
Chris Courneya replaces co-founder Debbie Pinard as CEO of Ottawa’s InitLive
A successful Ottawa founder and investor is jumping back into the driver’s seat at a local tech firm. Chris Courneya was named the new CEO of
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Chris Courneya replaces co-founder Debbie Pinard as CEO of Ottawa’s InitLive
A successful Ottawa founder and investor is jumping back into the driver’s seat at a local tech firm. Chris Courneya was named the new CEO of

Ottawa-based CIRA adds Amazon to fifth year of national grant program
A local non-profit is tapping the power of internet giant Amazon in its annual grant program for building smart communities in Canada. The Canadian Internet

BlackBerry QNX announces NVIDIA partnership at CES 2018
BlackBerry QNX knows how to play the game at the Consumer Electronics Show, so instead of just telling you that they’ve locked down a deal

Kanata North BIA names Jeff McNamee interim executive director
The Kanata North Business Association’s search for a new leader will continue, but the tech-focused BIA has named an interim executive director until a permanent

Four Ottawa tech firms to watch in 2018
Martello Technologies Kanata’s Martello Technologies wasted no time proving why 2018 will be its year. In just the first week, the fast-growing firm announced a

Startups to watch: Ottawa’s Spiderwort targets growing biomaterials industry
Unlike our fleshy human bodies, when trees break a limb, they don’t have casts put on their branches. The vital secret of plant structures lies

Ottawa’s Martello merges with Montreal firm; IPO expected in 2018
With ambitions of going public later this year, Martello Technologies is starting 2018 with a merger that its CEO says completes its product offerings. Martello

Deadline approaching for Founder Institute Ottawa’s winter cohort
If 2018 is the year you resolved to launch the startup idea you’ve long had rattling around your brain, Founder Institute’s Ottawa franchise is waiting

BlackBerry QNX selected to work with China’s Baidu for driverless vehicles
Chinese search-engine giant Baidu Inc. has selected BlackBerry Ltd. to provide the safety operating system for the Apollo autonomous driving system, which is being developed

Ottawa’s Advanced Symbolics to lead AI project looking for suicide warning signs
An Ottawa-based firm has been tapped by the federal government for a three-month pilot project designed to look for warning signs for suicide before tragedy
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