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Ottawa’s Giatec augments concrete sensors with artificial intelligence

An Ottawa tech firm is teaming with a renowned group of Montreal-based artificial intelligence researchers to bring...

Eyeing safer streets, FedDev Ontario provides $187,500 loan to Ottawa’s SmartCone

FedDev Ontario is giving a boost to Ottawa’s SmartCone Technologies in hopes of getting its smart city...

Techopia Live: AccelerateOTT taking 2019 pitchfest to ‘next level’

An upcoming shot at $150,000 could represent more than just a major payday for a lucky Ottawa...

Techopia Live: Discover TechNATA career fair to showcase evolving Kanata tech park

As Kanata North tech firms prepare to showcase their companies to a flurry of job-seekers next week,...

Ottawa’s L-Spark partners with Telus, BlackBerry, Solace on new IoT accelerator

L-Spark is adding another accelerator program to its repertoire, this time teaming up with Telus, fellow Ottawa...

Ottawa’s Shopify, Mailchimp end partnership over privacy policy dispute

A disagreement over who has the right to customer data has ended a partnership between Ottawa-based Shopify...

Techopia Live: uOttawa startup’s AI looks to save lives in a self-driving world

With the promise of a self-driving future inching closer every day, the need for a new generation...

Ottawa’s Slice Labs partners with Nationwide on flexible insurance app for rideshare drivers

An Ottawa-born tech firm is working with a well-known name in insurance to bridge coverage gaps for...

Ottawa-based CENGN seeks broadband proposals for northern Ontario communities

Startups looking to improve broadband access for remote and rural communities in northern Ontario could soon receive...

Ottawa-based Assent Compliance leads Canada’s largest venture-capital rounds in 2018

Assent Compliance’s enormous series-C round last fall was the largest such venture capital raise from a Canadian...
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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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