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.

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Tech community weighing how to balance AI’s risks and rewards at Elevate conference

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Robotics firm takes over Bayview Yards prototyping lab from Invest Ottawa

Local startups should find it easier to convert those napkin sketches of their ideas into actual products thanks to a new partnership between Invest Ottawa and a leading Canadian robotics company.

Intouch Insight reaches deal to acquire Ohio-based research, marketing firms for US$3.1M

Intouch Insight has agreed to pay US$3.125 million to acquire an Ohio-based market research firm and its...

Enablence hires ex-Cisco exec to lead financing drive for new semiconductor plant

Enablence Technologies, which hopes to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in the National Capital Region, has hired a former high-ranking executive at Cisco to lead its efforts to raise capital for the new plant.

Thermal Energy on a roll as cleantech firm lands biggest order since before pandemic

Thermal Energy International has notched its biggest single sale since before the pandemic as the company builds...

Canadian tech organization urges ‘responsible’ approach to AI regulation

An organization representing more than 150 Canadian tech companies is calling on the country to take a sensitive but speedy approach to AI.
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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

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