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The 2026 Newsmaker of the Year: Eliot Pence of Dominion Dynamics

When Dominion Dynamics raised the largest Series-A funding round in Canadian history for a defence technology company earlier this year, founder Eliot Pence summed up his aggressive business philosophy in one sentence. “We will live or die by our ability to either change the rules of the game or play...
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Artificial-intelligence giant Cohere is opening an office in Ottawa, the company has announced. The Toronto-based...
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Kanata-based defence company Dominion Dynamics is partnering with Ukrainian robotics company Tencore to start...
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OREB president Tami Eades shares her views on Ottawa’s housing market

The president of the Ottawa Real Estate Board says that uncertainty is the biggest factor at play in a housing market where conditions can be completely different from one community to the next.
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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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Ottawa industrial market ‘constrained’ by lack of spec development, firms say

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Feds ‘out in force’ touring office buildings amid growing space crunch, brokers say

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Developments on St. Laurent, Hazeldean Rd. among those approved at committee

The city’s planning and housing committee has approved a proposal to build a 30-storey mixed-use tower just north of the St. Laurent Shopping Centre.

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