Lightspeed completes year one of transformation plan with revenue beat, earnings miss
Retail tech firm focuses on key markets with share price down 20 percent on the year.
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OpenAI partners with 1Password to secure coding agent Codex
Toronto firm’s new Codex integration aims to protect credentials in software workflows.
Kritik is equipping profs for the AI “arms race” coming to classrooms
Ex-Top Hat founder’s edtech startup sells peer-grading and AI software to university professors.
SaaSpocalypse now? These founders don’t think so.
At Web Summit, founders see the future of SaaS embracing as agentic AI, rather than being destroyed by it.
Telecom software startup Gaiia secures $40-million USD Series B round
Québec City spin-out of Oxio sells software for challenger telecoms.
Clio tops $500 million USD in ARR as AI reshapes the legal market
CEO Jack Newton sounds off on revenue inflation and weathering the SaaSpocalypse.
Top Down closes VC fund aimed at “invisible infrastructure” of the global economy
Vancouver firm beats $25-million USD target for fund backing early-stage MSP and AI startups.
Rave takes fight with Apple over App Store removal to Canada’s Competition Tribunal
Ontario startup also pursuing legal action in the US, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Russia.
Vendasta levels up with European deal to roll out MARiO AI
Saksatoon startup working with Italy’s largest internet company.
OpenText reports steady revenue as new CEO comes aboard
Cloud information management company’s Q3 earnings come after layoffs and restructuring.
Shopify posts strong Q1 revenue growth, but stock still falls on slow growth forecast
E-commerce giant posted loss of $581 million USD due mainly to equity investments.
Plum acquired by US-based Phenom to reduce bad hires in the age of AI
Phenom expands into Canada with its third acquisition this year.
PrairiesCan invests $7.9 million in funding to support Co.Labs, local AI firms
Funding was announced in Saskatoon at the Uniting the Prairies conference.
How Boast helped companies secure $900 million in R&D tax credits since 2018
Boast’s 2026 Benchmark Report reveals that R&D tax credits are becoming key to how companies fund growth.
OpenTable gobbles up Canadian market share with Libro acquisition
Montréal restaurant reservation startup to continue as standalone brand.