R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed makes first cuts since Dax Dasilva’s return
Plus: Nuvei to officially go private in $6.3B deal.
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A|I: The AI Times – Microsoft and OpenAI team up to build $100-billion AI supercomputer
Plus: Feds pledge $2B to bolster AI compute, startups, and safety.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft faces new Excel rival as it’s forced to separate teams from office
Plus: BlackBerry CEO sued by former senior employee for sexual harassment.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Coinbase secures restricted dealer status in Canada
Plus: Nuvei to go-private in $6.3B deal while Binance kills Bitcoin NFT support.
The stapler problem in #CDNtech procurement
Plus: Meet BetaKit’s new CEO.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Ontario budget allocates funding to healthtech procurement
Plus: Neuralink is now accepting Canadian patients.
R|T: The Retail Times – Why women in retail are leaving CEO positions
Plus: Lightspeed CEO muses about privatization; Giant Tiger’s cyberattack.
A|I: The AI Times – Canadian pension manager to co-lead deal valuing Cohere at $5 billion
Plus: Feds broaden foreign investment scrutiny; Why Apple bought DarwinAI.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Peek inside Canva’s battle plan against Adobe
Plus: Ontario school boards sue social media giants for $4.5B.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years
Plus: Mogo backs Kaos in WonderFi boardroom battle.
Why Dax Dasilva thinks about taking Lightspeed private
Plus: Notman House is for sale. A startup-led effort wants to buy it back.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – AstraZeneca pays $2B for Hamilton biopharma firm
Plus: Neuralink’s first human subject shows off abilities on livestream.
R|T: The Retail Times – Tobi Lutke granted a nine-figure Shopify compensation package
Plus: Sonder faces class action, Busbud continues LATAM push.
A|I: The AI Times – Cohere seeks big-time valuation despite small-time revenue
Plus: Canada’s underinvestment in computing threatens its AI advantage.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Constellation wants underperforming Canadian companies
Plus: NowVertical resolves dispute with founder and Reddit’s big debut.