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Startups stories - Page 2
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
Firgun backs Photonic from its $250m fund
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semiconductors
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quantum computing
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microsoft
Firgun's debut quantum fund deal backs Canada's Photonic from its $250m pot, deepening cross-border UK-North America ties.
The economy is the collateral: Why revenue reliability is the real requirement for growth in 2026
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gaming
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fintech
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digital entertainment
As 2026 looms, studios find the real growth constraint is not equity or debt, but the reliability of revenue fuelling user acquisition.
Stress robs Canadian small firms of 31 workdays a year
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financial systems
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erp
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xero
Stress is costing Canadian small business owners 31 workdays a year, with many losing sleep, missing events and weighing up closing shop.
Persistent named fastest-growing global IT services brand
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digital transformation
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hcm
Persistent named world's fastest-growing IT services brand as value jumps 22% to USD $989 million in Brand Finance 2026 ranking.
Record rise in digital squatting fuels phishing wave
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malware
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phishing
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martech
Record digital squatting surge sees 6,200 disputes in 2025, as lookalike domains drive costly phishing, malware and payment fraud.
NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO
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storage
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virtualisation
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devops
NeuBird AI appoints Venkat Ramakrishnan president and COO to scale its agentic AI SRE platform and expand global commercial operations.
Telna unveils USD $100m fund for travel eSIM growth
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uc
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digital transformation
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iaas
Telna launches a USD $100m fund to back travel eSIM apps, MVNOs and Super Apps, aiming to speed global growth in digital roaming services.
Qualtrics names Jason Maynard CEO to drive AI growth
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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cx
Qualtrics appoints former Oracle executive Jason Maynard as CEO to spearhead AI-driven growth and a USD $6.75 billion Press Ganey deal.
Etleap unveils unified Iceberg data pipeline platform
Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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private cloud
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data analytics
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data science
Etleap launches a unified Iceberg data pipeline platform, promising simpler, scalable management of Apache Iceberg table operations.
Azzet appoints Henry Stoever to board for global push
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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edutech
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digital transformation
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fintech
Azzet names governance veteran Henry Stoever to its board as it accelerates the global rollout of its premium asset marketplace.
AiDeliv reverse auctions cut ocean freight to USD $0.65
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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supply chain
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ai
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smb
AiDeliv's reverse-auction marketplace is slashing ocean freight for small importers to an average of USD $0.65 per kilo, data shows.
Altman sets out OpenAI roadmap for future AI co-workers
Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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data protection
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martech
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ai security
Sam Altman says AI co-workers will reshape software jobs, cut team sizes and force firms to compete on ideas, attention and resilience.
Emergent raises USD $70m to fuel AI software surge
Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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saas
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digital transformation
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rpa
AI platform Emergent raises USD $70m Series B from Khosla Ventures and SoftBank to speed global software creation for non-coders.
Zepz buys Pomelo to add credit cards to remittances
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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fintech
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cx
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martech
Zepz has bought fintech Pomelo to bolt credit cards and lending onto its remittance brands, deepening its push into cross-border finance.
Report finds bio-based innovators boost Canada's GDP & jobs
Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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agricultural technology
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clean technologies
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sustainability
Canada's early-stage bio-based firms added $896.4m to GDP and nearly 2,000 jobs, as Ottawa eyes a slice of a $4T global market.
Aspire links with Deel to streamline cross-border hiring
Wed, 21st Jan 2026
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saas
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fintech
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hcm
Aspire embeds Deel's Employer of Record tools to let startups hire, pay and manage overseas staff from a single cross-border finance platform.
OpenAI to test ads as ChatGPT Go expands across US
Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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saas
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data protection
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cx
OpenAI rolls out USD $8-a-month ChatGPT Go across the US and prepares to trial clearly labelled ads for free and Go users.
Here are the four firms feds back with $92M quantum investment
Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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quantum computing
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it industry
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r&d
Canada is investing CAD $92M in four quantum start-ups to speed up fault-tolerant computing for industrial and defence uses.
B.C. expands India trade ties with Karnataka tech partnership
Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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quantum computing
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ai
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healthtech
British Columbia inks Karnataka life sciences pact in Bengaluru push to deepen biotech, medtech and digital health trade ties with India.