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1.OpenAI just made its first cybersecurity investment 2.Ted Schleinâs Ballistic Ventures is raising $100M for a new fund3.Teen with 4.0 GPA who built the viral Cal AI app was rejected by 15 top universities4.New session at TechCrunch All Stage: Jahanvi Sardana on how top startups reshape markets5.Thatch raises $40M to give employees more control of their health care choices6.Call for speakers: Showcase your knowledge at TechCrunch All Stage7.Runway, best known for its video-generating AI models, raises $308M8.A web3 startup aims to change the game in the tariff wars9.The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie10.Startup Battlefield winner Salva Health is changing the game in breast cancer detection11.Khoslaâs Keith Rabois leads $11.5M Series A for startup Roam, calls it âthe future of the housing marketâ12.Actively AI raises $22.5M to offer sales âsuperintelligence,â says AI SDRs failed13.Parasail says its fleet of on-demand GPUs is larger than Oracleâs entire cloud14.CaaStle board confirms financial distress, furloughing employees15.Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Blueskyâs underlying technology16.Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp17.Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model18.Less than 24 hours to save $300+ on founder and investor passes for TechCrunch All Stage19.Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion20.Perplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 2028
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1.Google DeepMind AI Accomplishes a Difficult Minecraft Task Without Knowing How to Play the Game2.How I Automated 50% of My Business Tasks and Scaled Without Hiring More Employees3.Stop Selling and Start Solving â These are the Secrets to Closing More Deals4.Why Leadership Stress Is on the Rise â and How to Fight Back5.'It's Just Math': How CEOs and Business Leaders Are Reacting to President Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariff Plan6.Why Distraction-Free Leadership Starts With Smart Glasses7.Diversify Revenue Streams for Your Business in This Candlestick Trading Masterclass8.Scaling Isn't About Flashy Ideas â It's About Process. 8 Steps to Get It Right9.Layoffs Skyrocketed to Near Pandemic Highs in March. Here Are the Industries Impacted the Most.10.'We Brought the New York Hustle to Hollywood': How the Movie-Making Couple Behind 'Novocaine' Scored a Creatively-Satisfying Number One Hit11.6 Red Flags That Will Get You Rejected on Franchise Discovery Day12.$50 Lifetime Access to Reachfast Finds Verified B2B Leads in Less Than Five Minutes13.I Gained Millions of Instagram Followers For My Brand With These 8 Expert Tips14.Trendy Wellness Perks Do Not Tackle The Root Cause of Employee Stress â These Steps Will15.Amazon Just Submitted a Bid to Buy TikTok, as AppLovin and Other Tech Companies Make Offers Before the Looming Deadline
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1.Stay safe during extreme rainfall and flooding by taking these steps2.Chocolate recall: These Tonyâs Chocolonely bars may contain small stones3.Housing market power shift: 7 states where buyers are gaining leverage4.Women dominate online influencing. So why are they paid less?5.Why federal employees are essential to earthquake safety in America6.Here are 3 actually helpful graphics to understand Trumpâs tariffs7.TikTok Notes is shutting down as Lemon8 steps in8.U.S. imposes tariffs on islands with no exportsâor humans9.Sneaker prices likely to rise as Trump slaps hefty tariffs on Vietnam, China, and Indonesia10.How Elon Muskâs political gambit could tarnish his legacy at Tesla11.How climate change is increasing water conflicts at the Panama Canal12.An OpenAI âopenâ model shows how much the companyâand AIâhas changed in two years13.DOGEâs âcompletely wrongâ USAID termination notices put staffersâ pay and pensions at risk14.New York Cityâs new subway map is designed to help you not get lost15.Amazon and OnlyFans founder place bids on TikTok ahead of imminent deadline for a U.S. buyer16.U.S. South and Midwest hit with deadly storms and tornadoes, as threat of flash flooding looms17.Trumpâs new tariffs: How key U.S. trading partners are reacting18.Trump tariff stock market crash: Apple, Amazon, Nike, Shopify, Tesla, Walmart shares plummet19.âPhineas and Ferbâ is back. An exclusive first look at the new trailer
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1.An Entrepreneurâs Action Plan for Surviving Trumpâs Tariffs2.Itâs Official: The Duty-Free Exemption on Small Shipments from China Expires May 2 3.âOh Sh*tâ: Entrepreneurs Are Hurting Over Trumpâs Trade War4.While Competitors Contend With Tariffs, Ford Is Cutting Prices Even Deeper5.Glen Powell Wants to Come to Your Backyard Barbecue6.Women Created Half of New Businesses Registered in 2024, a Milestone7.Blue-Collar Workers Feel Unhappy and Underpaid, a Survey Finds8.Jobless Claim Rate Stays Stable Despite Mass Federal Layoffs 9.New EEOC Chiefâs DEI Investigations Draw Outcries10.Take a Look at Trumpâs Actual Tariff Math, and Youâll See How Bad It Really Is11.S&P 500 Drops 4.3 Percent as Trumpâs Tariffs Shock Markets12.Trump Shoes Nike, and Other Footwear Makers13.Bill Gates Reflects Upon the 50-Year-Old Computer Code That Reshaped Technology14.How Trumpâs Reciprocal Tariffs Impact the Stock Market15.Neuroscience Says Joy Conditioning Is the Most Pleasant and Effective Way to Boost Your Emotional Intelligence16.3 Ways to Create a Standout Exhibit at a Conference or Trade Show17.6 Ways to Fund Your Companyâs Growth18.Elon Musk Is Literally Building a Legion of Robots. He Says Theyâll Change Everything19.With iOS 18.4, Apple Quietly Introduced 1 of Its Best Features Yet20.Review: I Expected the Sigma BF Camera to Be Ridiculous. It Is Surprisingly Good21.Elon Musk Just Got Some Very Bad News About Tesla, and Itâs the Start of a New Era22.If AI Were Just a Big Lie, It Would Look a Lot Like ⊠This23.What Is Economic Gardening?24.Chris Rock: Embrace These 3 Words If You Want to Achieve Lasting, Lifelong Success25.Venture Capital Has Never Been This Obsessed With AI, New Data Shows26.Leadership Lessons From Cory Bookerâs Filibuster: Focus on the Message, Not the Spotlight27.Trump Unveils a 10 Percent Blanket Tariff and a 34 Percent Reciprocal Tariff for China28.Trump Announces TariffâGet Ready for a Recession29.SEO is Changing for the Better, Thanks to AI30.Your Google Search Results Are Your CV31.Trump Import Taxes Could Fall Heaviest on the Midwest and Southeast32.Elon Musk May Soon Leave DOGE, Trump Hints33.The Tesla Takedown Puts a Big Dent in Teslaâs Sales 34.Trumpâs âLiberation Dayâ Tariff Details May Not End Companiesâ Wait-and-See Spending Strategy35.Cory Booker and the Art of Authentic Communication
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1.Building a Deep Tech Company? Most Startup Advice Doesnât Apply â Read This Instead2.How I Spent 17,784 Hours in 5 Years as a Startup Founder3.The Pivot to Product-Market Fit: How Plaid, Clay, Lattice & Other Startups Broke Out4.0-$5M: When, Who, and How to Make Your First Sales Hire5.Lessons in Product Scaling and Storytelling from Figmaâs CPO6.The Rotation Program That Keeps This Startupâs Engineers Learning â and Not Leaving7.0-$5M: How to Nail Founder-Led Sales8.EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M â Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business9.This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineering Leaders Back into Frontline Developers10.The GTM Inflection Points That Powered Clay to a $1B+ Valuation11.How to Make Your Product Idea Go Viral Inside Your Company: Lessons from Figma Slides12.The 30 Best Pieces of Company Building Advice We Heard in 202413.Everything in Business is About Fighting Entropy â Hereâs How Rippling Does It14.25 Hard Questions Every Founder Should Ask Themselves15.The Uncomfortable Truth: A 3X Founder's Guide to Intellectual Honesty
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1.An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip2.Curl-impersonate: Special build of curl that can impersonate the major browsers3.Overengineered Anchor Links4.Tenstorrent Launches Blackhole Developer Products at Tenstorrent Dev Day5.Reasoning models don't always say what they think6.AI Cheats: Why You Didn't Notice Your Teammate Was Cheating7.Declarative Schemas for simpler database management8.Bikes in the Age of Tariffs9.New nanoparticle therapies target two major killers â Science â AAAS10.I maintain a 17 year old ThinkPad11.InitWare, a portable systemd fork running on BSDs and Linux12.Show HN: Hatchet v1 â a task orchestration platform built on Postgres13.Onyx (YC W24) Is Hiring14.Installing AIX PS/2 v1.3 on a 48615.AnimeJs v4 Is Here16.Show HN: The C3 programming language (C alternative language)17.Showcase: Working on a voice/text chat app in a cyberpunk style18.AI 202719.Show HN: Benchi â A benchmarking tool written in Go20.Show HN: GitMCP is an automatic MCP server for every GitHub repo21.Banked Memories for Soft SIMT Processors22.John Cage recital set to last 639 years recently witnessed a chord change23.Declarative Web Push â WebKit24.Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programming"25.Show HN: Zxc â Rust TLS proxy with tmux and Vim as UI, BurpSuite alternative26.A university president makes a case against cowardice27.Show HN: The Algorithm Behind the Topological Sort Library TopoSort28.Show HN: Offline JavaScript PubSub between browser tabs29.Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline30.Bedded Bugs and Stung Beetles: The Cameraman's Revenge (1912)
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1.Maximize Your Exit: What Buyers Need to See Before Making Offers [Webinar Recap]2.How to Calculate ARR: A Step-by-Step Guide for SaaS Founders3.How to Sell Your Startup for a Life-Changing Payout4.How Emmett Cook Sold His SaaS Business for a Life-Changing Exit5.How to Evaluate Market Potential: Expert Guide6.10 Business Models SaaS: Top Trends for 20257.How to Read Financial Statements: Quick & Easy Tips8.Selling Business Tax Implications: Optimize Your Sale9.How CopyCopter Scaled 30x in Less Than a Year & Sold It: The Secrets to Rapid Growth10.How Sanjana Grew CopyCopter 30x in Less Than a Year
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1.Devin 2.0 is here: Cognition slashes price of AI software engineer to $20 per month from $5002.Besitos online game and rewards firm appoints new leadership3.How Supergiant games made Hades II for the Nintendo Switch 2 | Greg Kasavin interview4.Nintendo asks gamers to embrace improvements and price increases with the new Switch 2 | hands-on with hardware5.Mario Kart World takes Nintendo into another open world | hands-on gameplay6.Donkey Kong Bananza will put a smile on your face | hands-on gameplay7.Playing for the Planet Alliance focuses on nature as theme for Green Game Jam8.Futureverse teams with Story in Web3 technology deal9.Nintendo hardware developers talk about designing the Switch 210.Q1 2025 global VC investment deals and deal amounts take a dip versus a year ago | NVCA11.HTCâs Viverse Creator Program opens globally for 3D artists12.Beyond generic benchmarks: How Yourbench lets enterprises evaluate AI models against actual data13.The tool integration problem thatâs holding back enterprise AI (and how CoTools solves it)14.What you need to know about Amazon Nova Act: the new AI agent SDK challenging OpenAI, Microsoft, Salesforce15.How Amex uses AI to increase efficiency: 40% fewer IT escalations, 85% travel assistance boost16.Nintendo offers Switch 2 editions of Zelda, Mario Party and more17.Anthropic flips the script on AI in education: Claudeâs Learning Mode makes students do the thinking18.Uplimit raises stakes in corporate learning with suite of AI agents that can train thousands of employees simultaneously19.Drag X Drive uses Nintendo Switch 2âs new mouse features20.Donkey Kong: Bananza is a new platformer featuring Nintendoâs OG21.Direct-to-consumer is redefining mobile game monetization22.Nintendo shows off From Softwareâs The Duskbloods for Switch 223.Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment launches on Switch 2 in winter24.Nintendo will add GameCube library of classic games to Switch 225.Nintendo details the redesigned hardware behind the Switch 226.Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 527.Nintendoâs mysterious âCâ button is for online game chat â with a camera too28.Nintendo reveals Mario Kart World, a launch title for the Switch 2
1.New!! The First Live âDaily Dealâ With Harry Stebbings and Jason Lemkin!! MoveWorks for $2.8 Billion, Is Coreweave In Trouble, Selling to Defese, and More!2.What Your VCs Actually Make (TL;DR â Probably A Lot Less Than You Thought)3.Dear SaaStr: What Are Simple Hacks that Salespeople Use to Confuse Customers?4.5 Interesting Learnings from Freshworks at $800,000,000 in ARR5.Dear SaaStr: How Long Should You Give a New Sales Rep?6.Thoma Bravo: Software Spend Will Grow 19% a Year Through 2028. AI is The Accelerant.7.Sam Blond + Jason Lemkin âGTM in 2025: How Itâs Changed, How Itâs Changing, and What Hasnât Changed (Yet)â8.The Top 5 Mistakes Founders Make With Their VC Investors9.The First Wave of AI and GTM Speakers is Here for 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!10.The #1 Thing That Makes Enterprise Customers See Value: A Great Dashboard
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1.AI Image Startup Runway Raises At $3B2.Tariff-Induced Market Meltdown Worrisome For Startup Valuations And Exits3.What Is DevSecOps And Why Does It Matter In The Age Of AI?4.Q1 Global Startup Funding Posts Strongest Quarter Since Q2 2022 With A Third Going To Massive OpenAI Deal  5.Eye On AI: Massive OpenAI Deal Masks AIâs Slow Quarter6.Founders, Hereâs How Not To Be Thrown Overboard After A Big Fundraise7.As US Defense Tech Surges, Europe Lags8.Stealing Ghibli: How AI Has Crossed The Line Into Creative Theft9.SoftBank And OpenAI Make History With Largest Startup Financing Ever10.Private Equity In Flux: How Tariffs, AI And Infrastructure Define A New Investment Era
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1.Why Most Startup Fundraising Fails2.I Tested 30+ AI Headshot GeneratorsâââThis One Looks Exactly Like a $500 Photoshoot3.Iâve Just Witnessed a Sales Chat Death Spiral Unfold Before Me. I Feel the Pain.4.What Really Is Vibe Coding5.The Digital Trap: How Technology is Stealing Our Time and Focus6.The Toothbrush That Cured My Bad BreathâââAnd Made Me Believe in Branding Again7.YouTube Completely Changed Its Approach to AI-Content. Hereâs Why Creators Should Care8.Want to Leave the U.S. as a Digital Nomad But Canât Find Work? Become a Webcam Model9.What Everyone Gets Wrong About Growing Their Paid Newsletter10.I Tested 25+ AI Logo GeneratorsâââHereâs the Best One for Professional Logos
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1.Affordable childcare seemed like an impossible task. This is the simple way Vermont pulled it off2.How a multi-generational C-suite can future-proof your business3.How to drive performance without playing the blame game4.The secret to a successful job search? An accountability buddy5.Employers: Stop âcorporate catfishingâ your prospective hires6.Why it can be so hard to get over rejection at work7.The overall cost of raising a child is now nearly $300,0008.How to identify and eliminate the 3 biggest time sucks in your day9.Help! None of my coworkers have kids and donât understand what itâs like10.Why DEI principles matter to both employers and employees11.How to unlock more time in your day12.How âeveryday discriminationâ increases mental health risks13.How the DEI backlash could threaten pay equity progress14.Why constant interruptions are killing your strategic thinking15.5 ways to embed active optimism into your work life16.How Gen Z is shaping what meaningful work looks like for all workers17.How to stay optimistic but avoid toxic positivity18.Leaders, stop talking so much. Hereâs why itâs hurting your team19.Report: Blue-collar workers feel less satisfied and less respected in their jobs20.Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering
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1.Meituan reshuffles leadership as senior exec steps aside2.Chatbots donât have to be a pain3.Israeli AI firm AutonomyAI nets $4m pre-seed funding4.US House panel advances bill to regulate stablecoins5.Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in Indonesia6.Oracle reports second security breach in a month7.Peak XV leads $40m series B in Indian travel fintech firm8.YouTube partners with Shopee to launch shopping affiliate in SG9.SG-based early-stage VC fund launches, concludes $746k angel round10.Trumpâs tariff escalation triggers 4% US selloff11.Malaysia says it wonât retaliate against Trumpâs tariffs12.Pinduoduo to invest $13.7b to aid merchants13.AirTrunk pursues $1.7b green loan for major Singapore data center14.Thailandâs richest manâs $21.4b company debuts on stock market15.MobiKwik stock drops 56% from peak following Q3 losses16.US dollar weakens as Trump announces new tariffs17.Green shoots in greentech logistics18.D2C snacking brand Sweet Karam Coffee nets $8m series A19.50 rising startups in Indonesia20.Australia dodges US tariffs, but faces economic risks21.Hong Kong IPOs surge as AI hype fuels investor interest22.OnlyFans founder joins bid for TikTokâs US operations23.Xiaomi hit record 29k EV sales in March24.Honor sets up embodied AI labs, expands into robotics25.Indonesian rupiah sinks to 27-year low over US tariffs impact26.US imposes 26% tariff on Indian imports to push trade deal27.S Korea announces emergency measures over US tariffs28.Japanâs Nikkei hits 8-month low after Trump tariff shock29.Shein, Temu face changes as Trump ends de minimis loophole30.China urges US to remove new tariffs, threatens action31.Aspire secures license to launch investment service32.AI sales tech startup Actively AI bags $22.5m33.The practical lessons in Grabâs AI marketing playbook34.Japanese bank SMBC partners with Fujitsu AI for corporate advice35.Paris-based VC firm Revaia nets $272.8m, hits $654.8m AUM36.US increases tariffs to 32% on Indonesian imports
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1.Trulioo taps former Nuvei exec Vicky Bindra to take over for retiring CEO Steve Munford2.Healthtech startup Vopemed lands $2.29-million pre-seed funding for AI-powered surgery visuals3.The team behind Intuit’s AI-driven expert platform4.âEvery dollar countsâ: amid trade war, Float launches foreign exchange solution to help companies cut costs5.âChanges nothingâ: Canadian tech still in limbo as country escapes worst of US tariff wave6.Former Blue Origin CEO to advise General Fusion on energy strategy7.Canadian founders face rising costs, wasted time ahead of trade war escalation8.Crypto exchange Kraken gains restricted dealer licence and new leader of Canadian operations9.Kensington acquires One9 to establish a defence tech VC platform10.Raven Capital cultivates Indigenous-led biotech company AdvancedAg with $2-million seed investment11.Canadian holding company Tiny buys controlling stake in DJ software company Serato for $94.5 million12.Ontario subsidizes Siemensâ new R&D facility after CEOs plead province to prioritize homegrown production13.How to land a tech job without the hassle14.Well Health to exercise call options that give majority controlling interest in strategic partner Healwell AI15.Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises to defer capital gains taxes if proceeds reinvested in Canada16.Optimism continues in Canadian decentralized finance as DeFi and WonderFi report major gains year-over-year17.Inside the push to get Ontario’s mobility startups moving18.Are you going to Web Summit Vancouver?19.Canadian foodtech has a scale-up problem20.Fractional real estate investment platform Addy becomes exempt market dealer after BCSC fine21.BioAlert secures $2.5 million to help companies detect and manage harmful pathogens in water22.Trumpâs group chat, Knix makes a splash, Lightspeed slows its roll23.The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech24.Movement51 appoints former DMZ leader Emily Smiley as executive director25.Nanoprecise closes Series C to predict industrial equipment failures with AI26.Consensus 2025 to spotlight builders with PitchFest and three-day blockchain hackathon27.Basetwo emerges from CIX Summit 2025 as Canada’s representative for the Startup World Cup28.QuĂ©bec budget overhauls innovation tax credits, earmarks millions for tariff impacts29.SRTX founder and CEO Katherine Homuth to step down amid fundraising push and tariff threat30.Lightspeed to expand and revamp sales team as part of revised go-to-market effort31.FreshBooks’ data shows many small businesses treat taxes as an afterthought, and it’s costing them32.Descartes nabs another American company with $164.4-million acquisition of 3Gtms33.Vooban hiring up to 25 AI roles in Ontario as it welcomes surge in enterprise AI adoption34.Xanadu teams up with glass giant Corning to network quantum computing chips35.ExxonMobil takes CoLab Software’s AI tool out to sea with $5.6-million oil rig partnership36.US deep tech VC Celesta Capital adds BDC alum Charles LespĂ©rance as Canadian partner37.Seventy-five Ontario CEOs sign open letter calling on Premier Doug Ford to prioritize homegrown innovation38.As online threats get worse, Styx raises $2.7 million for digital risk protection platform39.Nokia, Honeywell partner with QuĂ©becâs Numana to develop quantum-safe communication networks40.Lightspeed scales back fiscal 2025 revenue outlook as âseveral macroeconomic conditions have deterioratedâ41.Atomic discovery made at University of Ottawa could one day advance quantum computing, medical imaging 42.The future of Canadian tech runs through Waterloo43.AI roundup: Cohere commands attention, Apple Intelligence delays, a vibe coding PSA44.FreshBooks reveals new CEO Shaheen Javadizadeh after securing $179 million in debt from Morgan Stanley45.Google eyes AdHawk, Nvidiaâs Canadian partner, and a red light for Tesla46.Liberalsâ capital gains tax hike is dead, lifetime exemption limit increase to stay47.Paging Dr. Cube: UniDoc to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote healthcare offering48.Sprout Family raises $1.7 million pre-seed round to make fertility benefits more accessible in Canada49.It started as a testbed. Now itâs changing how BC tech grows50.As trade war rages, Page raises $4.1 million to help organizations track government changes with AI51.CEOs of Clio and StackAdapt, VC leaders from OMERS and Panache among headliners at CIX Summit 2025  52.Summit Nanotech closes $36.5-million funding round to commercialize lithium extraction tech53.How meaningful is D-Waveâs claim to quantum supremacy?54.Shopify to transfer US stock listing to Nasdaq, remain on TSX55.A tech founderâs love letter to Markham56.Doormat becomes Ownright, closes $4.5 million to help more Ontarians seal real estate deals57.Telus partners with Nvidia to transform its data centre into a Canadian âSovereign AI Factoryâ58.Canada invests $36.6 million in Strategic Innovation Fund technology networks59.Why a Canadian bank launched an e-commerce platform 60.Taiv acquihires fellow Canadian adtech startup Local Reach to aid expansion plans61.Former Klue sales reps secure $500,000 to make cold calling easier with Quack62.Google reportedly close to buying Canadaâs AdHawk for its eye-tracking smart glasses tech63.Mining magnate Pierre Lassonde donates $50 million to establish deep tech institute at Polytechnique MontrĂ©al64.Consensus 2025 crypto conference will feature WonderFiâs Dean Skurka and Coinbase Canadaâs CEO65.Shopify acquires search startup Vantage Discovery for undisclosed amount66.Did Cohere give Canada its DeepSeek moment?67.An election primer on what Canadian innovators need68.Softchoice taken private, moved stateside by WWT after $1.48-billion acquisition closes69.Carneyâs first cut, Cohere finds speed, and Severanceâs real HQ70.Anita Anand named innovation minister, Champagne moved to finance in new Carney cabinet71.General Fusion takes major step in quest for Canadian fusion reactors72.Web Summit Vancouver 2025 speaker lineup includes CEOs of Bluesky and Clio73.Vertu Capital promotes principal and âemployee number twoâ Eric Kafka to partner74.Kraken Robotics looks to peer further under the sea with $24.5-million acquisition of 3D at Depth75.Cohere says Command A model edges out LLM competition in speed and energy efficiency76.Clio acquires UK-based ShareDo to move into serving large law firms, fuel global expansion77.Two new AI tools to help you land a job78.Phoenix secures equity funding from Valspring, venture debt from CIBC for prescription drug service geared to men79.Novarc Technologies raises Series B round led by Export Development Canada80.US-based neobank Zolve to bring newcomer-targeted services to Canada this summer81.Waabi develops realism metric to gauge reliability of autonomous vehicle simulators82.QuĂ©becâs dismal seed-stage performance could spell trouble for province’s startup pipeline83.Augmenta closes $14.4 million CAD to advance quest towards AI-driven building design84.Redbrick acquires New York-based newsletter advertising platform Paved85.Xatoms and Knead take home top prizes amid strong Canadian showing at SXSW pitch competition86.Federal government revs up funding for EV charging87.Deloitte Canada acquires grant matchmaker Pocketed for undisclosed amount88.TBDC pitches a new narrative for Canadian startups89.Canadian government opens $300-million AI Compute Access Fund in latest AI commitment90.Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney says Liberals will kill their own capital gains tax changes91.Federal investment to help Telesat take on Starlink with new QuĂ©bec campus 92.Why Simon De Baene keeps killing his own products93.Y Combinator is stealing Canadian startups94.What is Build Canada trying to construct?95.An incomplete list of Canadian tech programs and organizations supporting womenâs initiatives96.Ten things worth reading on International Womenâs Day97.Government of Canada commits over $6 billion to help businesses weather trade war98.DMZ Women Innovation Summit boosts women-led AI, farming, and health startups with $535,000 investment99.Richard Sutton passes Turing test, Doug Ford is done with Starlink, and #CDNtech on the moon100.Leaders discuss the right speed for innovation and regulation at Remarkable AI conference101.Three things Canadian small businesses can do instead of spiralling102.WonderFi plots expansion beyond crypto into multi-asset trading with Eightcap103.Toast wants women to take a radical step this International Womenâs Day: rest104.âMy god, this is exhaustingâ: US delays some tariffs against Canada until April105.Thinkific created positive cash flow in 2024, but found GMV âheadwindsâ106.Facit and OBIO reveal first cohort of women founders working on health and cancer innovation with WeSEED107.Healthtech Connex snags $3.7 million from PacifiCan to help measure brain health  108.Ireland is where Canadian tech lands in Europe109.British neobank Revolut reportedly recruiting talent for a return to Canada110.The âbuy Canadianâ movement is fuelling growth for TruLOCAL’s food subscription111.Toronto and Ottawa area companies receive $32 million in AI-focused FedDev funding112.Winnipeg tech hubs merge to revitalize Manitobaâs startup ecosystem113.Shopify merchants can now prompt AI to design a store theme114.New Turing Award winner Richard Sutton calls doomers âout of line,â talks path to human-like AI115.The51 appoints Highline Beta founder Lauren Robinson as managing partner116.The trade war has begun. Hereâs what Canadian tech is saying117.âItâs done, itâs goneâ: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response118.The in-demand job that blends AI, engineering, and design119.BDC Capital taps Jason Baibokas to lead $100-million Black Entrepreneurs Fund120.SDTC funding flowing again with applications for projects under NRC IRAP to open âearlyâ fiscal 2025â2026121.Canada wants a whole-of-society approach to cybersecurity122.Rejecting the rejection of DEIA with AccessNowâs Maayan Ziv123.Temu and the Oscars buy Canadian, Sam Bankman-Fried weighs in on DOGE124.Startupfest doubles down on diversity commitment, announces return of HardtechFest and OceanFest125.FinTech VC Holt Xchange turns to FrontFundrâs equity crowdfunding platform to raise capital126.Shopifyâs latest SEC filings show potential to become US-domiciled, TD analyst warns127.Sanctuary AI, Nexera, and Novarc make deals and developments in busy week for Vancouver robotics companies128.TandemLaunch closes $37-million Fund IV to create and back deep tech startups129.Rewind inks data protection partnership with workflow software giant Monday.com130.Former EventMobi, Voiceflow leaders secure $2 million CAD to tackle retail merchandising with Merchkit131.Avitia launches AI-powered cancer diagnostics platform with assets from defunct Imagia Canexia132.Paperplane Therapeutics raises $1.5 million to ease anxious patients with VR gaming133.Promise Robotics opens second factory to help increase Canadian housing supply134.Vault rebrands to Venn following $21.5-million Series A round135.Opal announces $1.5 million USD to build âthe operating system for ad agenciesâ136.Prosus to acquire SkipTheDishes parent company JustEat Takeaway in $6.2-billion deal137.Non-profit organizations receive nearly $40 million as part of latest AI-focused CanCode program138.Temu opens marketplace to Canadian vendors as ‘buy Canadian’ push picks up139.Using AI, University of Toronto team claims development of strongest nanomaterial yet140.Dispersa closes $5.8 million to turn food waste into chemicals for everyday products141.DEI rollback is the âwrong direction for Canada,â open letter says142.CMD Capital halts fundraising amid âtoughâ VC market143.Who are Canadian techâs most ambitious?144.How is Canadian tech responding to the trade war?145.Black merchants disheartened after Shopify guts another Equitable Commerce program146.Hyperlume raises $17.8-million seed round to commercialize its AI data centre tech147.Tribe Network among second round of federal 2SLGBTQI+ Ecosystem Fund recipients148.GameStop shorts Canada, Microsoftâs eureka moment, a Raptor returns to Toronto149.Koru helps unlock innovation in the classroom150.Sherbrookeâs quantum sector gets $8.1-million boost from federal government
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1.5 start-ups powering Munichâs sci-tech scene2.Two Irish start-ups win big at global medtech challenge3.Drone delivery firm Manna set for flying start in Cork4.Irish data company CitySwift announces APAC expansion5.Indi: A travel-tech platform connecting travellers with locals6.Manna flies high with $30m in fresh funding7.InterTradeIrelandâs start-up contest gets âŹ500,000 prize boost8.Bolt makes first acquisition with Denmarkâs Viggo9.Squid Loyalty raises âŹ1.7m in crowdfunding round10.Cyber Cert Labs: AI-driven software for supply chain security11.Corkâs Lia Eyecare reaches global medtech challenge final12.Data centre firm Evroc raises âŹ50m to fund European tech independence13.Dublinâs Aerlytix gets âŹ455,000 to R&D aviation fleet optimisation14.10 cybersecurity start-ups strengthening our digital defences15.Microsoft and Swiss start-up to commercialise AI digital brain tech16.AgriFood Connect: A date with an agritech innovator17.Irish fintech Alt21 lands $12.5m for global expansion18.ZeroNorth: Taking the helm on reducing shipping emissions19.Cyber Innovate seeks applicants for start-up scholarship20.Galwayâs Perfuze raises âŹ22m, gets FDA clearance for catheter
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1.âTikTok of Travelâ: Unravel raises âŹ6.3 million to innovate travel through creator-driven content2.Sedna Communications raises âŹ10 million for its maritime technology platform3.Levelling up â Ultra secures âŹ10.8 million to redefine gaming in Europe with one-stop destination4.Ecoat secures âŹ21 million to reinvent the future of paint â sustainably5.EU-Startups Podcast | Episode 111: Yaron Valler Founder & Partner at Target Global6.Fairly Made raises âŹ15 million to put technology at the service of responsible fashion7.Lumai secures more than âŹ9.2 million to slash AI processing costs and boost performance8.FinTech startup Wealthyhood lands âŹ3.6 million investment to expand to Greece9.Kos Stiskin, Co-founder of FINOM, will join us as a keynote speaker at the EU-Startups Summit 2025!10.âMore than just a robotâ: Surgical robotics company CMR Surgical secures over âŹ185 million
4h
1.Startup Grind Bali with Gil Petersil & Prem Sangeet - ChaTea Talks at Coinfest Asia powered by ICP2.Juan JosĂ© Behrend: De liderar equipos en Pedidos Ya, Dlocal y Pomelo a emprender en una fintech3.Sales Pro to Fintech Founder: Fireside Chat with Alfred Milan4.Open Pitch Session â Powered by OVHcloud | Watch Startups Pitch & Get Expert Insights!5.Startup Grind Manzini Chapter, Sakhile Nkambule Fireside Chat EP76.IWD Special: Personal Branding for Startup Success7.Marketing in an Era of Service-as-a-Software w/ Emil Jerndal COO Effektify8.SG Kabarak Pitch Battle 20259.RHEA SINGHLA (Futurize) - Empowering Female Entrepreneurs in Africa10.We are hosting Joubin BASHIRI (Tenzing Partners): Navigating Market Evolution11.Cracking the Analyst Relations Code: How Startups Can Win with Industry Analysts12.Startup Mania Selection Show đ13.Investor Insights with Ascension VC: Top Tips to Close Your Next Funding Round14.Startup Grind Tel Aviv Feb 2025 Highlights15.Startup Grind Tel Aviv hosts Raanan Cohen
13h
1.Remote Work Gains Ground Despite Return-to-Office Push, Study Finds2.ADP: Private Sector Adds 155,000 Jobs in March; Annual Pay Up 4.6%3.Instacart Launches Will Call Delivery to Solve Supply Chain Disruptions for Foodservice Industry4.Fiverr Launches Freelancer Equity Program for Top U.S. Talent5.CLEAR Moves Payments and Billing to Stripe to Enhance Customer Experience6.How to Move Past Shame When Your Small Business Fails7.Long Beach Launches Visual Improvement Program Grant for Businesses Affected by Vandalism8.Cash App Begins Rollout of Afterpayâs Pay Over Time Services to Millions of Users9.OpenAI Unveils Image Generation Capabilities in GPT-4o10.How Small Businesses Can Manage Projects Intelligently for Sustained Growth
17h
1.Fall of the Canva of Data2.Bad Genes3.Why Flipkart Killed ANS4.$190 Million Mistake5.The Market Wasnât Ready6.Breach in the Business7.The Humane Pin is Dead8.Buyer Too Late?9.Your Bank Fees Won10.When Banks Play Startup11.Shake Your Phone, Earn Bitcoin12.EV Startups Keep Dying13.$500 for One Color?!14.A Pandemic Mirage15.Make Memes, Not Ads16.A Christmas Miracle?17.Friction That Sells18.2024âs Biggest Startup Crashes19.Automated YouTube Marketing20.Coca-Cola Couldnât Save Them
3h
1.Turning $5M Into $100M2.Beautiful vs. Practical Advice3.Pure Independence4.The Quiet Beverage Bet Outpacing AI Hype: How OLIPOPâs Investors Are Winning5.Minimum Levels of Stress6.I Have A Few Questions7.America's Superpower8.A Message From the Past (Thoughts on Nostalgia)9.Do It Your Way10.Take Something Away11.Podcast With Howard Marks12.Cumulative vs. Cyclical Knowledge13.A Number From Today and A Story About Tomorrow
18h
1.Unpopular Opinion: Building MVPs Without Validation Isnât a Mistake - I will not promote2.Has anyone ever "found a co-founder" that ended up having a *successful* startup? (I will not promote)3.Whatâs the most ridiculous thing you did to keep your startup alive? (I will not promote)4.Launched v1.0 After 7 Years. Now Iâm Burnt Out and Considering Selling - I will not promote5.Is it realistic enough to aim for a Pre Seed funding as a first time startup founder? - [I will not promote]6.I feel numb inside, I will not promote.7.Best Startup Companies you thought would NEVER Work - Here's Mine (I will not promote)8.Curious to see what you guys are building! [I will not promote]9.How to solve the cold start / chicken and egg problem - I will not promote10.Bombed accelerator interview :/ - I will not promote11.An investor wires you $1 million and says âgo build a sustainable and profitable company,â whatâs the first thing you spend it on? (I will not promote)12.Need help with cold outreach for my startup to get new inboud leads without dropping the ball (I will not promote)13.How much equity to give a co-founder who joins 1 year in? - I will not promote14.You ever drive yourself nuts treating everything like a startup? (I will not promote)15.When "differentiation" becomes disaster: Passes' catastrophic decision to allow underage creators (another Lucy Guo misfire) - I will not promote16.7 days a week position I will not promote17.Has Anyone *Legitimately* had an idea "Stolen" by an Investor? (I will not promote)18.How to market my startup | I will not promote19.I will not promote20.Cold emailing for early users? Hereâs what I wish I knew first | I will not promote21.Startups that have Bricks and Mortar operations? I will not promote22.Is this enough traction for a seed round? (B2B SaaS) (I will not promote)23.Any folks in SF who has got into accelerator or got rejected, but overall aggressively building, how about just 3 people sign an apartment and work heads down on our dreams and support each other? (âI will not promoteâ)24.Beyond 'Minimal': Debunking Common MVP Misconceptions for Founders I will not promote25.Are we in an "Investor Recession" (and why?) (I will not promote)
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