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Collision has come and gone
Plus: The AI reality check is happening now.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – BCâs Kardium secures $143M CAD for heart treatment
Plus: Telehealth execs charged with fraud.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify achieves $1 trillion GMV
Plus: Canadaâs competition watchdog has Amazon in its crosshairs.
A|I: The AI Times – Samsung values Torontoâs Tenstorrent at $2 billion
Plus: Why Big Tech launches unreliable AI apps.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Regulations? Uber can âsuck it up,â says BC premier
Plus: Copperleaf to go private in billion-dollar deal.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Brex drops a CEO and looks to IPO
Plus: An exclusive interview on the new Float product launches.
The âuselessâ lobbying against capital gains
Plus: BetaKit breaks news on BDC and Collisionâs next stop.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Acorn Biolabs secures $11 million for regenerative medicine
Plus: Feds table bill with new healthtech data security rules.
R|T: The Retail Times – Exclusive: Ex-Lightspeed CEO nabs Inovia gig
Plus: Costco building an ad business with customer data.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Certn gets investigated by privacy watchdogs
Plus: BlackBerry asks court to throw out workplace misconduct suit.
F|T: The FinTech Times – The unravelling of LoanSnap after raising $100 million
Plus: Ratehub has a new CEO.
Why arenât Canadian VCs more âcutthroat?â
Plus: An exclusive interview with ex-Lightspeed CEO JP Chauvet on his next move.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Amplitude Ventures closes $263M for second precision medicine fund
Plus: The new Alberta program looking to connect the healthtech ecosystem.
R|T: The Retail Times – Battle of food delivery apps leads to $20B in losses
Plus: Ticketmaster hack affects more than half a billion users.