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Lightspeed: Restructuring
Montreal-based payments firm Lightspeed sold US hospitality business Upserve at a significant discount (~$350M loss) as part of ongoing transformation plan
Source: BetaKit (Canada)
The leadership read
Restructuring typically reshapes consulting leadership bench strength toward transformation and turnaround capability.
“the AI company plans to hire a San Francisco office, scale the infrastructure, and pursue global go-to-market ambitions”
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 111.1 (Hot) — up 5.2 versus the prior month — and Americas signal share is rising (+6.3pts).
Lightspeed: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Consulting median of 1 across 45 tracked companies.
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