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Ottawa among first Canadian cities for Rogers’ 5G rollout

The switch has officially been flipped on 5G in Ottawa as Rogers Communications announced Wednesday it has rolled out its version of the next-generation network in the capital

Crowdfunding campaign launched for family of Tehran plane crash victim Ali Pey

The Ottawa tech community is rallying together to support the family of a local startup CEO who died in last week’s fatal plane crash in Tehran

Techopia Live: Invest Ottawa preparing for Bayview Yards expansion heading into 2020

The local economic development agency’s home at Bayview Yards is bursting at the seams heading into 2020

Ottawa’s Snapclarity expands mental health solution to western Canada

An Ottawa-based startup focused on accessible mental health services has made a series of new hires aimed at building out a national network

City of Ottawa announces data-sharing plan with Google’s Waze app

Ottawa will join other major North American cities in sharing traffic data with Google’s Waze app, the city announced Thursday

University of Ottawa partners with IBM on new cybersecurity hub

Students and researchers at the University of Ottawa will now have access to tools and expertise on the cybersecurity sector from IBM Canada

Shopify merchants sell nearly US$3B over Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend

Shopify has offered a peek into its merchants’ performances over the Black Friday-Cyber Monday weekend, which saw an already fervent period of online sales balloon even more for users on the Ottawa e-commerce firm’s platform

Techopia Live at SaaS North: What separates the Ottawa and Montreal startup scenes

Techopia Live took a few minutes at this year’s SaaS North conference to explore the differences between Ottawa and Montreal when it comes to building a startup

Techopia Live at SaaS North: Kinaxis CEO on breaking down enterprise customer ‘skepticism’

Selling at the top level requires proof and patience, Kinaxis CEO John Sicard told Techopia Live this week on the sidelines of SaaS North

Ottawa business leaders win big at Women in IT, Finance awards in Toronto

Ottawa’s female business leaders took home a haul of hardware at the Women in Finance and Women in IT awards held this week in Toronto
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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
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