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August 16, 2023: Helpful advice for the current market from today's top VCs

Sun Life's recent acquisition is a big one, AI startups are thriving, plus all the upcoming events you need to know about

New Episode:
Quick Take on the current market, AI startups, and more trending topics

TechTO Quick Takes returned with a brand new episode, breaking down the recent news, chatter, trends, and analysis from the past few weeks in Canadian Tech.

Quick Takes is a bi-weekly series that reviews the recent breaking news stories, top trends, story features, opinions, and takes on everything that’s happening across the Canadian Tech Ecosystem.

This episode features opinions and discussions on:

  • Why AI startups are attracting investors

  • Why we continue to see AI startups, Founders and companies succeed (even in the current market)

  • The secret advice VCs use to adjust to the current market

  • Our takes on the recent acquisition of Dialogue

  • Why Sun Life chose to acquire Dialogue despite a decline in the stock after the IPO

  • The advice we can all learn from the most recent deals making headlines

  • Our takeaways on all the news (and why it’s relevant to you)

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