A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI employee secondary values company at at least $80 billion
Plus: Why Korean car makers want Tenstorrentâs AI hardware.
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Struggling BBTV to go private while BlackBerry spinout eyes June IPO
Plus: What Allen Lau learned from Wattpad’s $754-million acquisition.
PADS Financial secures $3 million CAD in pre-seed funding, launches online mortgage platform
PADS looks to leverage AI and blockchain with its online mortgage servicing platform.
As semiconductor re-shoring efforts heat up, SILICAN urges feds to provide more targeted domestic chip support
New report comes after US commits over $50 billion to its own domestic chip sector.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Procurify, Hiive secure new funding to tackle spend management & secondaries
Plus: Plaid hires first CFO on road to IPO.
Blockchain payments firm Ripple is hiring software engineers in Canada
The San Francisco-based company is looking for software engineers in its Toronto office.
What Allen Lau learned from Wattpadâs $754-million acquisition
Co-founder shares M&A insights ahead of TechExit appearance on October 25.
Conexus, Emmertech alum Sean OâConnor joins TechBrew Robotics as CEO
TechBrew is an Emmertech portfolio firm that builds mushroom-picking robots.
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 â Atlassian to buy video messaging provider Loom for nearly $1 billion
Plus: Vendasta closes $20M in new funding following layoffs.
Ripple Ventures plants flag in Vancouver as firm envisions âcoast-to-coastâ Fund III
With Fund III backed by RBCx and VCCI, Ripple Ventures plans to hold final close by year’s end.
First VCCI inclusive growth stream recipients get funding as Quantum Industry Canada appoints first-ever CEO
Plus: Exploring the forgotten history of Canadian venture capital.
Neo Financial, Jobber, WaitWell among winners of sixth annual Start Alberta Tech Awards
Neo Financial was recognized as scaleup of the year while Jobber was awarded for its $100 million Series D.
Vendasta closes $20-million Series E to fund acquisitions, converts existing debt into equity
Foundry partner Brad Feld joins board, sees Vendasta as a ânatural consolidatorâ of B2B SaaS firms.
Ecosystem fears SDTC funding gap, FinTechs rally against open banking delays
Plus: Hugging Faceâs Sasha Luccioni on tracking the ethical and environmental impacts of AI.