South Koreaâs neighbourhood buy-and-sell app Karrot hits one million Canadian users, builds Toronto tech hub
Karrot aims to expand North American presence with Ritual, GoodGood co-founder Robert Kim.
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A|I: The AI Times – Meet Sanctuary AIâs most human-like robot yet
Plus: OpenAI, Meta, and Google sign on to child exploitation safety measures.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Following reports of grooming, WattPad turns off DMs
Plus: An active week of SaaS acquisitions.
Geoffrey Hinton, Raquel Urtasun, Aidan Gomez set to speak at Collision 2024
Collision will return to Toronto for the fourth year June 17 to 20.
These three US tech giants are hiring in Canada
Robinhood, Autodesk, Ripple are ramping up Canadian hires.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – AbCellera plays the long game despite losses
Plus: The BC telemedicine company that was allegedly a âpump and dump.â
Sanctuary AI reveals seventh-generation robot it calls âanalogous to a personâ
The latest robot includes improvements to automation speed, range of motion.
R|T: The Retail Times – Who gets a raise inside Shopifyâs employee scoring system?
Plus: How Amazon has been spying on rivals.
Zafin founder and CEO joins latest slew of #CDNtech executive turnover
Martello, Boast, and Illumin have also shuffled their leadership teams since the end of March.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Bayer taps Google to bring AI to radiology
Plus: The role of telehealth providers in antibiotic overuse.
Happly.Ai, Verano.ai, aiphrodite.ai among winners at INNOVATEwest 2024Â
The inaugural INNOVATEwest wrapped up in Vancouver this week.
DMZ receives $500,000 grant to expand Basecamp program for student entrepreneurs
To date, Basecamp has helped over 365 students launch 151 startups.
Well Health acquires 10 primary care medical clinics from Shoppers Drug Mart
Well says it will integrate digital workflows, patient engagement tech, and AI tools into the clinics once acquired.
What Alberta Innovates learned from sending 50 local startups to SXSW
Alberta startups go global at the worldâs largest tech conference.
A|I: The AI Times – The feds have used AI in nearly 300 projects
Plus: OpenAI prepares to fight for its life.