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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.
A|I: The AI Times – Sam Altman is more powerful than ever
Plus: Can Alberta become the data centre capital of Canada?
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforceâs first revenue miss in 18 years
Plus: Vista Equity writing off PluralSight after $3.5 billion acquisition.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bitfarms bites back at activist takeover
Plus: Nesto eyes controlling stake in CMLS Financial.
Real-Time Rail, real-time headache
Plus: Toronto’s lead over other Canadian cities widens in startup ecosystem rankings.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Healthtech startups get DIGITAL funding for AI
Plus: Once worth $2.3B, COVID-19 test maker Cue Health shutters.
R|T: The Retail Times – Gildanâs board resigns after months of boardroom battle
Plus: Shopify convinces US court to overturn 2022 patent-infringement decision.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAIâs âwhether you like it or notâ philosophy
Plus: Shopify’s Tobi LĂŒtke will help advise Meta’s AI strategy.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Newfoundlandâs CoLab to go on hiring spree with Series B funding
Plus: Thinkific has too much cash. Thatâs a real problem.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Bench and Shopify alumni get $11 million to launch âStripe for accountingâ
Plus: Neo Financial credit products will now report to Equifax.
Google has a glue problem
Plus: Xanadu wants another $200 million.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Uber Health rolling out caregiving solution in US
Plus: CloudMD to go private after acquisition spree dries liquidity.
R|T: The Retail Times – The Shopify exec paid more than Tobi LĂŒtke and Harley Finkelstein
Plus: Lightspeedâs Dax Dasilva sheds interim label from CEO title and puts EBITDA in the green.