H|T: The Healthtech Times – Recursion secures $50M from Nvidia following Canadian drug-discovery acquisitions
Plus: Ditch Labs wants to treat nicotine addiction with tech.
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Canada’s private tech firms gather to talk AI, growth, global appeal
Steve Wozniak tells Canadian Private Technology Conference to find “reasonable ways” to deal with AI.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify wants to give you an AI Sidekick
Plus: Sampler acquires Admass’s tech to integrate UGC and AI into platform.
Bold Commerce reveals product that allows retailers to add checkouts to video and email
CEO says Checkout Unleashed eliminates “middleman” product pages.
Cohere secures strategic investment from SAP as enterprise demand for generative AI grows
Toronto-based Cohere has also partnered with McKinsey.
A|I: The AI Times – FTC investigates OpenAI as Elon Musk launches competitor
Plus: Shopify teases AI assistant for entrepreneurs, Sidekick.
Meet BC Tech’s first Innovators Hall of Fame inductees
Honourees include leaders from BC Tech Association, CIBC, D-Wave.
Here’s how much Canada’s top public tech company CEOs were paid last year
Shopify, OpenText, Telus, CGI, Descartes Systems Group, and Constellation Software all made the list.
Metafold 3D closes $2.35 million CAD to fuel industrial adoption of 3D printing
Toronto startup has interest from sportswear and biopharma clients for its 3D printing tech.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Hypercontext’s HR pivot looks to accelerate performance reviews with AI
Plus: UK probing Adobe’s $20 billion Figma deal.
Startupfest 2023 awards Hutsy twice while Ora Medical receives BDC prize match
Ora secured BDC, crowd matching investments on top of the $100K Women in Tech award.
F|T: The FinTech Times – WonderFi completes three-way merger in landmark Canadian crypto deal
Plus: Dapper Labs makes third round of layoffs, Revolut loses $20M to theft.
Canada attracts 30,000 tech workers, BDC wants Thrive co-investment partners
Plus: Shopify is building entrepreneurs an AI Sidekick.
Three game-development companies hiring in Canada
Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Amazon are hiring for their game-development teams.
SenseNet raises $1.3 million CAD for its wildfire-detecting technology
The Vancouver firm is the latest of several wildfire-detection startups that expect to see flames fan their fortunes.