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1.The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie2.Startup Battlefield winner Salva Health is changing the game in breast cancer detection3.Khosla’s Keith Rabois leads $11.5M Series A for startup Roam, calls it ‘the future of the housing market’4.Actively AI raises $22.5M to offer sales ‘superintelligence,’ says AI SDRs failed5.Parasail says its fleet of on-demand GPUs is larger than Oracle’s entire cloud6.CaaStle board confirms financial distress, furloughing employees7.Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology8.Meet Ponte Labor, a startup matching Hispanic immigrants to jobs using WhatsApp9.Runway releases an impressive new video-generating AI model10.Less than 24 hours to save $300+ on founder and investor passes for TechCrunch All Stage11.Temporal lands $146 million at a flat valuation, eyes agentic AI expansion12.Perplexity CEO denies having financial issues, says no IPO before 202813.Just 2 days to secure your founder or investor pass with $300+ off for TechCrunch All Stage14.Sam Altman firing drama detailed in new book excerpt15.Here are Africa’s biggest startups based on valuation16.Only 3 days left to save $300+ on investor and founder tickets for TechCrunch All Stage17.Javice found guilty of defrauding JPMorgan in $175M startup purchase18.Startups Weekly: Mercury more than doubled its valuation, and other news19.4 days left to lock in $300+ savings for investor and founder tickets for TechCrunch All Stage20.Lucid to ramp customer deliveries for Gravity SUV by end of April
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1.Trendy Wellness Perks Do Not Tackle The Root Cause of Employee Stress — These Steps Will2.Amazon Just Submitted a Bid to Buy TikTok, as AppLovin and Other Tech Companies Make Offers Before the Looming Deadline3.President Donald Trump Announces 'Kind Reciprocal' Tariffs for 'Liberation Day.' Here's What We Know.4.Free Webinar | April 16: How to Cultivate, Grow and Monetize Your Social Audience5.10 Crucial Lessons That Will Elevate Your Business Success in 2025 and Beyond6.Meta Is Reportedly Working on Smart Glasses With a Screen — at a Price Point $1,000 More Than Its Ray-Bans7.I Was Sick for 7 Days and Realized My Business Wasn't as Strong as I Thought — Here's How I'm Fixing It8.Solopreneurship and Freelancing Is Here to Stay — Are You Ready?9.Cheap Trick's Legendary Guitarist Rick Nielsen Invites Fans to Drink — and Invest In — His Award-Winning ROCK'N Vodka10.How to Secure Your Legacy and Preserve Your Wealth for Future Generations11.AI-Driven Finance: Powering Proactive Decisions12.Throw Away Your Job Description — and 3 Other Ways Leaders Can Thrive Today13.U.S. Businesses Added 155,000 New Jobs in March, According to ADP Data: 'A Good One for the Economy'14.'I Love This Sport': Mark Zuckerberg's Meta Enters Into 'Massive Partnership' With UFC15.Most Entrepreneurs Fail Because They Ignore These 3 Business Stages
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1.Design dignity for those with disabilities2.The overall cost of raising a child is now nearly $300,0003.Meta and UFC team up to bring AI and VR to fans4.Musk won’t leave until DOGE mission is complete, White House says5.Andrew Tate is back—and he’s getting a hero’s welcome from right-wing podcasters6.Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could upend global trade7.An AI watchdog accused OpenAI of using copyrighted books without permission8.TSLA roller-coaster ride: Tesla sees largest-ever drop in vehicle deliveries, but report says Musk could leave DOGE9.This Passover staple is now hard to find in Canada, and Trump’s tariffs are to blame10.‘Hands Off!’ protest: April 5 could see massive turnout for rallies against Trump and Musk in all 50 states. Here’s what to know11.CERN scientists release blueprint for the Future Circular Collider12.Trump wants to roll back auto emission standards—but that means you’ll pay more to fill your gas tank13.Chipotle is bringing back your chance to win free burritos for National Burrito Day14.Trump signals TikTok sale will be done by April 5 deadline. Who will buy it?15.Will the 2026 U.S.-Canada-Mexico FIFA World Cup survive Trump’s trade wars? Officials weigh in16.Nearly 400 books at U.S. Naval Academy removed in DEI purge17.‘Titanic 2’? YouTube cracks down on 2 channels that churn out AI-assisted fake movie trailers18.DOGE official now a senior adviser at the DOJ bragged about his hacking past
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1.Leadership Lessons from Cory Booker’s Filibuster: Focus on the Message, Not the Spotlight2.Trump Unveils a 10% Blanket Tariff-and 34% Reciprocal Tariff for China3.Trump Announces Tariffs— Get Ready for a Recession4.SEO is Changing for the Better, Thanks to AI5.Your Google Search Results Are Your CV6.Trump Import Taxes Could Fall Heaviest on the Midwest and Southeast7.Elon Musk May Soon Leave DOGE, Trump Hints8.The Tesla Takedown Puts a Big Dent in Tesla’s Sales 9.Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff Details May Not End Companies’ Wait-and-See Spending Strategy10.Cory Booker and the Art of Authentic Communication11.Amazon Bids to Buy TikTok as Deadline Looms, ‘The New York Times’ Reports12.Brooklinen Just Proved It’s Never Too Late to Make Changes Based on Customer Feedback13.‘Revenge Quitting’ Is a Rising Threat to Employers Despite Tightening Job Market14.AI’s Impact on Manufacturing Suggests We All May Need to Invent a New Way of Working15.Anthropic’s New Claude AI for Universities Touts ‘Responsible AI Adoption’16.Nintendo Offers New Switch 2 Details Ahead of June 5 Launch17.How Well-Meaning Systems Stifle Business Growth18.Tesla’s First-Quarter Deliveries Slump on Musk Backlash, Weak Demand19.5 Tips for Motivating Employees When Times Are Tough20.Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Is Here. It Could Unlock the Stock Market21.How to Create Peak Experiences for Leaders and Teams22.How to Master the Art of Doing Cool Stuff and Take Bold Action23.Can I Poach an Employee From a Professional Contact?24.5 Reasons Why Writing Well Is a Superpower in Today’s Economy25.Tariff Chaos Is Causing Companies—and Consumers—to Hit the Bottle 26.Psychology Discovered the Secret to Being More Likable Is Liking Yourself 27.After 19 Years, Facebook Just Rolled Out a Nostalgic Feature That People Will Love (but It’s Probably Too Late)28.How Innovations in Helicopter Technology Could Save Lives29.Neuroscience Says Doing 1 Hard Thing Can Make You Smarter, More Insightful, and Even Increase the Size of Your Brain30.Triggered? Why Workplace Conflicts Can Feel Personal31.This Futuristic Solar-Powered EV Just Took a Road Trip Across the American West32.Billionaires, MrBeast, and Mr. Wonderful. Here’s Who Might Own TikTok Within a Week33.VC Math Is Still Broken And It’s Going to Stymie Innovation34.CaaStle Co-Founder Christine Hunsicker Is Accused of Financial Misconduct35.Could the World Cup Become a World Snub of the U.S. Over Tariffs?
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1.How I Spent 17,784 Hours in 5 Years as a Startup Founder2.The Pivot to Product-Market Fit: How Plaid, Clay, Lattice & Other Startups Broke Out3.0-$5M: When, Who, and How to Make Your First Sales Hire4.Lessons in Product Scaling and Storytelling from Figma’s CPO5.The Rotation Program That Keeps This Startup’s Engineers Learning — and Not Leaving6.0-$5M: How to Nail Founder-Led Sales7.EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M — Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business8.This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineering Leaders Back into Frontline Developers9.The GTM Inflection Points That Powered Clay to a $1B+ Valuation10.How to Make Your Product Idea Go Viral Inside Your Company: Lessons from Figma Slides11.The 30 Best Pieces of Company Building Advice We Heard in 202412.Everything in Business is About Fighting Entropy — Here’s How Rippling Does It13.25 Hard Questions Every Founder Should Ask Themselves14.The Uncomfortable Truth: A 3X Founder's Guide to Intellectual Honesty15.How to Build a Billion-Dollar Marketplace — Do’s and Don’ts from the Growth Expert Behind Grubhub, Pinterest, and More
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1.Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline2.Tell HN: Announcing tomhow as a public moderator3.TV Garden4.An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server5.Pico.sh – SSH powered services for developers6.Minimal CSS-only blurry image placeholders7.Animals Made from 13 Circles (2016)8.The Reality of Working in Tech: We're Not Hired to Write Code9.Multi-Token Attention10.MIT 6.5950 Secure Hardware Design – An open-source course on hardware attacks11.Apple's Cubify Anything: Scaling Indoor 3D Object Detection12.Ploopy Classic 2 open source trackball13.Restructuring Announcement14.Matrix.org Will Migrate to MAS15.Digital Archivists: Protecting Public Data from Erasure16.UpCodes (YC S17) Is Hiring SWEs and CSMs to make construction more productive17.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2025)18.When Jorge Luis Borges met one of the founders of AI19.Chronic ethanol produces sex-dependent impairments in striatum computations20.How Google built its Gemini robotics models21.The Carbon Bankroll 2.0 [pdf] (2024)22.Are people bad at their jobs or are the jobs just bad?23.Search-R1: Training LLMs to Reason and Leverage Search Engines with RL24.Tech companies are telling immigrant employees on visas not to leave the U.S.25.Hacking the call records of millions of Americans26.Show HN: OpenTariffs – Tariff Percentages by Country27.Show HN: Mermaid Chart VS Code Plugin: Mermaid.js Diagrams in Visual Studio Code28.Dipping my toes in OpenBSD, in Amsterdam29.Mozilla launching “Thundermail” email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 36530.Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
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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.HTC’s Viverse Creator Program opens globally for 3D artists2.Beyond generic benchmarks: How Yourbench lets enterprises evaluate AI models against actual data3.The tool integration problem that’s holding back enterprise AI (and how CoTools solves it)4.What you need to know about Amazon Nova Act: the new AI agent SDK challenging OpenAI, Microsoft, Salesforce5.How Amex uses AI to increase efficiency: 40% fewer IT escalations, 85% travel assistance boost6.Nintendo offers Switch 2 editions of Zelda, Mario Party and more7.Anthropic flips the script on AI in education: Claude’s Learning Mode makes students do the thinking8.Uplimit raises stakes in corporate learning with suite of AI agents that can train thousands of employees simultaneously9.Drag X Drive uses Nintendo Switch 2’s new mouse features10.Donkey Kong: Bananza is a new platformer featuring Nintendo’s OG11.Direct-to-consumer is redefining mobile game monetization12.Nintendo shows off From Software’s The Duskbloods for Switch 213.Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment launches on Switch 2 in winter14.Nintendo will add GameCube library of classic games to Switch 215.Nintendo details the redesigned hardware behind the Switch 216.Nintendo Switch 2 launches on June 517.Nintendo’s mysterious ‘C’ button is for online game chat — with a camera too18.Nintendo reveals Mario Kart World, a launch title for the Switch 219.Zencoder’s ‘Coffee Mode’ is the future of coding: Hit a button and let AI write your unit tests20.Immutable RavenQuest becomes most-streamed Web3 game with 1M-plus streams21.Augment Code debuts AI agent with 70% win rate over GitHub Copilot and record-breaking SWE-bench score22.Gamescom strikes deal to remain in Cologne, Germany23.Gladia launches Solaria as AI-based multi-lingual speech recognition model for speech-to-text transcription24.ZeniMax workers vote to strike over Microsoft negotiations25.Discord says 1st year of Quests generated 70 campaigns and millions of gamer rewards26.Roblox launches Rewarded Video Ads, expands ad partnership with Google27.I asked an AI swarm to fill out a March Madness bracket — here’s what happened
1.5 Interesting Learnings from Freshworks at $800,000,000 in ARR2.Dear SaaStr: How Long Should You Give a New Sales Rep?3.Thoma Bravo: Software Spend Will Grow 19% a Year Through 2028. AI is The Accelerant.4.Sam Blond + Jason Lemkin “GTM in 2025: How It’s Changed, How It’s Changing, and What Hasn’t Changed (Yet)”5.The Top 5 Mistakes Founders Make With Their VC Investors6.The First Wave of AI and GTM Speakers is Here for 2025 SaaStr Annual, May 13-15 in SF Bay!7.The #1 Thing That Makes Enterprise Customers See Value: A Great Dashboard8.Dear SaaStr: How Long Should a Sales Funnel Take from Start to Close?9.HubSpot’s Journey to The First $2 Billion in ARR: How Co-Founders Dharmesh Shah and Brian Halligan Scaled an SMB SaaS Giant10.Top SaaStr Posts and Pods of the Week: Wiz’s CRO; Procore’s CRO on AI in Vertical SaaS; and Selling Your Start-Up With Founder Collective
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1.Founders, Here’s How Not To Be Thrown Overboard After A Big Fundraise2.As US Defense Tech Surges, Europe Lags3.Global Venture Funding In Q1 2025 Indicate Strongest Quarter For Investment Since Q2 2022 4.Stealing Ghibli: How AI Has Crossed The Line Into Creative Theft5.SoftBank And OpenAI Make History With Largest Startup Financing Ever6.Private Equity In Flux: How Tariffs, AI And Infrastructure Define A New Investment Era7.The 10 Biggest Rounds Of March: Anthropic’s Massive $3.5B Round Leads8.Alphabet-Backed Isomorphic Labs Raises $600M For AI Drug Development9.How Do You Value Pre-Revenue Startups?10.Deal Momentum Cautiously Builds At The Nexus Of AI And Real Estate
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1.What Really Is Vibe Coding2.The Digital Trap: How Technology is Stealing Our Time and Focus3.The Toothbrush That Cured My Bad Breath — And Made Me Believe in Branding Again4.YouTube Completely Changed Its Approach to AI-Content. Here’s Why Creators Should Care5.Want to Leave the U.S. as a Digital Nomad But Can’t Find Work? Become a Webcam Model6.What Everyone Gets Wrong About Growing Their Paid Newsletter7.I Tested 25+ AI Logo Generators — Here’s the Best One for Professional Logos8.It Takes an ADHD to Push for [Rapid-Fire] Progress at Work. Now, I Truly Understand.9.5 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Creating My First Digital Product10.The One Jeff Bezos Rule that Blew me Away
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1.The overall cost of raising a child is now nearly $300,0002.How to identify and eliminate the 3 biggest time sucks in your day3.Help! None of my coworkers have kids and don’t understand what it’s like4.Why DEI principles matter to both employers and employees5.How to unlock more time in your day6.How ‘everyday discrimination’ increases mental health risks7.How the DEI backlash could threaten pay equity progress8.Why constant interruptions are killing your strategic thinking9.5 ways to embed active optimism into your work life10.How Gen Z is shaping what meaningful work looks like for all workers11.How to stay optimistic but avoid toxic positivity12.Leaders, stop talking so much. Here’s why it’s hurting your team13.Report: Blue-collar workers feel less satisfied and less respected in their jobs14.Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering15.5 ways to get what you need at work without a title change16.14 CEOs give their best advice for leading in times of great uncertainty17.5 free apps for losing that winter weight18.Recruiters who hire celebrity assistants explain how they pick engaged employees19.Afraid of AI taking your job? Make this mental change20.How you might be sabotaging yourself when you negotiate
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1.Chinese tech giants bought $16b in Nvidia H20 chips in Q1 20252.Trump-linked Truth Social operator plans $2.3b stock sale3.WordPress.com owner Automattic lays of 280 over legal challenges4.SG now has 49 billionaires, up from 39 in 2024: Forbes5.Tech stocks drop after Trump’s new tariffs announcement6.Google’s Gemini AI leader Sissie Hsiao steps down7.AI insurance platform FurtherAI bags $5m seed funding8.Asia layoff tracker: AI shift triggers layoffs at Zomato9.Amazon reportedly makes last-minute bid to acquire TikTok10.Tesla Q1 deliveries fall 13%, miss investor estimates11.Southeast Asia tech ecosystem report12.Meta under US Senate review for alleged China market efforts13.TikTok to shut down its photo-sharing app in May 202514.A16z said to consider TikTok investment as part of Oracle-led bid15.The 3-minute shows making billions16.Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in Singapore17.AC Ventures sells 6.5% of GCash to Mitsubishi for $321.5m18.China launches plan to boost financial services for tech firms19.UK authors push for action against Meta over AI copyright use20.OpenAI faces $10b funding cut unless it goes for-profit21.Tesla’s stock falls 36% as Musk’s political role affects sales22.Amazon resumes Prime Air drone deliveries after 2-month pause23.US court allows most of New York Times’ AI lawsuit to proceed24.50 rising startups in Singapore25.US clothing startup CaaStle faces collapse after fraud allegations26.Australian retail tech startup Flagship nets $3.75m seed funding27.ByteDance founder denies acquiring Singapore citizenship28.Asia prepares for Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs29.Japan’s Metaplanet buys 160 BTC, now holds 4,206 BTC30.US video game retailer GameStop raises $1.5b to buy BTC31.Circle paid $210m to acquire Coinbase’s stake, IPO filing reveals32.Indian startup funding up 41% to $3.1b in Q1 202533.Coinbase shares drop 30% due to US economic concerns34.Tether acquires 8,888 bitcoins, raising holdings to $7.8b35.China’s Guangdong province launches AI, robotics hub36.9gag co-founder leads Asia’s first public virtual asset hub
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1.“Changes nothing”: Canadian tech still in limbo as country escapes worst of US tariff wave2.Former Blue Origin CEO to advise General Fusion on energy strategy3.Canadian founders face rising costs, wasted time ahead of trade war escalation4.Crypto exchange Kraken gains restricted dealer licence and new leader of Canadian operations5.Kensington acquires One9 to establish a defence tech VC platform6.Raven Capital cultivates Indigenous-led biotech company AdvancedAg with $2-million seed investment7.Canadian holding company Tiny buys controlling stake in DJ software company Serato for $94.5 million8.Ontario subsidizes Siemens’ new R&D facility after CEOs plead province to prioritize homegrown production9.How to land a tech job without the hassle10.Well Health to exercise call options that give majority controlling interest in strategic partner Healwell AI11.Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises to defer capital gains taxes if proceeds reinvested in Canada12.Optimism continues in Canadian decentralized finance as DeFi and WonderFi report major gains year-over-year13.Inside the push to get Ontario’s mobility startups moving14.Are you going to Web Summit Vancouver?15.Canadian foodtech has a scale-up problem16.Fractional real estate investment platform Addy becomes exempt market dealer after BCSC fine17.BioAlert secures $2.5 million to help companies detect and manage harmful pathogens in water18.Trump’s group chat, Knix makes a splash, Lightspeed slows its roll19.The first medical X-ray to go to space will use Canadian imaging tech20.Movement51 appoints former DMZ leader Emily Smiley as executive director21.Nanoprecise closes Series C to predict industrial equipment failures with AI22.Consensus 2025 to spotlight builders with PitchFest and three-day blockchain hackathon23.Basetwo emerges from CIX Summit 2025 as Canada’s representative for the Startup World Cup24.Québec budget overhauls innovation tax credits, earmarks millions for tariff impacts25.SRTX founder and CEO Katherine Homuth to step down amid fundraising push and tariff threat26.Lightspeed to expand and revamp sales team as part of revised go-to-market effort27.FreshBooks’ data shows many small businesses treat taxes as an afterthought, and it’s costing them28.Descartes nabs another American company with $164.4-million acquisition of 3Gtms29.Vooban hiring up to 25 AI roles in Ontario as it welcomes surge in enterprise AI adoption30.Xanadu teams up with glass giant Corning to network quantum computing chips31.ExxonMobil takes CoLab Software’s AI tool out to sea with $5.6-million oil rig partnership32.US deep tech VC Celesta Capital adds BDC alum Charles Lespérance as Canadian partner33.Seventy-five Ontario CEOs sign open letter calling on Premier Doug Ford to prioritize homegrown innovation34.As online threats get worse, Styx raises $2.7 million for digital risk protection platform35.Nokia, Honeywell partner with Québec’s Numana to develop quantum-safe communication networks36.Lightspeed scales back fiscal 2025 revenue outlook as “several macroeconomic conditions have deteriorated”37.Atomic discovery made at University of Ottawa could one day advance quantum computing, medical imaging 38.The future of Canadian tech runs through Waterloo39.AI roundup: Cohere commands attention, Apple Intelligence delays, a vibe coding PSA40.FreshBooks reveals new CEO Shaheen Javadizadeh after securing $179 million in debt from Morgan Stanley41.Google eyes AdHawk, Nvidia’s Canadian partner, and a red light for Tesla42.Liberals’ capital gains tax hike is dead, lifetime exemption limit increase to stay43.Paging Dr. Cube: UniDoc to buy software from AMD Telemedicine to improve remote healthcare offering44.Sprout Family raises $1.7 million pre-seed round to make fertility benefits more accessible in Canada45.It started as a testbed. Now it’s changing how BC tech grows46.As trade war rages, Page raises $4.1 million to help organizations track government changes with AI47.CEOs of Clio and StackAdapt, VC leaders from OMERS and Panache among headliners at CIX Summit 2025 48.Summit Nanotech closes $36.5-million funding round to commercialize lithium extraction tech49.How meaningful is D-Wave’s claim to quantum supremacy?50.Shopify to transfer US stock listing to Nasdaq, remain on TSX51.A tech founder’s love letter to Markham52.Doormat becomes Ownright, closes $4.5 million to help more Ontarians seal real estate deals53.Telus partners with Nvidia to transform its data centre into a Canadian “Sovereign AI Factory”54.Canada invests $36.6 million in Strategic Innovation Fund technology networks55.Why a Canadian bank launched an e-commerce platform 56.Taiv acquihires fellow Canadian adtech startup Local Reach to aid expansion plans57.Former Klue sales reps secure $500,000 to make cold calling easier with Quack58.Google reportedly close to buying Canada’s AdHawk for its eye-tracking smart glasses tech59.Mining magnate Pierre Lassonde donates $50 million to establish deep tech institute at Polytechnique Montréal60.Consensus 2025 crypto conference will feature WonderFi’s Dean Skurka and Coinbase Canada’s CEO61.Shopify acquires search startup Vantage Discovery for undisclosed amount62.Did Cohere give Canada its DeepSeek moment?63.An election primer on what Canadian innovators need64.Softchoice taken private, moved stateside by WWT after $1.48-billion acquisition closes65.Carney’s first cut, Cohere finds speed, and Severance’s real HQ66.Anita Anand named innovation minister, Champagne moved to finance in new Carney cabinet67.General Fusion takes major step in quest for Canadian fusion reactors68.Web Summit Vancouver 2025 speaker lineup includes CEOs of Bluesky and Clio69.Vertu Capital promotes principal and “employee number two” Eric Kafka to partner70.Kraken Robotics looks to peer further under the sea with $24.5-million acquisition of 3D at Depth71.Cohere says Command A model edges out LLM competition in speed and energy efficiency72.Clio acquires UK-based ShareDo to move into serving large law firms, fuel global expansion73.Two new AI tools to help you land a job74.Phoenix secures equity funding from Valspring, venture debt from CIBC for prescription drug service geared to men75.Novarc Technologies raises Series B round led by Export Development Canada76.US-based neobank Zolve to bring newcomer-targeted services to Canada this summer77.Waabi develops realism metric to gauge reliability of autonomous vehicle simulators78.Québec’s dismal seed-stage performance could spell trouble for province’s startup pipeline79.Augmenta closes $14.4 million CAD to advance quest towards AI-driven building design80.Redbrick acquires New York-based newsletter advertising platform Paved81.Xatoms and Knead take home top prizes amid strong Canadian showing at SXSW pitch competition82.Federal government revs up funding for EV charging83.Deloitte Canada acquires grant matchmaker Pocketed for undisclosed amount84.TBDC pitches a new narrative for Canadian startups85.Canadian government opens $300-million AI Compute Access Fund in latest AI commitment86.Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney says Liberals will kill their own capital gains tax changes87.Federal investment to help Telesat take on Starlink with new Québec campus 88.Why Simon De Baene keeps killing his own products89.Y Combinator is stealing Canadian startups90.What is Build Canada trying to construct?91.An incomplete list of Canadian tech programs and organizations supporting women’s initiatives92.Ten things worth reading on International Women’s Day93.Government of Canada commits over $6 billion to help businesses weather trade war94.DMZ Women Innovation Summit boosts women-led AI, farming, and health startups with $535,000 investment95.Richard Sutton passes Turing test, Doug Ford is done with Starlink, and #CDNtech on the moon96.Leaders discuss the right speed for innovation and regulation at Remarkable AI conference97.Three things Canadian small businesses can do instead of spiralling98.WonderFi plots expansion beyond crypto into multi-asset trading with Eightcap99.Toast wants women to take a radical step this International Women’s Day: rest100.“My god, this is exhausting”: US delays some tariffs against Canada until April101.Thinkific created positive cash flow in 2024, but found GMV “headwinds”102.Facit and OBIO reveal first cohort of women founders working on health and cancer innovation with WeSEED103.Healthtech Connex snags $3.7 million from PacifiCan to help measure brain health 104.Ireland is where Canadian tech lands in Europe105.British neobank Revolut reportedly recruiting talent for a return to Canada106.The ‘buy Canadian’ movement is fuelling growth for TruLOCAL’s food subscription107.Toronto and Ottawa area companies receive $32 million in AI-focused FedDev funding108.Winnipeg tech hubs merge to revitalize Manitoba’s startup ecosystem109.Shopify merchants can now prompt AI to design a store theme110.New Turing Award winner Richard Sutton calls doomers “out of line,” talks path to human-like AI111.The51 appoints Highline Beta founder Lauren Robinson as managing partner112.The trade war has begun. Here’s what Canadian tech is saying113.“It’s done, it’s gone”: Ontario Premier Doug Ford cancels $100-million Starlink contract in tariff response114.The in-demand job that blends AI, engineering, and design115.BDC Capital taps Jason Baibokas to lead $100-million Black Entrepreneurs Fund116.SDTC funding flowing again with applications for projects under NRC IRAP to open “early” fiscal 2025–2026117.Canada wants a whole-of-society approach to cybersecurity118.Rejecting the rejection of DEIA with AccessNow’s Maayan Ziv119.Temu and the Oscars buy Canadian, Sam Bankman-Fried weighs in on DOGE120.Startupfest doubles down on diversity commitment, announces return of HardtechFest and OceanFest121.FinTech VC Holt Xchange turns to FrontFundr’s equity crowdfunding platform to raise capital122.Shopify’s latest SEC filings show potential to become US-domiciled, TD analyst warns123.Sanctuary AI, Nexera, and Novarc make deals and developments in busy week for Vancouver robotics companies124.TandemLaunch closes $37-million Fund IV to create and back deep tech startups125.Rewind inks data protection partnership with workflow software giant Monday.com126.Former EventMobi, Voiceflow leaders secure $2 million CAD to tackle retail merchandising with Merchkit127.Avitia launches AI-powered cancer diagnostics platform with assets from defunct Imagia Canexia128.Paperplane Therapeutics raises $1.5 million to ease anxious patients with VR gaming129.Promise Robotics opens second factory to help increase Canadian housing supply130.Vault rebrands to Venn following $21.5-million Series A round131.Opal announces $1.5 million USD to build “the operating system for ad agencies”132.Prosus to acquire SkipTheDishes parent company JustEat Takeaway in $6.2-billion deal133.Non-profit organizations receive nearly $40 million as part of latest AI-focused CanCode program134.Temu opens marketplace to Canadian vendors as ‘buy Canadian’ push picks up135.Using AI, University of Toronto team claims development of strongest nanomaterial yet136.Dispersa closes $5.8 million to turn food waste into chemicals for everyday products137.DEI rollback is the “wrong direction for Canada,” open letter says138.CMD Capital halts fundraising amid “tough” VC market139.Who are Canadian tech’s most ambitious?140.How is Canadian tech responding to the trade war?141.Black merchants disheartened after Shopify guts another Equitable Commerce program142.Hyperlume raises $17.8-million seed round to commercialize its AI data centre tech143.Tribe Network among second round of federal 2SLGBTQI+ Ecosystem Fund recipients144.GameStop shorts Canada, Microsoft’s eureka moment, a Raptor returns to Toronto145.Koru helps unlock innovation in the classroom146.Sherbrooke’s quantum sector gets $8.1-million boost from federal government147.New government-backed tech hub The Foundry launches in PEI148.Shopify expands Affirm partnership to bring BNPL offering to Canadian merchants149.Former Toronto Raptor Pascal Siakam teams up with DMZ to launch EdTech accelerator150.FinTech startup Reach sells majority stake to US-based Primus Capital
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1.Two Irish start-ups win big at global medtech challenge2.Drone delivery firm Manna set for flying start in Cork3.Irish data company CitySwift announces APAC expansion4.Indi: A travel-tech platform connecting travellers with locals5.Manna flies high with $30m in fresh funding6.InterTradeIreland’s start-up contest gets €500,000 prize boost7.Bolt makes first acquisition with Denmark’s Viggo8.Squid Loyalty raises €1.7m in crowdfunding round9.Cyber Cert Labs: AI-driven software for supply chain security10.Cork’s Lia Eyecare reaches global medtech challenge final11.Data centre firm Evroc raises €50m to fund European tech independence12.Dublin’s Aerlytix gets €455,000 to R&D aviation fleet optimisation13.10 cybersecurity start-ups strengthening our digital defences14.Microsoft and Swiss start-up to commercialise AI digital brain tech15.AgriFood Connect: A date with an agritech innovator16.Irish fintech Alt21 lands $12.5m for global expansion17.ZeroNorth: Taking the helm on reducing shipping emissions18.Cyber Innovate seeks applicants for start-up scholarship19.Galway’s Perfuze raises €22m, gets FDA clearance for catheter20.7 Irish start-ups that are thriving in the US
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1.Lumai secures more than €9.2 million to slash AI processing costs and boost performance2.FinTech startup Wealthyhood lands €3.6 million investment to expand to Greece3.Kos Stiskin, Co-founder of FINOM, will join us as a keynote speaker at the EU-Startups Summit 2025!4.“More than just a robot”: Surgical robotics company CMR Surgical secures over €185 million5.Growth investor Revaia closes ‘Revaia Growth II’ fund at €250 million6.Tripadvisor who? Maps Untold bags €350k to personalise your next adventure7.InnoEX and Electronics fair: A global platform for innovation & technology returns to Hong Kong by mid-April (Sponsored)8.Fiberdom secures €3.5 million to drive plastic-free, circular material innovations9.Zepz secures €152 million financing to enhance global remittances across WorldRemit and Sendwave10.The EIT Digital Champions arise once more
10h
1.Juan José Behrend: De liderar equipos en Pedidos Ya, Dlocal y Pomelo a emprender en una fintech2.Sales Pro to Fintech Founder: Fireside Chat with Alfred Milan3.Open Pitch Session – Powered by OVHcloud | Watch Startups Pitch & Get Expert Insights!4.Startup Grind Manzini Chapter, Sakhile Nkambule Fireside Chat EP75.IWD Special: Personal Branding for Startup Success6.Marketing in an Era of Service-as-a-Software w/ Emil Jerndal COO Effektify7.SG Kabarak Pitch Battle 20258.RHEA SINGHLA (Futurize) - Empowering Female Entrepreneurs in Africa9.We are hosting Joubin BASHIRI (Tenzing Partners): Navigating Market Evolution10.Cracking the Analyst Relations Code: How Startups Can Win with Industry Analysts11.Startup Mania Selection Show 🎉12.Investor Insights with Ascension VC: Top Tips to Close Your Next Funding Round13.Startup Grind Tel Aviv Feb 2025 Highlights14.Startup Grind Tel Aviv hosts Raanan Cohen15.Reinvent Yourself in the AI Era - with Paul Muller
3h
1.Fiverr Launches Freelancer Equity Program for Top U.S. Talent2.CLEAR Moves Payments and Billing to Stripe to Enhance Customer Experience3.How to Move Past Shame When Your Small Business Fails4.Long Beach Launches Visual Improvement Program Grant for Businesses Affected by Vandalism5.Cash App Begins Rollout of Afterpay’s Pay Over Time Services to Millions of Users6.OpenAI Unveils Image Generation Capabilities in GPT-4o7.How Small Businesses Can Manage Projects Intelligently for Sustained Growth8.Meta Rolls Out New Threads Features for Personalized User Experience9.Small Biz Breakdown: Are Small Businesses Suffering from AI Burnout?10.Gas Prices Rise as Spring Travel Begins
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1.Bad Genes2.Why Flipkart Killed ANS3.$190 Million Mistake4.The Market Wasn’t Ready5.Breach in the Business6.The Humane Pin is Dead7.Buyer Too Late?8.Your Bank Fees Won9.When Banks Play Startup10.Shake Your Phone, Earn Bitcoin11.EV Startups Keep Dying12.$500 for One Color?!13.A Pandemic Mirage14.Make Memes, Not Ads15.A Christmas Miracle?16.Friction That Sells17.2024’s Biggest Startup Crashes18.Automated YouTube Marketing19.Coca-Cola Couldn’t Save Them20.The Rise of Mini Tools
5h
1.Turning $5M Into $100M2.Beautiful vs. Practical Advice3.Pure Independence4.The Quiet Beverage Bet Outpacing AI Hype: How OLIPOP’s 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
4h
1.Unpopular Opinion: Building MVPs Without Validation Isn’t 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.What’s the most ridiculous thing you did to keep your startup alive? (I will not promote)4.Launched v1.0 After 7 Years. Now I’m 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.Best Startup Companies you thought would NEVER Work - Here's Mine (I will not promote)7.I feel numb inside, 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.Closing Down Successful Business Due To No Longer Wishing To Be A Manager / Employer. (I will not promote)11.The golden handcuffs are so real! I will not promote12.An investor wires you $1 million and says “go build a sustainable and profitable company,” what’s the first thing you spend it on? (I will not promote)13.Need help with cold outreach for my startup to get new inboud leads without dropping the ball (I will not promote)14.7 days a week position I will not promote15.Bombed accelerator interview :/ - I will not promote16.You ever drive yourself nuts treating everything like a startup? (I will not promote)17.How to market my startup | I will not promote18.How much equity to give a co-founder who joins 1 year in? - I will not promote19.Non Technicals - let’s grieve I will not promote20.I will not promote21.Cold emailing for early users? Here’s what I wish I knew first | I will not promote22.Startups that have Bricks and Mortar operations? I will not promote23.Is this enough traction for a seed round? (B2B SaaS) (I will not promote)24.Beyond 'Minimal': Debunking Common MVP Misconceptions for Founders I will not promote25.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? (“I will not promote”)
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