Robinhood officially enters Canada, following WonderFi acquisition
WonderFiâs president and CEO departed following the close of the deal.
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Version One Ventures raises $108 million USD across two new funds
But Vancouver-based deep tech investor is increasingly looking outside of Canada.
Canadian B2B software firms are falling behind in agentic AI: report
Georgian survey shows domestic companies lag international peers in âfoundationalâ AI adoption.
Arteria AI CEO Shelby Austin is wary of Canada naming national tech champions
Austin argues the country needs to âwiden our apertureâ and let the market pick winners.
Purpose CEO Som Seif says âself-centredâ finance industry is killing competition
Amidst battle with OSC, Seif claims incumbents wield the regulated nature of the financial industry against change.
Wealthsimple to offer early access to IPO trading
Upcoming IPOs for SpaceX and Anthropic are boosting demand.
Award-winning author Ken Liu is not afraid of AI slop
Liu is fine with AI coding, but finds the notion of it writing stories for him ârevolting.â
Cohereâs Nick Frosst thinks Canadian energy can be â100 percentâ renewables
Growing Canadaâs domestic capacity was a focus of Homecomingâs sovereignty-themed panel.
Uberâs president doesnât know what the companyâs 10.5 million drivers will be doing in 15 years
Andrew Macdonald tells Toronto Tech Weekâs Homecoming that the gig appâs labour pool may soon start to shrink.
Why Shopifyâs CEO thinks the one-person company is âbullshitâ
But, as Tobi LĂŒtke said at Toronto Tech Weekâs Homecoming, those companies could still make a billion dollars.
Databricks and Ada execs on whatâs fuelling the Gen Z AI backlash
Reynold Xin and Mike Murchison say there is space for students to reframe their relationship to AI.
Nasdaq spinoff sues Hiive for patent infringement
Nasdaq Private Market says Hiive violated patent for secondary sale settlement and clearance program.
WonderFi clears final regulatory hurdle to be acquired by Robinhood
More than a year after inking the deal, itâs finally slated to close on June 1.
Cohere releases its most powerful AI model as open source
As open-source AI becomes concentrated in China, Cohere says it wants to provide a secure alternative.
Intuit lays off 17 percent of its global workforce
TurboTax parent puts resources behind âbig betsâ that come with strategic AI focus.