R|T: The Retail Times – Instacart is planning an IPO for as soon as September
Plus: Amazon wants you to pay with your palm.
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A|I: The AI Times – Inside Meta and Google’s plans to attack OpenAI
Plus: Voiceflow raises $15M, Horizn acquired by Inbenta.
Elevate, The Firehood reveal first cohort of 37 startups in new incubator for women entrepreneurs
Some participants already backed by The Firehood, such as Ora, Permalution, PragmaClin.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Ex-Salesforce VP claims company lied about data platform capabilities
Plus: Athennian navigates scaleup growing pains with layoffs, leadership changes.
Mila’s new partnership with KPI Mining Solutions will focus AI on efficiently capturing critical minerals
Tech has become a key component in Canada’s critical mineral strategy.
Coinbase says it wants to be a long-term leader in Canada’s crypto market
With “regulatory clarity” and a new country director, Coinbase says it’s ready to grow in Canada.
Legaltech scaleup Athennian navigates growing pains with layoffs, leadership changes
Athennian CEO says changes part of company “preparing for its next level of scale.”
Cybersecurity startup Field Effect on the hunt for acquisitions following $30-million CAD debt facility from Scotiabank
The average cost of data breaches in Canada rose to $5.64 million in 2022.
AI startup Voiceflow raises $15 million USD to help companies collaborate on customer-service agents
Voiceflow says it makes it easy for AI to say to customers: “How can I help you today?”
How a cold DM to a16z helped Finofo raise its $1.6-million CAD pre-seed round
After launching tools for cross-border payments, Finofo aims to become “all-in-one” solution for finance teams.
F|T: The FinTech Times – FinTech platforms are leaning more on buy now, pay later
Plus: Desmarais family quietly reshapes a financial empire.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – How Y Combinator decides which health care startups are worth a shot
Plus: Silofit closes its doors, VoxNeuro raises $4.5M to scale brain performance.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify and Lightspeed bring positive earnings to pessimistic markets
Plus: Uber is finally making money after years of losses.
Google Canada commits $2.5-million grant to NPower Canada to help 5,000 job-seekers develop tech skills
This grant enables NPower to integrate Google Career Certificates in its programs.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Atlassian & Cloudflare score big, Zoom sends employees back into the office
Plus: Uber finally makes a profit.