A|I: The AI Times – Speaking Cohere’s language
Plus: Texas sues Meta over Facebook’s facial-recognition practices.
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F|T: The FinTech Times – Things at Better are getting worse
Plus: Canadian tech salaries jumped 38 percent since 2019, but attracting talent is tough.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Wattpad’s widening end zone
Plus: Checking in with BC’s SaaS Unicorns.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/21/22)
Plus: Allen Lau drafts a new plan for Wattpad.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Canadian biotech leader Clarissa Desjardins secures the bag
Plus: Peloton is cutting 20 percent of workforce as CEO steps down.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s strategic investment to solve this supply chain mess
Plus: Massive “coffeetech” investments are giving startups a jolt.
A|I: The AI Times – Raquel Urtasun’s autonomous vehicle revolution
Plus: Toronto tech institute tracking long COVID with AI.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – 7shifts staffs up
Plus: Acquirers are circling Zendesk.
Canadian startup news of the week (2/13/22)
Plus: D-Wave looks to go public.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitcoin’s Bonnie and Clyde
Plus: Tories push Trudeau for plan to lure crypto investment.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – PointClickCare’s audacious acquisition
Plus: Remote patient monitoring is raking in venture funding.
R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed’s Age of Dax is over
Plus: Amazon confronts pandemic costs and raises the price of Prime.
A|I: The AI Times – Cruise cruises to deployment
Plus: DeepMind’s AlphaCode AI writes code at a competitive level.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Does Citrix + Tibco = SaaS powerhouse?
Plus: 6 reasons Meta is in trouble.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Can Koho disrupt Canadian banking before Wealthsimple disrupts them?
Plus: Coinbase adds Shopify CEO to board of directors.