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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.

Mayor Tory’s departure, competing bids, and financial pressure on province and feds place Collision’s future in Canada in doubt

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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.

BC venture funding fell to a seven-quarter low in Q3 2022

Investor sentiment goes from FOMO to fussy as deal volume falls to three-year low.

H|T: The Healthtech Times – AlayaCare makes cuts as revenue doesn’t follow “aggressive investment”

Plus: Nurses say Amazon’s ambitions clash with health best practices.