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Ottawa staffing firm MaxSys sold to Agilus Work Solutions

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Kinaxis shares fall as firm predicts 2024 revenues will come in on ‘lower end’ of guidance

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‘End of an era’: Saslove’s Meat Market to close after 70 years in the ByWard Market

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Op-ed: Geopolitics rises to the top of the corporate agenda

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AutoShack leases Rosefellow’s new 250K square-foot industrial building in Kanata

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Growth by design: Ottawa software firm Mydoma Studio acquired by California company

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Cost-cutting is leading some companies to hire “underqualified” staff, recruiting firms say

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Umicore pauses spending for Kingston EV battery plant pending review of EV market

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Former CFO of the Year Vanessa Kanu to join U.S.-based Aptar’s C-suite

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Feds unveil $1.5B project to build new science facilities at National Research Council

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Ottawa’s AI scene is evolving. Early momentum was created by companies such as Solink, founded by Mike Matta, which applied computer vision to retail analytics, and Ranovus, led by Hany Mussad, which develops the optical hardware necessary for high-capacity AI data centres. Subsequent growth was driven by firms such as MindBridge, co-founded by Solon Angel and Eli Fathi, and BluWave-ai, led by Devashish Paul, which targeted specific industrial applications in financial auditing and energy grid management.

A new AI player is garnering international attention. Backboard.io is developing a memory-native API designed to manage long-term context in large language models. In January 2026, the company closed a pre-seed funding round led by Mistral Venture Partners, with participation from N49P, Garage Capital, and Developer Capital.

In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks to Rob Imbeault, the founder and CEO of Backboard.io. Having already co-founded tech unicorn Assent, Imbeault is now in the CEO seat and predicting big things to come.

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00:00 Intro
02:56 Introducing Rob Imbeault
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22:27 Building a Better Working World
24:03 Techopia Sponsors
24:43 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ

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