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Founded by Alphabet alums, Canadian-led AI hardware startup Extropic secures over $14 million
Run by @BasedBeffJezos, Extropicâs backers include Tobias LĂŒtke, Cohere co-founders.
As ailing WeWork reduces Canadian footprint, BDC opens new collaborative work location in Vancouver
Vancouver marks BDC Squareâs third location, following Toronto and MontrĂ©al.
Brex launches corporate card, expense offering targeting Canadian workers at US firms
The new offering comes over a year after Brex chose to âpivot away from SMBs.â
F|T: The FinTech Times – Apple cuts Goldman’s card, Coinbase praises Canadian crypto regulation
Plus: Willow.ca acquired by rental platform Guiker.
Diagram Ventures announces new $60-million VC fund to build and back early-stage cleantech startups
The ClimateTech Fund is co-anchored by Québec and Sagard.
Getting hybrid work right requires building a long-term plan
Experts from Intel, Softchoice, and the University of Toronto explained what it will take to make hybrid work successful in…
S|W: The SaaS Weekly â Investment in Canadian SaaS almost doubled from 2022 to 2023
Plus: Marc Benioff just can’t make up his mind on RTO.
Megadeal slowdown in Q3 marks three-year low for Canadian venture volume
Plus: Why are there 100,000 fewer Canadian entrepreneurs?
TechBrew rebrands to 4AG Robotics, closes $17.5-million Series A to build mushroom-picking robots
Backed by BDC, InBC, and Emmertech, 4AG is gearing up to get its tech to farms.
VentureLabâs latest HardTech Summit explores barriers, opportunities facing Canadian deep tech startups
Event surveys state of play in Canada for hardware firms in medtech, AI, and other sectors.
Hyatt brothers aim to build their ânext big thingâ with majority ownership of DataStealth
After exiting Dyadem and BlueCat for over $1 billion, the Hyatts have teamed up again to tackle cybersecurity.
Promise Robotics nets $20.8-million CAD Series A to speed up home building with robots
The startup turns standard industrial robots into plug-and-play homebuilding systems.
Pine acquires Properly to capture more of the Canadian home-buying process
Digital mortgage firm aims to build the former proptech into Canadaâs top real estate website.
A|I: The AI Times – Canadian leaders sign Gen AI code of conduct, Shopify’s CEO wants fewer “referees”
Plus: Amazon rachets AI race with up to $4 billion investment in Anthropic.