: Amazon completes takeover of One Medical.