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A|I: The AI Times – Cohere had a busy week

Plus: How Apple fell behind in the AI arms race.

FinTech startup aims to help businesses pay bills and reimburse out-of-pocket expenses faster.

Smaller Canadian cities make strides in 2024 as larger ecosystems lose some of their lustre.

Since the Collision Conference rolled into Toronto five years ago, it’s given the Canadian tech sector lots to talk about.…

Healwell, TryCycle, Userful, and more also make changes to the top.

Plus: Toronto’s lead over other Canadian cities widens in startup ecosystem rankings.

A few non-Prairies companies were recognized at the Elevate Women+ finale at Uniting the Prairie.

More than 15,000 attendees and 550 speakers are at this year’s Consensus Web3 conference in Austin, Texas.

Kara Swisher, Dax Dasilva, Amber Mac set to take the stage this year.

Plus: Thinkific has too much cash. That’s a real problem.

Plus: CloudMD to go private after acquisition spree dries liquidity.

Plus: OpenAI hemorrhages safety-conscious leaders, including Canadian Ilya Sutskever.

Beacon aims to become ‘the trusted brand for immigrants to Canada.’

Plus: Figma shareholders to sell at a discount in Adobe deal fallout.

After abandoning its brokerage vision, Blossom plans to remain a social platform.