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H|T: The Healthtech Times – Former unicorn Olive AI winds down operations

Plus: Nova Scotia taps Maple for province-wide virtual care.

Plus: Amazon unveils first BNPL option for SMBs through Affirm.

FinTech startups made a mark on the list of Canada’s leading technology companies.

Plus: Thomson Reuters commits $100M a year to GenAI, Google $2B to Anthropic.

Plus: Uber, Lyft to pay $328 million to settle wage-theft allegations.

Plus: The BetaKit Keynote Stage returns to SAAS NORTH 2023.

Marc Andreessen’s manifesto is flawed. But it shows a greater sense of the moment than our politicians.

RBC joins growing list of Canadian banks to add talent from now-defunct SVB Canada.

VCs applaud BDC’s commitment to direct seed funding, ask for more emerging manager support.

Plus: Wealthsimple’s CCO says a “lack of political will” harming FinTech innovation.

GP Angela Tran says a constrained venture capital landscape requires founders to be better storytellers.

PADS looks to leverage AI and blockchain with its online mortgage servicing platform.

Nearly half of the tech workers who moved to Canada between April 2022 and March 2023 originated from India.

Plus: Flexport continues weekly cuts with 20 percent workforce reduction.

Ten Coves Capital, EDC join existing backers Information VP, HarbourVest.