Evaluating our 2024 tech predictions as Q4 approaches
Plus: Leadership shakeups at OMERS and BDC.
startup job spotlight
The right Caliber for Canada
How an international deeptech company found product-market fit in the Canadian market.
The procurement problem in Canadian healthtech
Plus: The latest stats on Q1 startup funding.
A|I: The AI Times – The feds have used AI in nearly 300 projects
Plus: OpenAI prepares to fight for its life.
R|T: The Retail Times – Dax Dasilva returns as Lightspeed CEO, Shopify drops on strong earnings
Plus: Investors fooled by Lyft typo.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Prodigy’s got a new plan, a new CFO, and a leaner team to boost growth
Plus: It’s getting (slightly) easier to sell software.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – AI takeover: predictive pitfall or “medicine’s biggest moment” since antibiotics?
Plus: Quebec City-based OpSens acquired by US firm in $345M deal.
R|T: The Retail Times – Inside the chaos of New York’s Airbnb ban
Plus: Flexport continues weekly cuts with 20 percent workforce reduction.
A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI passes $1.3B annualized revenue while Big Tech struggles to turn AI hype into profits
Plus: Canadian quantum group appoints its first CEO.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian to buy video messaging provider Loom for nearly $1 billion
Plus: Vendasta closes $20M in new funding following layoffs.
R|T: The Retail Times – Canadian-founded company behind Instant Pot files for bankruptcy
Plus: Shopify partners with Volt to offer open banking solutions (but not in Canada).
Collision will remain in Toronto for 2024
Tech conference inks one-year extension, but Collision’s long-term future in Canada still unclear.
Alberta’s tech sector remained resilient in first quarter of 2023
Jobber’s megadeal pushed venture funding over $200 million in the first three months of the year.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Magnet shareholders ignore critics, back acquisition
How 1Password plans to build a passwordless future.