A|I: The AI Times – Radical strategies for AI & quantum in Canada
Plus: Scale AI cuts 20% of its workforce.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shop Pay vs. ‘Buy with Prime’ begins
Plus: TikTok Parent ByteDance’s E-Commerce Volume Surged in 2022.
F|T: The FinTech Times – Coinsquare breaks up with CoinSmart, courts WonderFi?
Plus: Nuvei enters $1.7 billion CAD deal to acquire Paya.
Canadian startup news of the week (1/15/23)
Plus: Coinsquare breaks up with CoinSmart, courts WonderFi?
Two Canadian companies chosen for John Deere’s 2023 Startup Collaborator program
In a growing global AgTech market, “Canadian innovation leads the pack.”
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify targets enterprise retail with new commerce stack
Plus: Amazon plans more layoffs.
S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Salesforce latest Big Tech company to make cuts in Canada
Plus: ApplyBoard swaps CEOs.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – Watson Health up for sale…again
Plus: Amazon’s One Medical deal moves forward.
A|I: The AI Times – ChatGPT creator OpenAI in talks to raise at $29 billion valuation
Plus: AI regulation is coming to Canada.
F|T: The FinTech Times – TikTok plots push into payments
Plus: Vancouver NFT startup acquired by Tokens.com
Canadian startup news of the week (1/8/23)
Plus: BetaKit is hiring.
Tech companies still looking for remote workers across Canada
Info-Tech, Thinkific, Autodesk are all currently hiring.
Ackroo acquires Simpliconnect to bolster client base
The payment solutions startup absorbs 60 clients in 350 locations in the process.
R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify abandons The Well
Plus: Saas-based hotel management platform raises $185 million.
H|T: The Healthtech Times – MasterControl becomes unicorn after $150 million Series A
Plus: Bezos and Gates on the hunt for brain implant breakthrough.