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Questrade opens options trading outside market hours through Cboe

Approved users can trade select options of stocks and ETFs before and after market hours.

Dayforce to acquire Ribbon AI to bolster AI recruitment capabilities

HR software company will integrate AI-powered job interviewers into its agentic recruiting portfolio. 

Canadian VC industry hails federal funding boost, but timing and early-stage gap remain concerns

Ninety percent of $750-million funding envelope earmarked for later- and growth-stage funding.

Feds reveal breakdown of $750-million VC funding envelope, open Growth VCCI applications

Two programs total $1.75-billion boost to Canadian venture capital ecosystem.

E-commerce platforms Cymax and CommerceBear reportedly shut down

Both e-commerce platforms had roots in furniture market rocked by post-COVID consumer spending slump.

1Password tops $500-million USD ARR on the back of accelerating AI demand

Developers using 1Password to deploy agents have helped the Toronto tech firm expedite its growth.

VentureLab CEO Hugh Chow leaves hard tech incubator after three years

Long-serving VentureLab executive Sep Assadian has stepped in as interim replacement.

Q&A: Why CoLab is in the “sweet spot” of engineering software 

Chief strategy officer Taylor Young says building in Newfoundland helps filter out the “noise.”

UniUni go-public deal falls through as SPAC terminates agreement

MAK Acquisition Corp claims UniUni made an “incurable” breach by losing too much money.

Kyla Scanlon on why AI dominates the stock market

New York Times bestselling author explains the concerning connection between debt and the AI data centre buildout.

Tenstorrent secures $1.5 billion USD at $6.2-billion valuation to challenge GPU dominance

Canadian-founded chipmaker is betting that the future of AI inference is open-source.

Mecka AI recruits growth hackers behind “IRL sidequest” app Thirdspace

Thirdspace’s founders have been tasked with scaling Mecka’s home data capture app.

Ukraine’s Starlink cutoff is a blinking red light for Canada

Plus: Why startups are making “dystopian” ads.

10KC co-founder talks engineering an exit and spotting fake term sheets

David Wilkin unpacks the startup’s learnings from failed sale to successful outcome at TechExit.

Q&A: Senator Daryl Fridhandler on why Canada needs to better support its smaller businesses

Senate committee recently tabled eight recommendations to improve “the backbone of the Canadian economy.”