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1.Fintech founder Charlie Javiceâs criminal trial has begun2.Augury and Hightouch are in the unicorn club3.How automotive exec Crystal Brown founded CircNova, an AI drug discovery biotech4.AI wearables 1.0: Was Humaneâs Ai Pin too ambitious?5.Apply to Speak at TechCrunch Sessions: AI before the deadline6.TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Lowest prices of the year end in 7 days7.Three reasons every founder and VC should be at TechCrunch All Stage 20258.6 new tech unicorns were minted in January 20259.CEO of Clearview AI, a controversial facial recognition startup, has resigned10.Arize AI hopes it has first-mover advantage in AI observability11.AI-coding startup Codeium in talks to raise at an almost $3B valuation, sources say12.Saronic raises $600M to mass-produce autonomous warships13.IVF insurance startup Future Family promises a baby or your money back14.Sanas taps AI to change call center workersâ accents in real time15.Mistralâs Le Chat tops 1M downloads in just 14 days16.How Slow Ventures is giving the creator economy a rebrand17.Guidde taps AI to help create software training videos18.Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskeverâs AI startup, is reportedly close to raising roughly $1B19.Thinking Machines Lab is ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Muratiâs new startup20.Fetiiâs group rideshare app for young people attracts funding from Mark Cuban, YC
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1.Are You Investing Like a Gambler?2.Cut Software Costs Without Losing Essential Tools: MS Office Is on Sale for Life3.Don't Let These 8 Common Expenses Stunt Your Growth and Drain Your Profits4.What Is 'AI Tasking'? Entrepreneurs Are Using This Viral Strategy to Save 3 Days a Week5.'Affluent People Love a Deal': These Luxury Items Are Flying Off the Shelves at Costco, According to the Company's Longtime Chairman6.'The Most Important Traits Are Confidence and Humility': Leadership Lessons From an Army Ranger Turned CEO7.Two Knicks and a Businessman Walk Into a Studio â And Turn Their Side Hustle Into a Booming Business. Here's How They Did It8.Founders Experience Time Differently Than Everyone Else. Here's Why â and How They Can Manage It Successfully.9.Why Startups Need Public Relations to Spark Growth and Credibility10.Building a High-Impact Boardroom Leadership Team Is the Key to Corporate Success â Here's How to Do It11.If You Run From AI, It Will Find You â Here's Why Traditional Reputation Strategies No Longer Work12.Meta Confirms It Is Doubling Executives Bonuses to 'Motivate' and 'Reward Them' a Week After Layoffs13.5 Essential Takeaways From the 2025 International Franchise Association Convention14.This is the Mindset Shift That Separates Winners from Everyone Else15.Dog-Lovers' Side Hustle 'Took Off Right Away' and Made More Than $30,000 a Month â Now It's About to Hit $2.3 Million
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1.SAG Awards 2025: How and when to watch Hollywoodâs most heartfelt tribute to actors2.Hereâs how to figure out how much insurance you need3.Housing market outlook: What forecasters see mortgage rates doing through 20264.Munich police investigate 1,000 mysterious stickers with QR codes on gravestones5.Trustworthy leaders drive organizational success in the face of rapid change6.5 tips for mastering virtual communication7.PokĂ©mon cards spiked 20% in value over the past few months. Hereâs why8.Housing market map: Zillow just revised its 2025 home price forecast9.Did you get a 1099-K? New IRS rules will impact millions of gig workers and freelancers10.National Margarita Day 2025: Shake up your happy hour with these drink deals and a little bit of cocktail history11.âIâm a big believer in reading a roomâ: Kate Aronowitz of Google Ventures on balancing business and creativity12.This slick new service puts ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Wikipedia on the map13.The next wave of AI is here: Autonomous AI agents are amazingâand scary14.Appleâs hidden white noise feature may be just the productivity boost you need15.How presidential libraries mirror the legacy-building of emperors16.Is free will freeing? Hereâs why the freedom of choice is a trap in the modern era17.How to motivate staff when automating your business18.The invisible future of healthcare19.How âTrump Take Eggâ captured the mood of an inflation-weary nation20.How to make work fair with practical and data-driven strategies
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1.Emotionally Intelligent People Use a Brilliant 5-Word Question to Think Clearly and Make Better Decisions2.JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimonâs Diatribe About Working From Home Is the Dumbest Thing Iâve Heard All Week3.After 53 Years, Southwest Airlines Just Made a Heartbreaking Announcement. Itâs the Start of the End of an Era4.The Postal Serviceâs History Amid Trumpâs Threats to Change It5.Diversity Program Differences Pop Up Between PepsiCo and Coca-Cola6.Muskâs Team to Lay off Auto Safety Agency Workers Overseeing His Car Company7.Judge Blocks Trump Bid to Ban DEI8.Novoâs Weight Loss Drugs Removed from FDA Shortage List9.Warren Buffett Used the Same Word 13 Times in His Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Letter, and the Reason Is Inspiring10.Evolve or Die: The Future of DEI Entrepreneurship in the Trump Era11.How Expert Advisors Can Drive Innovation and Trust12.Vita Coco Claps Back at Poppiâs Super Bowl Vending Machine Stunt With a Low-Rent Pop-Up Event13.Trumpâs Tariffs Are Causing Some Startups to Scrap Their IPOs14.Why More People Are Embracing the Alcohol-Free Drinking Boom15.I Used to Work at the IRS. Hereâs How the Massive Job Cuts This Week Will Affect You16.A Colleague Just Spit Out a âDumbâ Idea. Hereâs Exactly What You Should Say Next17.Will Starbucksâs Turnaround Be Successful? It All Comes Down to 1 Sentence  18.Judge Extends Block to Huge Cuts in National Institutes of Health Research Funding19.Experts Call Foul on FAA Firings Following Aviation Accidents20.What Would Trump Taking Control of the USPS Mean for You?21.Trumpâs Crypto Love Affair Is Blossoming as Muskâs DOGE Reins In Regulators22.Is the Future of the Creator Economy Direct-to-Consumer?23.U.S. Consumers Are Increasingly Worried About Trumpâs Tariff Plans24.How Googleâs New AI Co-Scientist Tool Gives Us a Taste of Tomorrowâs Workplace25.DOGE Cuts Hit Federal Workers Who Arenât Funded by Taxpayers26.Even âReal Housewivesâ Star Erin Lichy Is Preparing for Trumpâs Tariffs27.Trump Administration Takes Aim at $4B in Funding for California High-Speed Rail28.Looted Leather and WWII Tires: How Doc Martens Came to Be29.Citibank Joins Private Sector Retreat From Diversity Initiatives30.The Ozempic Shortage Is Overâfor Now31.Lab-Grown Meat Gains Support in Nebraska32.With Just 3 Words, Delta Air Lines Taught a Powerful Lesson in Handling a Crisis33.This Chinese AI Bet Has Outperformed Magnificent Seven Names Like Meta and Google This Year34.Walmartâs Latest Employee Video Looked Familiar. So I Went Back to the Archives35.5 Key Ways Bad Leaders Expose Themselves When Under Pressure36.A Psychologist Explains How to Shut Your Brain Up So You Can Finally Get to Sleep
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1.The Rotation Program That Keeps This Startupâs Engineers Learning â and Not Leaving2.0-$5M: How to Nail Founder-Led Sales3.EvolutionIQ Just Got Acquired for $730M â Here's Their Playbook For Building an Enduring AI Business4.This 90-Day Plan Turns Engineering Leaders Back into Frontline Developers5.The GTM Inflection Points That Powered Clay to a $1B+ Valuation6.How to Make Your Product Idea Go Viral Inside Your Company: Lessons from Figma Slides7.The 30 Best Pieces of Company Building Advice We Heard in 20248.Everything in Business is About Fighting Entropy â Hereâs How Rippling Does It9.25 Hard Questions Every Founder Should Ask Themselves10.The Uncomfortable Truth: A 3X Founder's Guide to Intellectual Honesty11.How to Build a Billion-Dollar Marketplace â Doâs and Donâts from the Growth Expert Behind Grubhub, Pinterest, and More12.Annual Planning Sucks â A CPO, CRO, CFO, and COO Share Advice on How to Make it Better13.Replitâs Path to Product-Market Fit â The $1 Billion Side Project14.The Saboteurs That Threaten Innovation â And How to Handle Them15.Passing the Button-Clicker Test, and Other 0 to 1 Lessons from Latticeâs First Marketing Hire
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1.Half-Life2.OpenBSD Innovations3.FFmpeg School of Assembly Language4.Ask for no, don't ask for yes (2022)5.Stargate Project II? Declassified US Government Research in RV and Psi [pdf]6.CEO Simulator: Startup Edition7.In Defense of Text Labels8.Brazilian ship sunk by WWII U-Boat located9.Electronics Teardown: Stelo Continuous Glucose Monitor (2024)10.Clang Static Analyzer and the Z3 constraint solver11.Lambda Calculus and Lisp, part 112.What are Majorana zero modes?13.Vine: A programming language based on Interaction Nets14.Show HN: We made a Meta Quest3 see through walls15.A Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl by Drinking Radiation16.Exult: Recreating Ultima VII for modern operating systems17.Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes18.Engineers turn the body's goo into new glue19.DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes20.Reliably replicating data between Postgres and ClickHouse21.AI CUDA Engineer: Agentic CUDA Kernel Discovery, Optimization and Composition22.Fish-delousing underwater laser (2018) [video]23.Amazon now discloses you're buying a license to view Kindle eBooks24.A map of torii around the world25.Tetris in PostScript26.Kaneo â An open source project management platform27.1561 Celestial Phenomenon over Nuremberg28.Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances amid research cuts29.DigiKey's Tariff Resources30.The Birth of Chipzilla
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1.How Gabby Rosenâs Day Job Turned Her Side Hustle Into an 18X Acquisition2.Whatâs Influencing SaaS M&A in 2025? Find Out in Our Annual Report3.How Gabriella Rosen Flipped a Newsletter for 18x in Under a Year4.Writing a Deal-Winning CIM: What Every Founder Should Know5.How Finding a New Owner for Copycopter Saved Kamil from Bankruptcy6.Kamil Almost Went Broke Growing His AI Startup â An Acquisition Saved It7.How One Clientâs Success Almost Tanked Bobbyâs (Now Acquired) Healthcare Marketing Agency8.The Secrets Behind 2024âs Biggest Exits [Webinar Recap]9.How to Prime Your Business For a Seamless Acquisition with Sukhpal Saini10.Sail Through Due Diligence With Our AI-Powered Task Manager
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1.We need to talk about the F word (âfrictionâ in enterprise, that is)2.The rise of browser-use agents: Why Convergenceâs Proxy is beating OpenAIâs Operator3.Meta launches $50M Meta Horizon Creator Fund4.Write Warz developers on how creative writing makes a hilarious party game5.Supergiant Games battles back accusations it is working around SAG-AFTRA strike6.The remarkable banter of Cory Barlog and Neil Druckmann on the creative process7.Game investments and M&A totaled $17.5B across 985 deals in 2024 | DDM8.How test-time scaling unlocks hidden reasoning abilities in small language models (and allows them to outperform LLMs)9.Together AIâs $305M bet: Reasoning models like DeepSeek-R1Â are increasing, not decreasing, GPU demand10.Beloved game veteran Carter Lipscomb passes away11.Marvel Rivals disrupted the Twitch scene from launch | StreamElements12.OpenAIâs ChatGPT explodes to 400M weekly users, with GPT-5 on the way13.Medical trainingâs AI leap: How agentic RAG, open-weight LLMs and real-time case insights are shaping a new generation of doctors at NYU Langone14.Identity is the breaking point â get it right or zero trust fails15.Milliseconds to breach: How patch automation closes attackersâ fastest loophole16.AI vs. endpoint attacks: What security leaders must know to stay ahead17.How Ciscoâs AI defense stacks up against the cyber threats you never see18.The cyber insurance reckoning: Why AI-powered attacks are breaking coverage (and what comes next)19.Invisible, autonomous and hackable: The AI agent dilemma no one saw coming20.OpenInfer raises $8M for AI inference at the edge21.Vanguard Exiles launches on March 11 as next game from Magic creator Richard Garfield22.CalArts launches D.R.E.A.M.S. program to train students in location-based entertainment23.Voltron Data just partnered with Accenture to solve one of AIâs biggest headaches24.Nvidia helps launch AI platform for teaching American Sign Language25.Unit Network raises $18M for decentralized platform enabling real-world and digital asset trading26.Immutable-backed Inevitable Games Fund grows 180% in 9 months
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1.Dear SaaStr: Whatâs a Good Example of a Monthly Investor Update?2.What to Do When a BigCo Says They Want to âBuild, Buy or Partnerâ3.Dear SaaStr: What Are Some Things That Make a Founder Look Naive to VCs?4.How Much More Should Your Sales Team Do ⊠Than Just Plain Selling?5.Want To Do a Podcast? More B2B Content? Build More of an Audience? Hereâs My #1 Tip6.Dear SaaStr: What Should I Do if My Co-founder is a Complete Jerk?7.The #1 Event for SaaS and Business Software: SaaStr Annual8.The Real Story Behind B2B SaaS Growth Today: What Maxioâs Data from 2,400+ Private Companies Tell Us9.Who Is Tooey Couremanche Founder and CEO of Procore10.Incredbile New Speakers for SaaStr Annual and SaaStr.ai Summit 2025! CEOs Calendly and Bolt; CRO ServiceTitan; CBO Perplexity and Much More!
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1.The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Tracker2.The Weekâs Biggest Funding Rounds: Saronicâs Massive Raise Tops List3.After A Downish Year For Startup Funding, Gaming Has A Slow Start In 20254.Why âTalent Unboxingâ Is Set To Become The Latest VC Hiring Craze5.Together AIâs Valuation Jumps To $3.3B After New Round6.What East Asian Startup Founders Can Learn From The Immigrant Community At Large7.Financial Literacy Is A Venture Capital Superpower 8.Eye On AI: As SoftBank Piles Up Losses, It Doubles Down On AI9.Startups Go Shopping: More VC-Backed Companies Bought Their Brethren Last Year10.Security Systems Startup Verkada Hits $4.5B Valuation After Series E
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1.You Donât Need More TimeâââYou Need Better Priorities2.Try This If Your Creator Business Feels Stuck3.This One Ridiculous Mistake Almost Lost Us Our Biggest Client4.What Is User-Generated Content? The Ultimate Side Hustle for Making Money as a UGC Creator5.Healing from Burnout6.The Business Opportunity I Lost for Not Being Ready When It Came7.Formats: The Secret Formula Top Creators Use to Go Viral Over-and-Over Again8.How to (Find &) Hire the Best UGC Creators to Promote Your Small Business in 20259.Itâs Time To Stop Doing Feature Requests10.Why I Stopped Being a Digital Nomad
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1.Trustworthy leaders drive organizational success in the face of rapid change2.Did you get a 1099-K? New IRS rules will impact millions of gig workers and freelancers3.Is free will freeing? Hereâs why the freedom of choice is a trap in the modern era4.How to motivate staff when automating your business5.The invisible future of healthcare6.How to make work fair with practical and data-driven strategies7.âJekyll and Hyde leadershipâ can hurt employees. Hereâs how to change it8.How to make generative AI a partner in your daily workflow9.What is Reverse Improvement? How leaders can avoid common AI mistakes10.How managers can lead teams through unpopular return-to-office policies11.How Trumpâs proposed funding freeze has impacted childcare providers12.This company is paying employees $10,000 to return to the office13.3 lessons the military taught me about leadership14.Young professionals need safe spaces to fail15.The âinvisible workâ leaders doâand why it matters16.How we misunderstand the purpose of creativity17.How to deal with workplace frustration more effectively18.Why healthcare navigation is a broken system19.By the numbers: Trump and Muskâs layoffs at U.S. agencies20.6 reasons to apply to Fast Companyâs 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators
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1.Sinking eFishery rattles bank loans2.Taobao launches its first physical store in Hong Kong3.US AI search startup Genspark bags $100m, valued at $530m4.Series SEA: Whoâs investing in the regionâs education startups?5.Bybit offers $140m bounty after $1.4b crypto hack6.US securities regulator drops Coinbase lawsuit7.European tech sector surges in Q4, led by ASML, Nokia8.BYD Korea has no plans to sell DeepSeek-integrated cars9.Capital SEA: Southeast Asiaâs funding landscape10.BMW reviews UK Mini EV production timeline11.Fintech giants expand services despite stock volatility12.Tencent reshuffle AI apps as competition heats up13.Xpeng expands to 60 markets by 202514.Indian furniture retailer Pepperfryâs revenue drops 31% in FY2415.Meta staff debated how to skirt copyright to train AI: court docs16.OpenAI to shift 75% of data centers to Stargate by 203017.NetEase cuts jobs, projects as growth remains slow18.Uber CEO says Tesla rejects partnership for robotaxi plans19.ByteDance valued over $400b by major investors20.Asiaâs tech investors with the highest exit rates21.If you build it, will they come?22.These are the most active investors in Japanâs startups23.Alibaba makes artificial general intelligence its focus24.YouTube introduces âpremium liteâ for ad-free videos25.Suzuki shifts to hybrids, cuts EV plans26.Japan looks to Vietnam for semiconductor talent27.A list of fundraising startups from Asia and beyond (Updated)28.Dubai to launch first driverless taxis by early 202629.Bybit hit by largest crypto heist, loses $1.5b30.Open Source AI Foundation launches $10m advocacy push31.OpenAI bans accounts possibly linked to N Korea job fraud32.Indian hiring platform Apna cuts losses by 57% in FY2433.UAE self-storage firm The Box bags $12.5m debt funding34.Israeli hydrogen firm seeks court protection over debt35.These funds have not invested in China in the past year36.DeepSeek to open-source AI tech while OpenAI limits access
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1.Hyperlume raises $17.8-million seed round to commercialize its AI data centre tech2.Tribe Network among second round of federal 2SLGBTQI+ Ecosystem Fund recipients3.GameStop shorts Canada, Microsoftâs eureka moment, a Raptor returns to Toronto4.Koru helps unlock innovation in the classroom5.Sherbrookeâs quantum sector gets $8.1-million boost from federal government6.New government-backed tech hub The Foundry launches in PEI7.Shopify expands Affirm partnership to bring BNPL offering to Canadian merchants8.Former Toronto Raptor Pascal Siakam teams up with DMZ to launch EdTech accelerator9.FinTech startup Reach sells majority stake to US-based Primus Capital10.Reverb Therapeutics closes $17-million seed round led by Amplitude Ventures11.Kraken Robotics emerges from the deep to take top spot on 2025 TSX Venture 50 list12.Ocean innovator and Kraken Robotics founder Karl Kenny passes away at age 6413.The data behind smart US expansion14.Megadeals kept Canadian VC funding afloat in 2024: report15.Certn and Quadshift secure capital from BDC Capitalâs topped-up funds16.Local leaders launch Toronto Tech Week to accelerate cityâs ambitions17.BDC Capital targets late-stage tech companies with nearly $1 billion in new fund commitments18.Glassbox announces $1.65 million in funding to âreimagine the spreadsheetâ for corporate finance19.A piece of Canadian tech history just expired20.AIâs new moat with Coveoâs Louis TĂȘtu21.Toronto and Waterloo Region orgs get $34 million in FedDev funding22.Musk eyes OpenAI, Shopifyâs Kanye problem, and a Canadian startup at the Super Bowl23.Clio donates $3 million to create new innovation hub at the University of British Columbia24.Canada looks to strike balance between AI innovation and regulation at Paris AI Summit25.PrairiesCan doles out $6.7 million to help four Edmonton companies scale and expand into new markets26.Major media companies sue Cohere for alleged copyright infringement27.Photonic claims breakthrough in quantum computing error correction28.Canada Growth Fund commits up to $50 million to Longbow Capitalâs second Energy Transition Fund29.Payfare defends Fiserv acquisition deal from minority shareholder dissent ahead of vote30.Knix, Hopper, Grammarly founders among business leaders asking for âimmediate recallâ of Parliament31.How TD moved petabytes of data to the cloud with Microsoft and Accenture32.Canadian tech looks to support its own against US tariff threat33.Clutch recovers valuation and eyes growth with $50-million Series D round34.Coral closes $4.1-million seed round to launch menopause virtual care platform35.Shopifyâs strong Q4 earnings complicated by Kanye West Nazi T-shirt controversy36.Alexi secures $4.5 million in venture debt from TD to develop AI tools for litigators37.Crowd Control: PixMob lit up this yearâs Super Bowl stands38.Thomson Reuters launches second Corporate Venture Capital Fund with $215 million39.Loopioâs Zak Hemraj shares tips for Canadian CEOs leading teams through âcrisis after crisisâ40.GTMfund closes $54-million USD Fund II to back more early-stage Canadian B2B SaaS startups41.Canadian tech is up against a ticking tariff clock42.Is Canada a secret video game powerhouse?43.Clio and Intel add new general managers in Canada as #CDNtech exec shakeups carry into 202544.CDPQ launches program to help QuĂ©bec startups pivot amid tariff threat45.Trade war showdown: Buy local, ban Starlink, and Build Canada46.San Francisco-based Landbase taps Canadian roots with acquisition of LavaReach47.Reliant on US materials and production, Canadian consumer goods startups could be caught in trade war crossfire48.Federal government launches $175.1 million Canadian Genomics Strategy to advance sector commercialization49.Dax Dasilva on staying public, Lightspeedâs plans for growth, and hiring in MontrĂ©al50.Wealthsimple launches margin trading feature for eligible users51.Lightspeed to stay public company after strategic review52.University of Waterloo to open GENESIS, a new blockchain and AI research lab53.RetinaLogik ready to execute on vision with $1.1-million financing, Health Canada Class II approval54.Emmertech leads Rayhawk seed round to automate dangerous rail car loading work55.SRTX temporarily lays off 40 percent of staff ahead of US tariff âworst-case scenarioâ56.Deputy Chief Trade Commissioner on tariffs: Canada ânot out of the woods yetâ57.Teachersâ Venture Growth leads round valuing StackAdapt near $2.5-billion USD58.Canadian tech leaders launch Build Canada for AI-refined policy ideas from entrepreneurs59.MaRS appoints Grace Lee Reynolds as permanent CEO, adds board members 60.A reality check on cyber insurance61.Waabi inks partnership with investor Volvo to develop and deploy self-driving trucks62.US pauses tariffs on Canada as two countries work through new border commitments63.Startup support networks ventureLAB and The Firehood appoint new leaders64.Ontario to cancel $100-million Starlink contract in response to US tariff threat65.FLiiP raises $4.4 million in seed financing to grow fitness industry management software66.An AI report to distract you from tariffs67.Shopify CEO commits to âbuy localâ features for Shop app after criticizing Canadaâs tariff response68.Why Alistair Croll wants Canadian startups to be more evil69.Mangrove Lithium secures $50.4 million to construct lithium refining plant in British Columbia70.Nuvei is big in Japan, AIâs Sputnik moment, and the Uber for what?71.Federal government delays implementation of capital gains inclusion rate increase to 202672.Boardy partners with Diversio in effort to make its AI more inclusive following email backlash73.Sound Blade closes $23.8-million Series A for ultrasound tech targeting liver tumours74.Majority of Canadian IT workers say they’d consider relocating to the US: survey75.VueReal secures $58.4-million CAD Series C to boost its semiconductor production76.Accelerating software that helps the helpers77.Cohere leaders think DeepSeek proves their point about AI innovation78.Canadian-led Nue raises $28.8-million Series A round led by Inovia79.Big in Japan: Nuvei acquires Paywiserâs Japanese subsidiary in Asia-Pacific market push80.OneVest closes $29-million CAD Series B led by Salesforce Ventures to fuel US expansion81.Conexus Venture Capital makes first Fund II investment into parking software startup Offstreet82.Why Canadian commerce startups are building âlive shoppingâ into their marketing plans83.Federal, Ontario governments contribute to Linamar’s $1-billion EV manufacturing investment84.Intuit is focused on letting the builders build85.How Calgary-based startup Knead tackled the NFL draftâs food waste with software86.Plutera Capital buys Hardbaconâs assets out of bankruptcy following 2024 shutdown87.Canadian-founded Clay achieves unicorn status with $57.5-million raise88.Optable raises $28.8 million to grow data management solution in United States89.To survive tariffs, Canadian startups need plans âA through Dâ90.SRTX’s Katherine Homuth wants to solve for everything91.Shopify president calls MontrĂ©al âthe most entrepreneurial city on the planetâ at North Star event92.Liberal leadership candidates signal party pivot on capital gains tax rate changes93.Boardyâs blunder, Xanaduâs quantum breakthrough, and Paper turns the page94.Innovation Minister says Canada will review business relationship with Amazon following QuĂ©bec retreat95.Wound care device maker MolecuLight secures $39.5 million CAD from UK-based Hayfin96.AstraZeneca to invest $820-million CAD in Ontario facilities expansion97.Street Context acquired by American market intelligence firm BlueMatrix for undisclosed amount98.QueerTech launches new 2SLGBTQIA+ accelerator and names Virtual Gurusâ Bobbie Racette board chair99.Basetwo closes $16.5-million CAD Series A round to optimize manufacturing with AI copilots100.Atlantic Canadaâs startups are finding creative ways to grow101.Private equity firm Novacap raises more than $1-billion USD for first digital infrastructure fund102.Canadian quantum commercialization and research projects get federal funding boost103.Amazon to close all QuĂ©bec facilities, hand over delivery to third parties104.Xanadu claims networking breakthrough with new photonic quantum computer Aurora105.Shopify quietly kills Indigenous entrepreneurship program Build Native106.Your âmouth commands attentionâ: Boardy CEO apologizes after emphatic negative response to Trump-themed marketing miss107.Paper looks to rebound from turbulent 2024 with new CEO Martina Tam108.Federal government provides $3.5 million for DMZâs new Centre for Housing Innovation109.Moment Energy raises $21.5-million Series A amidst tough funding climate for cleantech hardware startups110.Leaders from Clio, Certn, Humi and others talk M&A at TechExit.io111.Canadian tech is locked in on election season112.Discussing social mediaâs midlife crisis with Amber Mac113.âIs there life after acquisition?â Canadian founders get candid at TechTO114.Luge Capital, Pender Ventures hire in Alberta following investments from AEC115.Home hardware: Canadian founders at CES talk challenges and opportunities116.Feds pledge nearly $100 million in grants to commercialize research innovation117.Uvaro acquires, Float soars, Shopifyâs order is ready for pickup118.Cyclic Materials, Ionomr Innovations, Summit Nanotech among Canadian returnees to the 2025 Global Cleantech 100119.Trudeauâs tariff team taps Canadian tech to get tough on Trump 120.The51 holds $51-million final close for Food and AgTech Fund amid challenging venture market121.Lyteflo secures $3 million CAD in seed funding to rev up EV sales platform122.Pierre Poilievre pledges to scrap capital gains tax changes under Conservative government123.CCI launches Balsillie-backed innovation policy institute Canadian SHIELD124.Vasco raises $11.5 million CAD to help startups manage revenue trajectory with AI125.Intuit Canada is hiring key tech roles126.Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi on trial for alleged sexual assault127.League hits user milestone and secures $100-million USD credit facility from RBCx128.Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne will not seek Liberal leadership129.Uvaro acquires coding school Lighthouse Labs to take on AI-augmented job market130.Tailscale hits 10,000 paid business clients after doubling customer base in 10 months131.Ritual CEO, R&D team members to join Shopify132.Float raises $70-million Series B CAD led by Goldman Sachs133.Canadian tech advocates join movement to free social media feeds from billionaire control134.It’s time for Canada to show “spine and toughness”135.The biggest tech questions of 2025136.BBTV rebrands to RHEI, launches new AI training licensing platform for creator content137.Trudeauâs final bow, Benchâs bounceback, 1Password vs. shadow IT138.Work automation platform Gumloop raises $24.5-million Series A as it relocates to Silicon Valley139.How AI can get you a job in 2025140.D-Wave CEO says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is âdead wrongâ about quantum computing141.Shakepay bolsters regulatory standing with CIRO membership142.Cohere launches customizable enterprise AI workspace platform North143.California-based loan collection platform Eltropy acquires Lexop for undisclosed amount144.Broadsight appoints Steve Lowry as CEO to help UBC spinout build âthe Salesforce for commsâ145.Doctor-led Oxford Cancer Analytics closes $16-million CAD Series A to improve early lung cancer detection146.Aspect Biosystems lands $165-million CAD Series B to advance 3D-printed tissue therapies147.Humi acquired by Australian HR software company Employment Hero148.Deep tech is thriving in the Maritimes149.Carebook joins parade of public Canadian tech companies returning private150.New Blue Action Canada oceantech accelerator launches backed by COAST and Founders Factory
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1.Riding the wave: 10 AI start-ups generating success2.HP to acquire much of Humaneâs assets, as AI Pin is dropped3.Ex-OpenAI CTO Mira Murati launches AI start-up4.LirOpticâs new tech brings cameras into sharper focus5.Legal tech start-up Augmetec raises ÂŁ2m in seed funding6.TrojanTrack: Using tech to take the reins on horse welfare7.VC investments in Irish SMEs reached record high in 20248.Renew Risk raises ÂŁ5m in funding round led by Molten Ventures9.Latent Labs emerges from stealth to accelerate drug discovery10.Swede dreams: 5 Stockholm-based start-ups shaping the future11.Tines joins the unicorn league after latest funding round12.NXP to buy edge AI chipmaker Kinara in $307m deal13.HoloToyz partners with Mattel to play dress-up with AR14.Equal1 secures investment from Dutch research organisation15.M Squared Lasers: Using photonics to address global challenges16.Nine start-ups take part in Bord na MĂłnaâs 2025 green accelerator17.Munichâs Avelios bags âŹ30m to lead hospital IT systems18.5 Amsterdam-based start-ups you need to know19.âListenâ: Expert advice to help founders go Furthr20.Protex AI raises $36m to continue US expansion
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1.Serverpod raises âŹ2.7 million to help developers level up their applications2.Fungus for the future: Kynda raises âŹ3 million for fungal protein production3.Eleven Dynamics bags âŹ3.7 million for automated production solutions in metrology4.Stacks raises âŹ9.5 million in consecutive rounds to simplify financial close5.Polandâs innovation playground: 10 Promising startups you need o keep an eye on in 20256.Data enrichment aggregator FullEnrich raises âŹ1.9 million to accelerate worldwide growth7.LegalTech startup Augmetec raises over âŹ2.4 million for its flagship platform LEIAA8.Wooptix secures âŹ10 million for phase imaging technology and its Fabtool Phemet9.Cambridge GaN Devices secures âŹ30.5 million to drive global growth in power semiconductor industry10.Level Zero Health lands âŹ6.6 million for âworldâs firstâ continuous hormone monitoring device
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1.From Stress to Success: Managing Emotions at Work. Startup Grind New Cairo2.Open Pitch Session â Powered by OVHcloud | Watch Startups Pitch & Get Expert Insights!3.SG Global Pitch Battle â Warsaw | Your Gateway to Silicon Valley!4.The Power of Connection: A Member's Journey to Success5.Koray Bahar (Figopara) - From Internship to Exit6.We are hosting Maude Baudier (Smatchy App): Building Smatchy and Beyond7.Power Up Your Tech company Growth with Smart Marketing Tactics in 2025 - Panel Chat8.Startup Grind Pitch Battle 2025 Rochester9.Startup Grind Delta Pitch Battle 2025 | Full Event Recording10.Startup Grind London Pitch Battle11.Startup Grind Tel Aviv- SG Global Pitch Battle 202512.Startup Grind Santiago Pitch Battle13.Startup Grind Buenos Aires Pitch Battle14.SG Global Pitch Battle - Boston15.SG Bali - Startup Battle
2h
1.Meta Rolls Out New Instagram DM Features, Enhancing Connectivity and User Experience2.IRS Warns Taxpayers to Choose Tax Preparers Carefully to Avoid Fraud and Identity Theft3.11 Legal Challenges Startups Face In Product Development4.What is Cold Calling? A Complete Guide5.Beet Seeds to Grow on Your Farm and Sell6.Boost Your Business with Smart Facebook Marketing7.What is Indiegogo?8.What is a Business Audit?9.Meta Announces Changes to Facebook Live Video Storage Policy10.NEXT Insurance Introduces Multi-Location Workersâ Compensation Coverage for Small Businesses
10h
1.The Humane Pin is Dead2.Buyer Too Late?3.Your Bank Fees Won4.When Banks Play Startup5.Shake Your Phone, Earn Bitcoin6.EV Startups Keep Dying7.$500 for One Color?!8.A Pandemic Mirage9.Make Memes, Not Ads10.A Christmas Miracle?11.Friction That Sells12.2024âs Biggest Startup Crashes13.Automated YouTube Marketing14.Coca-Cola Couldnât Save Them15.The Rise of Mini Tools16.The End of NFTs?17.Spotifyâs Secret, Unwrapped18.4 Years, âŹ2M, and a Green Dream19.Next-Level Product Pages20.Billions, Batteries, Bankruptcy
2d
1.The Quiet Beverage Bet Outpacing AI Hype: How OLIPOPâs Investors Are Winning2.Minimum Levels of Stress3.I Have A Few Questions4.America's Superpower5.A Message From the Past (Thoughts on Nostalgia)6.Do It Your Way7.Take Something Away8.Podcast With Howard Marks9.Cumulative vs. Cyclical Knowledge10.A Number From Today and A Story About Tomorrow11.A Few Little Ideas And Short Stories12.Fill The Bathtub13.Makes You Think
16d
1.I just raised $1.5M - I will not promote2.An AI recruiting startup raised $100m at a $2b valuation - someone explain (I will not promote)3.My Husband Wants to Start a Startup in a Few Months âI'm pretty worried. What should I expect? I will not promote4.Startup shutting down, co-founder seized bank account, refusing to pay anyone. Disabled our google workplace so none of us can login. I am (technical) ceo⊠I will not promote5.We fundraised! $1.5m pre-seed [i will not promote]6.How LONG are you giving yourself to make your startup work? (I will not promote)7.Pre Seed Investor wants us to stay pre-revenue for the next 3 years. Help me understand why. (I will not promote)8.Just got my first SaaS customer and needed to share this small victory with someone! đ (I will not promote)9.Ignore advice on MVP having to be "crappy". i will not promote.10.How many of you raised VC money, did not succeed and are now profitable bootstrap founders? (I will not promote)11.Feeling undervalued. I will not promote12.Million dollar idea, no funds, where do I start? I will not promote13.Am I crazy to think I donât need a âCTOâ? âI will not promoteâ14.Drop some stories about what happens to founders and founding teams when startups aren't successful [I will not promote]15.I had this idea. Built it. Launched it, spent tons on fb ads. And now I'm wondering... did I waste my time? I will not promote16.I fucking suck at MVP development (I will not promote)17.YC Alternatives (I will not promote)18.Solo technical founders, has not having a business cofounder even screwed you up? "I will not promote"19.Pre-seed investor expectations are changing (I will not promote)20.We received 25k investment offer, need advice [I will not promote]21.What do you do to motivate yourself through hard times? I will not promote.22.Why doesn't anyone talk about SEC filing when raising with SAFE? And also what's up with non-accredited investor law? [I will not promote]23.I will not promote - Coder abandons MVP after payment and I feel sick that I have to start over24.I will not promote!! Anyone else holding down a full time job...25.Successful startups who didn't rely on giving up equity / investor funding? [I will not promote]
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