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Kanwal Rekhi brings hard-won lessons from Silicon Valley to Ottawa

Kanwal Rekhi arrived in America with $8 in his pocket.  It was 1967, and the Indian government had...

Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical...

This Ottawa startup uses ‘vibe review’ to connect romance readers with books

For years, Natasha Tardioli kept a spreadsheet tracking romance books. Every novel she finished got its own row. Every book she wanted to read went on a list. She tracked it all year by year and, by the end of each year, she got to see how many books she had read.

Ottawa’s Hyperion aims to scale up ‘carbon-recycling’ tech with help from MaRS, cement giant Amrize

Hyperion Global Energy Corp. has been refining a patented system that captures flue gas from cement manufacturing and converts it into calcium carbonate, a mineral compound used as an antacid and as filler in toothpaste, paint, cement and other products.

Ericsson to launch wireless technology test site at Area X.O, and other tech news

Ericsson Canada is partnering with the federal government to create a wireless communications testing ground in Ottawa’s...

Burgeoning Ottawa-area defence firms say ‘the sky’s the limit’ as crowds swarm to CANSEC

As crowds milled around the Airbus helicopters and Saab fighter jets at last week’s CANSEC trade show,...

Defence leaders urge feds to speed up efforts to modernize Canada’s procurement process

Ben Seaman’s plight is probably familiar to almost any founder of a Canadian defence-tech enterprise who’s ever...

From meals to mentorship, how Ottawa tech firms encourage in-office work

While thousands of government workers are facing return-to-office mandates, many local tech companies are stocking the fridge, booking caterers and finding other ways to encourage employees to spend at least some time in the office.

Arnprior firm brings together 13 companies to build all-Canadian military vehicle

If Ben Seaman’s hopes are realized, the military vehicle his company is unveiling this week could be...

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