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.

Dominion Dynamics lands $21M in funding and plans to expand operations in Ottawa

Backed by $26 million in pre-seed and seed funding, Dominion Dynamics plans to advance its technology aimed at defending the Canadian Arctic, hire hundreds more engineers, and open a 25,000-square-foot factory in Kanata.

A tech hub at Lansdowne Park? We talk to two tech firms about why they’ve made it their home

For more than a decade, Brock Murray moved his Ottawa-based marketing firm, seoplus+, all over the city...

Kinaxis board taps US tech exec Razat Gaurav as CEO, one year after Sicard retirement

Kanata-based supply-chain management company Kinaxis has appointed Razat Gaurav as its new CEO.  A graduate of the Illinois...

Ottawa’s Ben Waldman on the cusp of launching new social media site, Gander Social

With more than two weeks before its crowdfunding campaign closes at the end of the month, Ottawa’s...

Pablo Srugo of Mistral Venture Partners on how AI is changing the B2B SaaS game

When Pablo Srugo started out as an entrepreneur, B2B SaaS was all anyone could talk about. Now, as a venture capitalist, he said that model is becoming obsolete as artificial intelligence changes the game.

Meet some of the city’s hottest solo tech founders: What makes them tick?

Abdirahman Qalinle spent three days staring at a software bug that just wouldn’t quit: his fashion AI...

Techopia Live @ Tech Tuesday: AI Tinkering and the Future of Tech Innovation | Episode 293

AI is transforming industries and reshaping communities. This episode of Techopia Live takes viewers inside TechTuesday for...

Why you can’t just walk into defence: Ottawa program tackles industry’s steep learning curve

“Defence is a very hard market to come into from the outside.”  That’s according to Mike Nelson, CEO...

From Shopify to Growcer, how Debbie Weinstein has seen Ottawa’s tech community change

Artificial intelligence has been a major disruptor to all industries, but in professional services, Debbie Weinstein said it isn’t going to replace the experts just yet.

Telesat signs new agreement with feds and Focus Graphite lands $14M in federal funding

Ottawa-based satellite systems provider Telesat has partnered with the federal government and MDA Space to develop and...
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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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