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At Shopify, a machine learning algorithm takes 40 minutes to perform a task what previously took humans...

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Desk Nibbles imagines ‘office kitchen of the future’

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Techopia Live: Hydroponics firm the Growcer returns food security to Canada’s north

Ahead of this week’s Design Day at the University of Ottawa, Techopia Live spoke to one of...

Techopia Live: How Ross Video branches out without losing steam

Techopia Live got a crash course in live video production last week from broadcasting veteran Ross Video...

Techopia Live: How Ross Video branches out without losing steam

Techopia Live got a crash course in live video production last week from broadcasting veteran Ross Video...

Techopia Live: Construction materials delivery app building a name for itself in Ottawa

If the sharing economy can bring a pizza to your door, why can’t it bring some extra...

Shopify lands Gatineau’s Hydropothecary for online cannabis retail

With recreational cannabis sales around the corner, distributors and producers alike are turning to Shopify to power...

Ottawa firms central to new $400M public-private 5G partnership

Five multinational companies with an Ottawa presence are partnering with federal and provincial governments to put Ontario...

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s SanEcoTec turning water into wins

Fresh off a win at last week’s Bootstrap Awards, Ottawa-based SanEcoTec dropped by Techopia Live to talk...

Ottawa’s Spartan Bioscience finds high levels of Legionella bacteria across government buildings

An Ottawa startup is reporting troubling levels of Legionella bacteria in government buildings across the National Capital...
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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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