Daytona Platforms announced on Friday that it had raised a $60 million Series B round at a $1 billion valuation led by FirstMark Growth. The company says it has now raised a total of $91 million. The New York-based startup has attracted not just FirstMark (which also led its $24 million Series A in February),…
In a sign that crypto and blockchain-focused investing has receded in importance, Andreessen Horowitz announced Thursday that it is renaming its digital asset unit from a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier. The practice, helmed by Chris Dixon, has raised nearly $10 billion across five funds since launching in 2018, backing some of the sector’s biggest wins,…
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis (right) and Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi (centre) at the toss for their ODI tri-series final at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, October 31, 2026. — X/@TheRealPCB Pakistan won the toss and elected to field first against Sri Lanka in the final of the ODI tri-series at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday….
Canadian author and publisher groups say they are pleased to hear that Library and Archives Canada (LAC) recently updated its ISBN (International Standard Book Numbers) policy to limit registrations for AI-generated books and other content. “This change not only protects Canadian authors and our valuable creative sector, it also allows Canada‘s cultural and heritage identity…
Alberta’s justice minister is pouring cold water on Elections Alberta’s request to delay the next provincial election as concerns over changes to electoral boundaries continue. In a letter to Elections Alberta, Justice Minister Mickey Amery said the government has “no intention of changing” the date of the provincial election, which is legislated to take place…
In the last 18 months, multiple data center proposals have fallen through in Germany: Stack Infrastructure canceled a $3 billion facility in Hesse, and state-owned Komm.ONE withdrew from a project in Baden-Württemberg. Though precisely what causes a data center development to fold is rarely clear, Komm.ONE pointed directly to the burdens of the Energy Efficiency…
NVIDIA has released Auto Ontology, an open library under the Apache 2.0 license. NVIDIA Auto Ontology is a semantic layer framework that builds a context layer from enterprise metadata. Agents use that layer to write SQL against certified business definitions. The repository states the problem plainly: a fast revenue answer…
Building a startup means making decisions before you have all the answers. When should you scale? How do you know you really have product-market fit? What does it take to land enterprise customers? How do you build the right team? And when you finally get in front of an investor, how do you make sure…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Downtown Vancouver’s shopping scene is getting another fashion retailer in the old Nordstrom building. Japanese clothing store, Uniqlo, announced it is opening up a new flagship store early next year. The opening coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the company launching its first B.C. store in Metrotown…
A Toronto family injured in a violent home invasion in the city’s affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood says the attack turned the safety of their own home into a “terrifying and life-threatening experience,” as police search for three suspects. In a statement released Friday afternoon, David Morton, CEO of Toronto-based real estate company MAC Group, said…
