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.

Cultivating success? Why Ottawa’s Fieldless Farms thinks marriage with T.O. firm will bear fruit

Shopify sees jump in number of sales AI searches are generating: president

Shopify Inc. is seeing signs that shoppers are growing increasingly comfortable with artificial intelligence. Harley Finkelstein, president of...

Calian-led $100M investment aims to help defence-tech SMEs avoid the ‘supply chain trap’

Calian Group’s head of defence and space says he hopes a new $100-million investment being led by...

Here are five startups founded by immigrant entrepreneurs that you should know about

Seismocode Inc. Year Founded: 2021 in Turkey (Canadian entity incorporated in 2025) Founder(s)/CEO: Serhat Tekebaş, founder and CEO Number of...

Fieldless Farms bought by T.O. firm and other tech news from around Ottawa

Fieldless Farms, which has raised more than $20 million in venture capital, was acquired last month by vertical agriculture pioneer Elevate Farms. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Techopia Live: Imbeault is back with Backboard.io | Episode 295

Ottawa’s AI scene is evolving. Early momentum was created by companies such as Solink, founded by Mike...

Rob Imbeault on breaking the VC funding dry spell in Ottawa

There have been signs of resilience in Ottawa’s tech sector in the first weeks of 2026, including...

Techopia Live: What is Ottawa’s next big thing?

In the fast-paced tech sector, the prevailing question is this: who is the next big thing? In...

Defence execs tout Ottawa as the place to be as city pursues bid for DSRB headquarters

The co-founder and chief operating officer of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank told a business audience...

Ottawa’s Thermal Energy International lands string of repeat contracts with global clients

Ottawa cleantech company Thermal Energy International has secured two contracts worth a combined $4.7 million in repeat...
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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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