Techopia

Techopia is focused on Ottawa’s technology sector. This multimedia project includes regular online news coverage, a video and audio podcast, private networking events and quarterly reports. OBJ also partners with EY to create an annual magazine called Techopia-EY Insights.

Ottawa-based Calian’s CFO Jacqueline Gauthier to step down in the new year

After a nearly two-decade run in which she helped build Calian Group into one of the capital’s...

BlackBerry opens up smart city infrastructure for connected car testing in Ottawa

A new offering from BlackBerry could spur the development of new autonomous vehicle technologies with Ottawa acting...

Carleton University’s READ Initiative opens untapped talent pool for Ottawa employers

Graduates with disabilities have lower turnover

Ottawa’s Aydin Mirzaee shares five biggest takeaways from SaaS North

Last week, I had the pleasure of MCing the third edition of SaaS North, Canada’s largest SaaS...

Kanata North added $13B to Canada’s GDP in 2018: report

Kanata North’s business leaders say a new report that puts a dollar figure on the area’s economic...

What to watch in Ottawa’s tech sector

What will be the biggest tech trends in Ottawa? As technology quickly evolves, startups and other tech...

Techopia Live: University of Ottawa unveils new startup program, MakerLaunch

The University of Ottawa is putting its new STEM Complex and alumni network to work to serve...

End of an era: Terry Matthews, board members bid farewell to Mitel following $2B acquisition

The kingpin of Mitel, and some would argue the whole of Kanata North, has left his chairman role at...

Nokia interns team up with telecom giant for girls’ coding initiative in Ottawa

Two Colonel By Secondary School students have teamed up with Nokia’s Ottawa outpost for a new conference...

Ottawa’s VideoShip breaks down tech – and language – barriers in China

Even as it helps clients around the world break down technological barriers to the swift flow of...
1...201202203...409Page 202 of 409
Get Our Email Updates

Stay up-to-date on the companies, people and issues that impact businesses in Ottawa and beyond.

Sign Up Now

OBJ360 Sponsored

Reshaping the future of healthcare: The Ottawa Hospital Foundation’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow

This $500-million campaign will take groundbreaking research to unprecedented heights and build one of Canada’s most technologically advanced hospitals — improving lives for generations to come.

Guest Blogs

Social Galleries

Video

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

Event Calendar

View Calendar