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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.

AI now an ‘expectation’ at Shopify, will factor into performance reviews, hiring: CEO

Shopify Inc. is doubling down on artificial intelligence with a series of new policies that make the technology a "fundamental expectation" for everyone working there.

Techopia Live: From Russia with love: The CapitalTek story

It’s a familiar story in Ottawa’s tech sector. An immigrant entrepreneur, brimming with technical prowess, settles in the city, scales a startup and achieves business success.

Ottawa robotics firm Mechatronic DS helping manufacturers cope with tariff fallout

A machine that makes omelettes? Picks scraps out of piles of lettuce? Etienne Poisson’s Ottawa startup Mechatronic DS has done it all before.

Don’t know what you’re doing with AI? Tell employees just that, one local consultant advises

“Am I going to lose my job to AI?” That’s the question on the minds of many workers, according to Ottawa consultant Andrea Greenhous, as companies adopt and refine their artificial intelligence strategies.

More than three-quarters of startups say tariffs will impact their business: survey

More than three-quarters of Canadian startups believe tariffs will impact their business, a new report found. The survey...

Telesat CEO remains ‘bullish’ on company’s future despite revenue slide in 2024

Telesat’s revenues fell 20 per cent in 2024 compared with the previous year, the Ottawa-based company reported...

Canadian startups focus on homegrown funding with U.S. relations strained

Tatiana Estevez was celebrating her fog water collection company Permalution  securing money in a fundraising round and...

Two Ottawa entrepreneurs develop entertainment scene app with support of nightlife commish

With the support of Ottawa’s nightlife commissioner, two local entrepreneurs have launched an app that not only...

Techopia Live @ Tech Tuesdays: Women Leading Tech as Angels and Founders

Techopia Live was on location for the special International Women's Day 2025 edition of TechTuesday, hosted by...

How the pandemic taught Rewind CEO Mike Potter the importance of having a backup plan

When COVID hit, Mike Potter’s Ottawa-based tech firm, Rewind, was on a roll.
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Ottawa’s tech ecosystem relies heavily on tight collaboration between academic institutions and industry leaders to drive innovation and maintain economic sovereignty. With annual research and development investments surpassing half a billion dollars, the University of Ottawa is working to support local innovation. This effort took a big step forward this summer with the launch of uOttawa’s new Centre for Applied AI within the Faculty of Engineering. Designed to bridge the gap between rapid AI advancement and real-world industrial adoption, the centre provides private and public sector partners with direct access to over 50 domain experts across robotics, cybersecurity, telecom, and smart materials. In this bonus episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with Dean Caroline Cao, dean of the Faculty of Engineering, and professor Lionel Briand, director of the Centre for Applied AI. They discuss the centre's mission to boost local AI capabilities, modernize engineering talent pipelines, and help Ottawa firms safely embed artificial intelligence into their operations. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:19 Introducing Dean Cao and Lionel Briand 22:33 Sponsor Segment 23:17 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 Live: How uOttawa is accelerating AI adoption | Episode 300

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