Podcast Episodes

Break it off 💔- The end appears near for Sonder, Clio nets a $5 billion valuation.

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Today we ponder the fate of Sonder, a Canadian-founded company that appears to be near its end.

A homegrown tech company is proving, beyond a reasona…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Talent show 🎤- Ottawa looks to poach U.S. talent, OpenAI floats government backstop

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Ottawa may be closing some of its immigration doors, but it’s rolling out the red carpet for highly-skilled workers on U.S. visas

It’s a tale as old …

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Making friends 👬- Canada and Saudi Arabia cozy up, Scam ads make big money for Meta.

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With the U.S. playing hard to get, Ottawa and Saudi Arabia are playing a little footsy under the trade table.

Scammers aren’t the only ones profiting…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Time to pay up  💸- Tesla shareholders vote on Musk pay package, Investors float AI bubble concerns.

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Tesla shareholders will vote today on whether or not to approve a pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could end up being worth over US$1 trillion.

Fea…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Here comes the budget 🏧- Carney drops his first federal budget, Coke ushers in the age of AI ads.

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We don’t know about you, but we could hardly sleep Monday night knowing there was a fresh budget waiting under the fiscal Christmas tree.

With the co…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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Quantum IPO 💻- Xanadu plans blockbuster IPO, ChatGPT is done giving you advice.

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Quantum computing might be difficult to comprehend (we’re still not sure what a qubit is), but one thing about it is easy to understand: it’s got a l…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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Touch-ups 💄- Cosmetic treatments blow up, Trump's tariffs get their day in court

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Getting a little work done isn’t just for people trying to reclaim their lost youth anymore — young people themselves are increasingly getting cosmet…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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Travel bug 🪲- Canada records all-time summer tourism numbers, Carney meets with Xi.

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Even with fierce competition from luxurious Euro trips and beachside all-inclusives, Canada came out of vacation season as the big winner.

Prime Mini…

9 months ago

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Zombie Zellers 🧟- Nvidia inaugurates the $5 trillion club, Zellers returns from the dead (again).

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They say it’s lonely at the top, but it sure seems like Nvidia has a lot of supporters.

Like a cat with nine lives, Zellers simply refuses to die.

9 months ago

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Simple as that 🤑- Wealthsimple is a $10 billion company, OpenAI finalizes its restructuring.

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What started in 2014 as a simple robot trade advisor is now an all-time Canadian business success story.

OpenAI is trying to keep up its whole move-f…

9 months ago

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