R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify presses play on YouTube, Lightspeed pairs well with OpenTable
Plus: Unreserved files $25 million lawsuit against real estate associations.
A|I: The AI Times – A giant wave of machine-learning acquisitions
Plus: Stradigi.ai says it’s still alive.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Introhive cuts staff, Contentsquare goes mammoth
Plus: Netflix coming to Vancouver with new acquisition.
F|T: The FinTech Times – The bottom fell out of Canadian FinTech
Plus: Former Coinbase manager arrested for insider trading.
Canadian startup news of the week (7/24/22)
Plus: Shopify presses play on YouTube, Lightspeed pairs well with OpenTable.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – PointClickCare valuation tops $5 billion USD
Plus: Peloton competitor Tonal cuts 35% of workforce.
R|T: The Retail Times – Inside Amazon’s strategy to shield its profits from Canadian taxes
Plus: Shopify completes acquisition of Deliverr.
A|I: The AI Times – Inside Apple’s struggle to build a self-driving car
Plus: Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy announces he’s leaving the company.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Microsoft layoffs, Google hiring slowdown, Uber broke laws
Plus: Uber sued by more than 500 female passengers over sexual assault complaints.
F|T: The FinTech Times – A Caisse of bankruptcy
Plus: Stripe cuts internal valuation by 28 percent.
Canadian startup news of the week (7/17/22)
Plus: Meet Startup Atlantic.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Theranos exec Sunny Balwani found guilty of fraud
Plus: Medical billing startup Cedar cuts 24% of workforce as market constricts.
R|T: The Retail Times – Knix sells, Bruush to IPO, Tiggy halts operations
Plus: How Wish Built (and Fumbled) a Dollar Store for the Internet.
A|I: The AI Times – It’s never been more important to address diversity in AI
Plus: Why business is booming for military AI startups.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Twitter v. Musk
Plus: Highflying cyber firms cut staff after raising hundreds of millions of dollars.