Recipe for success? Ottawa engineer hopes AI-driven ‘robot chef’ becomes the next kitchen necessity
Khalid Aboujassoum’s stovetop appliance looks much like a crock pot and uses machine-learning technology to cook meals from pre-prepared ingredients.
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Dave is OBJ’s senior features writer with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.
Ottawa tech veterans hope sales-boosting software will be a hit with Amazon merchants
SaaS startup Trellis has already landed more than $1M in seed funding from investors in Canada, the United States, the Middle East and Asia.
‘I’m turning people away’: Ottawa golf, tennis facilities booming in COVID-19 era
Rounds played are up 20 per cent at golf courses across the National Capital Region as stir-crazy Ottawans seek ways to enjoy the great outdoors
Ottawa Athletic Club closing for good after 44 years as pandemic hits fitness business hard
Trailblazing fitness centre that opened in 1976 welcomed more than 1,500 people a day before COVID-19.
Owner of Ottawa co-working spaces seeing signs of recovery in hard-hit industry
“Floodgates will open” once a vaccine is found, owner of two local facilities predicts despite news that one of the industry’s biggest companies has filed
Shopping local: Calian acquires Ottawa-based wireless antenna maker Tallysman in $24.5M deal
Ten-year-old Ottawa firm makes satellite antennas as small as a human hand for clients in the autonomous vehicle, precision agriculture and other sectors.
Mayor said City Hall staff are working with local business groups to help restaurants, bars, retail shops and other enterprises that have seen revenues plummet
Speculation builds over prospective tenants for Shopify’s Elgin Street space
‘Spectacular’ downtown office could help nurture a new generation of tech firms if they choose to replace the e-commerce giant in Performance Court, veteran broker
U of O PhD student’s smartwatch a timely innovation in COVID fight
High-tech wearable device that tracks key vital signs and monitors cardiac signals earns award for biomedical engineering entrepreneur.
Ottawa health-tech firm Welbi lands deal with retirement home giant
New contract will see local company’s recreation-planning software rolled out in retirement homes across Canada.
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