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Techopia Live: ‘You are the average of the people around you’

BluWave-ai uses sophisticated artificial intelligence technology to help utility companies around the world boost the amount of renewable energy in their grids.

Two-building proposal calls for mix of student rentals, other units near Carleton University

Katasa Group's plan is anchored by a 26-storey highrise that would feature more than 80 rental units targeted at students and an additional 150 rental suites in the floors above.

Ottawa-Gatineau housing starts plummet 50% in August: CMHC

It's the third month in a row that new builds lagged behind their pace of a year ago.

‘Robust’ Q2 puts city on pace to top $2.2B in commercial real estate investment in 2021: CBRE

Investors spent a total of $767-million on Ottawa commercial properties from April to June, the real estate firm said in its latest report.

How Ottawa’s VC scene might emerge from its ‘nuclear winter’

The Ottawa Business Journal spoke with industry veteran Leo Lax about how he is interpreting the data in the latest edition of Behind the Headlines podcast.

Podcast: What triggered a record-breaking Ottawa real estate deal

Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify, SoundCloud and other audio platforms.

Region’s unemployment rate falls to 6.2% in August as labour force shrinks amid job losses

Employers in Ottawa-Gatineau shed a net total of 3,300 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped mainly because of a mass exodus of 12,100 people from the labour force.

Ottawa’s housing supply “continues to remain scarce”

Overall sales in Ottawa were down compared with 2020 for the second straight month.

Ottawa’s Canada Care Medical Group acquired by U.S. firm

Local organization has 10 locations in Eastern Canada.

Players tee up plenty of fun at annual networking golf tourney

Monday's event hosted by OBJ and the Ottawa Board of Trade attracted a sold-out contingent of 144 golfers.
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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