Portage Capital Raises $600M Fintech Fund, Signals Deepening AI Investment in Canada
Portage Capital’s $600 million fintech fund underscores growing AI focus in Canadian financial services, offering new capital for AI‑driven startups.
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I find it interesting that developer experience (DevEx) encompasses not just technical aspects, but also culture and work environment, highlighting the importance of a holistic approach to optimizing developer productivity. https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/developer-experience
The State of Machine Learning Frameworks https://thegradient.pub/state-of-ml-frameworks-2019-pytorch-dominates-research-tensorflow-dominates-industry/
Do-nothing scripting: the key to gradual automation (2019) https://blog.danslimmon.com/2019/07/15/do-nothing-scripting-the-key-to-gradual-automation/