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Techopia Live: Ottawa blockchain talent pipeline running dry, says Leonovus CTO

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Women key to Canada’s AI future, Ottawa conference hears

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Techopia Live: Women in Data Science conference brings female speakers to Ottawa stage

The best way to see more women in STEM fields is to make the ones already there...

MLB taps Ottawa’s Mitel for on-field communication systems

The Toronto Blue Jays’ next call to the bullpen will be powered by an Ottawa telecom firm. In...

Lawyers, developers team up at Ottawa legal hackathon

Lawyers courted tech solutions from coders in Ottawa this past weekend, as the two ordinarily-disparate groups came...

Meet Ottawa’s 2018 Bootstrap Award winners

An eco-speaker manufacturer, water treatment firm and the developers of a patient monitoring app are among this...

Law code: Global Legal Hackathon comes to Ottawa

Teams of lawyers, developers and designers are scheduled to come together this weekend for the Ottawa edition...
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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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