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Best Artificial Intelligence Companies in Montreal, Canada

The 71 best Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: 5C.

71companies tracked
$1.7Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
42have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE × MONTREAL

Our analysis of 151 Artificial Intelligence companies

$81.0b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

151companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
51unicorns
2021median founding year
269kcombined LinkedIn audience
58%of audience held by top 3
5companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
15C
Provider of AI digital infrastructure, including data centers and cloud services
53Funding top 15%AI top 20%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48%
All 6 signals ▾
Fundingtop 15%
AItop 20%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 48%
Techbottom 42%
Marketbottom 35%
Funding: Raised $835M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$835M11 mo ago—Steve P
Co-Founder
WebflowYouTubeGSAP+13Top 10M—1 partnership
2Element AI
Platform for AI driven research and development services
$262M81 mo ago500———276 patents
Deep learning methods for computer vision, anomaly detection, and document data extraction
1 launch · 1 expansion · 1 award
3Vention
Provider of a modular hardware and software platform for industrial automation
90Funding top 18%Tech top 21%Product top 22%Growth top 30%
All 13 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
Techtop 21%
Producttop 22%
Growthtop 30%
AItop 30%
Newstop 31%
Moattop 31%
Markettop 33%
Innovationtop 34%
Talenttop 38%
Partnerstop 41%
Patentstop 46%
Globaltop 50%
Funding: Raised $138M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr)
Tech: 68 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Ses
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100
$138M4 mo ago360Max Windisch
Co-Founder & CTO
Cart FunctionalityRubyAce+41Top 1M9 patents
Patents concentrated in mechanical & energy engineering
2 launchs
4BrainBox AI
Developer of an AI platform for building HVAC system optimization
60AI top 20%Funding top 27%Moat top 31%Patents top 38%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 27%
Moattop 31%
Patentstop 38%
Talenttop 38%
Innovationtop 46%
Producttop 47%
Markettop 48%
Globalbottom 48%
Techbottom 46%
Growthbottom 42%
Newsbottom 24%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $103M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$103M35 mo ago170Sean Neely
Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21Top 5M16 patents
AI-driven optimization and dynamic control of HVAC systems in buildings
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5Congruence Therapeutics
Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases
50AI top 20%Funding top 24%Moat top 31%Talent top 38%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 24%
Moattop 31%
Talenttop 38%
Marketbottom 38%
Globalbottom 38%
Techbottom 31%
Newsbottom 22%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $65.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$65M3 mo ago33Michael Goldsmith
Co-Founder
WordPressMySQLPHP+18Top 50M——
6Stradigi AI
Developer of a platform providing automated machine learning and MLOps capabilities
$40M79 mo ago67—————
7Landr
Provider of online tools for music mastering, distribution, and collaboration
$36M83 mo ago126Pascal Pilon
Co-Founder & CEO
SkolengoPrismicUnbounce+30Top 500k—4 job openings
8Ability
Developer of modulating biotherapeutics to address cancer and autoimmune diseases
$30M24 mo ago—Jean Buerckert
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressMySQLPHP+9Top 50M—1 internship
9Maxa AI
Cloud and AI-based enterprise resource planning software
$23M24 mo ago45Alexis Steinman
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+35Top 10M——
10Deck
Provider of authentication agents, jobs, workflows, storage, and extraction services
$16M14 mo ago—Julien Belisle
Co-Founder
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceGoogle Cloud+20Top 5M——
11Airy 3D
Developer of a 3D computer vision platform
$14M95 mo ago28Ji-Ho Cho
Co-Founder & Vice President Advanced Research
WordPressMySQLPHP+21Top 50M——
12Reliant AI
Provider of an AI platform for biopharmaceutical research and development
$11M22 mo ago—Karl Hermann
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowVercelMicrosoft Advertising+13Top 10M—1 partnership
13Korbit
Platform providing AI powered code review solutions
$10M36 mo ago32Iulian Serban
Founder
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+20Top 5M——
14Immervision
Provider of end-to-end camera and imaging systems and software
$10M82 mo ago29—WordPressMySQLPHP+37Top 50M95 patents
Design and manufacturing of metalens-based ultra‑wide‑angle and panoramic imaging optics.
2 job openings
15wrnch
Platform for machine learning on edge devices
$9M84 mo ago38———29 patents
Computer vision for human pose, activity recognition, depth estimation, and camera calibration
—
16Valence Labs
AI research engine focusing on advancing drug discovery through computational biology
$8M54 mo ago27Therence Bois
Co-Founder & COO
WordPressMySQLPHP+20Top 10M—1 launch
17Maluuba
Online platform for natural language processing solutions
$8M125 mo ago22———75 patents
Natural language understanding and dialogue systems, especially machine reading comprehension.
—
18designstripe
Developer of AI design agents for go-to-market teams
$8M48 mo ago30Alexander Dixon
Founder & CEO
WebflowSvelteAmazon Web Services+18Top 1M——
19Sportlogiq
Provider of sports data, analytics, and video analysis technology
$7M105 mo ago155Craig Buntin
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+30Top 10M81 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—
20Noze
Developer of a breath-based diagnostic platform to detect disease markers noninvasively
$7M22 mo ago54Ashok Masilamani
Chief Technology Officer and Founder
WebflowGSAPjsDelivr+6Top 50M——
21Aerial
AI-powered WiFi motion intelligence solutions for elder care, smart homes, and security applications
$7M76 mo ago28Michel Allegue
Co-Founder & CTO
Apache HTTP ServerAmazon Web ServicesLodash+10Top 50M——
22BaseDash
Provider of an AI-native business intelligence platform for data analysis
$5M37 mo ago8Max Musing
Founder & CEO
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTailwind CSS+17Top 5M——
23Aifred Health
AI-driven clinical decision support tools for personalized treatment in mental health
$4M66 mo ago26Robert Fratila
Co-Founder & VP of AI
——11 patents
AI-driven clinical decision support and multi-study data integration for mental health treatment
—
24HumanFirst
Platform for text based customer support powered by artificial intelligence
$4M34 mo ago12Mathieu Rene
Co-Founder & CTO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+26Top 50M——
25FrontlineIQ
Provider of AI-driven coaching and sales enablement platform for teams
$3M7 mo ago—Ben Rodier
Co-Founder & CEO
———3 partnerships
26Remedium AI
Provider of an AI-based platform for drug discovery
$3M——Robert Murgita
Founder
————
27C2Ro
Provider of AI video analytics solutions for retail and other industries
24Innovation top 48%Funding top 49%Tech top 50%Product bottom 48%
All 7 signals ▾
Innovationtop 48%
Fundingtop 49%
Techtop 50%
Productbottom 48%
Globalbottom 38%
Marketbottom 27%
Newsbottom 22%
Innovation: 1 product line
Funding: Raised $2.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100
$3M14 mo ago27—Wix eCommerceWixSentry+15Top 50M——
28HiringBranch
Provider of skills assessment platform for hiring and training talent
$2M14 mo ago—Stephane Rivard
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28Top 10M——
29Ubenwa
Provider of AI-based diagnostic application platform for newborns
$2M46 mo ago8Charles Onu
Co-Founder & CEO
Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+9Top 50M——
30Zetane
Provider of AI platform for document intelligence, extraction, and analysis
$2M6 mo ago18Jon Magoon
Chief Product Officer and Co Founder
Beehiiv RSS feedTailwind CSSReact+14Top 50M——
31Hippoc
Developer of Neuro-AI platform for advertising creative generation and prediction
$2M40 mo ago8Jean Larouche
Co-Founder & CEO
Webflow EcommerceWebflowZoho+13Top 50M——
32AssistIQ
AI-powered computer vision system for supply and implant management
$2M14 mo ago10Moishe Liberman
Co-Founder
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+14Top 10M—2 awards
33Simmunome
Provider of an AI-powered computational models for clinical trial study
$2M33 mo ago5Armstrong Murira
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+12Top 50M——
34Perceiv
Developer of artificial intelligence based platform for aging related diseases
$2M42 mo ago9Cesar Laurent
Co-Founder & CTO
Google Siteslit-htmllit-element+4Top 50M——
35Fluent.ai
Platform for speech recognition and natural language processing tools
$1M109 mo ago18Vikrant Tomar
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 10M23 patents
Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation
—
36into
AI-powered customer service solutions
$400K30 mo ago—Alain Paquin
Co-Founder
————
37Lyrebird
Speech synthesis technology for the developers
$120K108 mo ago9Jose Sotelo
Co-Founder
————

Top 12 Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal

#1
Series D · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2016 · 360 employees
$138.4Mraised
▾

Provider of a modular hardware and software platform for industrial automation. The platform offers design, simulation, deployment, and operation tools. It provides a library of modular parts and pre-designed templates for various applications like palletizing, sanding, welding, and tending. The platform also offers AI-powered vision systems and remote support capabilities.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
Tech
top 21%
Product
top 22%
Growth
top 30%
AI
top 30%
News
top 31%
Funding: Raised $138M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series D (Jan 2026)
Tech: 68 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Alb, Amazon Ses · Observability: Microsoft Clarity, Sentry
Product: 9 product launch events in 12 mo, 3 the year before · 5 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D
Audience (LinkedIn): 88k LinkedIn followers — 32.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series D$110M
  • Oct 2023Series C$15M
  • May 2022Series C$95M
  • Jun 2020Series B$27.8M
Founders & team
Max WindischCo-Founder & CTOEtienne LacroixCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Real Ventures, Bolt, White Star Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, Georgian, Fidelity
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngularCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflare
#2
Series B · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2021 · 33 employees
$65Mraised
▾

Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of rare diseases. It offers an in-silico platform that enables the design of small molecules that stabilizes misfolded proteins to treat rare diseases. It offers computational drug discovery engine called Revenir which captures the biophysical changes caused by mutations in proteins. It examines surface features and numerous biophysical descriptors of both the mutated and wild-type proteins. It offers a lead candidate CGX-926 for obesity.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Funding
top 24%
Moat
top 31%
Talent
top 38%
Market
bottom 38%
Global
bottom 38%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $65.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Mar 2026)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Scientist in Computational Chemistry
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series B$39.5M
  • Sep 2025Series B$32M
  • Mar 2023Series A$15M
  • Feb 2022Series A$50M
Founders & team
Michael GoldsmithCo-FounderClarissa DesjardinsCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Amplitude, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Lumira Ventures, Invest Quebec, Orbimed, Driehaus
Tech stack
BootstrapCore-JsGodaddyGoogle Font ApiGsapIsotope
#3
Acquired · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2025
$835Mraised
▾

Provider of AI digital infrastructure, including data centers and cloud services. It designs and deploys AI infrastructure, from data centers to compute clusters. The company delivers infrastructure deployment by leveraging experience in high-performance computing and data center design. It supports environmentally conscious data center and compute AI infrastructure solutions. The company offers turnkey and customer-owned inventory delivery models.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 15%
AI
top 20%
Talent
bottom 49%
Global
bottom 48%
Tech
bottom 42%
Market
bottom 35%
Funding: Raised $835M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round PE (Jul 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 11k LinkedIn followers — 4.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Welcome AI) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Conventional Debt—
  • Jul 2025PE$835M
Founders & team
Steve PCo-Founder
Investors
Brookfield Asset Management, Deutsche Bank
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGsap
#4
Seed · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2016 · 18 employees
$2.3Mraised
▾

Provider of AI platform for document intelligence, extraction, and analysis. The platform offers workflows for proposal creation, document composition, and deep web research. It analyzes and structures data from uploaded documents, providing traceable and auditable outputs. The platform is designed for organizations managing complex documents.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2025Seed$1.8M
  • Feb 2020Conventional Debt$500K
Founders & team
Jon MagoonChief Product Officer and Co FounderPatrick St-AmantCo-Founder & CTO
Investors
BDC, PME MTL, AI@Centech
#5
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2024
$3.3Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-driven coaching and sales enablement platform for teams. It offers structured goal-setting, behavioral intelligence, and real-time insights to improve sales performance. The platform provides actionable guidance, practice scenarios, and progress tracking. It helps managers focus coaching efforts and link coaching to business results.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 partnerships (incl. Elite Rewards) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$3.3M
Founders & team
Ben RodierCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
AQC Capital
#6
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2024
$16.5Mraised
▾

Provider of authentication agents, jobs, workflows, storage, and extraction services. It offers tools to access data behind credentials and automate complex tasks. The company provides solutions for fetching documents, reading contents, and storing data. It also offers integrations to connect to sources and fetch data.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$12M
  • Oct 2024Seed$4.5M
Founders & team
Julien BelisleCo-FounderFrederick LavoieCo-Founder Yves LeboeufCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Golden Ventures, Infinity Ventures, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Luge Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailClerkCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookieyesCore-Js
#7
Series A · Montreal, Montreal · founded 2016 · 27 employees
$2.8Mraised
▾

Provider of AI video analytics solutions for retail and other industries. The company’s technology integrates with existing security cameras, offering scalability and accuracy. It provides solutions for theft deterrence, behavioral analysis, and operational efficiency. The company’s offerings are biometric-free and compliant with data privacy regulations.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 48%
Funding
top 49%
Tech
top 50%
Product
bottom 48%
Global
bottom 38%
Market
bottom 27%
Innovation: 1 product line
Funding: Raised $2.8M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2025)
Tech: 18 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Google Cloud · Observability: Sentry
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$850.3K
  • Jun 2019Series A$1.7M
  • May 2018Seed$1.1M
Investors
Fonds Innovexport, Harbor Street Ventures, TandemLaunch, Quebec, GCI Capital, MIT Alumni Angels of Boston
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudHstsGoogle Cloud CdnHttp/3
#8
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2014
$2.5Mraised
▾

Provider of skills assessment platform for hiring and training talent. The platform offers skills-based qualifying and hiring assessments. It provides interactive skills training and measures applicants by demonstrated skills. The platform is designed as an on-the-job conversation setting expectations and self-screening for candidates.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Conventional Debt$2.5M
  • Dec 2024Series A$3.5M
  • Oct 2023Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Stephane RivardCo-Founder & CEOPatricia MacleodCo-Founder
Investors
BDC, Export Development Canada, Anges Quebec, Credit Mutuel Equity, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAhrefsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflare
#9
Acquired · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2023
$11.3Mraised
▾

Provider of an AI platform for biopharmaceutical research and development. It offers a flagship product, Reliant Tabular that streamline the process of finding scientific evidence for decision-making, reducing data processing time. It combines an AI engine with customized tools to assist with portfolio strategy and launch success prediction. The platform automates data ingestion and extraction, and provides knowledge graphs to map relationships between trials and mechanisms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Cohere) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Seed$11.3M
Founders & team
Karl HermannCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Tola Capital, Inovia Capital
#10
Series A · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2022 · 10 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

AI-powered computer vision system for supply and implant management. The system captures supply and implant data in real time. It integrates with existing electronic health record and enterprise resource planning systems. The system helps to identify usage variations and eliminate documentation time. It provides visibility into ordering and utilization inefficiencies.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$11.5M
  • Mar 2023Seed$1.8M
Founders & team
Moishe LibermanCo-Founder
Investors
StandUp Ventures, The Kale Fund, N49P, Battery Ventures, Tamarind Hill
#11
Acquired · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2017 · 170 employees
$102.8Mraised
▾

Developer of an AI platform for building HVAC system optimization. The platform autonomously optimizes HVAC systems to reduce energy consumption. It offers a cloud building management system for portfolio-wide control. The company provides resources, including articles, case studies, and tools, related to AI and sustainability.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Funding
top 27%
Moat
top 31%
Patents
top 38%
Talent
top 38%
Innovation
top 46%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $103M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 6 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series B (Jul 2023)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 16 patents · Soonicorn
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Series B$10M
  • Apr 2023Series B$30M
  • Feb 2023Series A$4.8M
  • Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$178.2K
Founders & team
Sean NeelyVice-Chair of the Board of DirectorsJean-Simon VenneCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Sustainable Development Technology Canada, Esplanade Ventures, Desjardins, Quebec, ABB, Education Development Center
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAosApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementDocusign
#12
Seed · Montreal, Quebec · founded 2023
$30Mraised
▾

Developer of modulating biotherapeutics to address cancer and autoimmune diseases. It has AbiLeap discovery engine that combines continuously learning AI with an extensive database of antigen-antibody interactions to generate fully human, IgG-based multispecific antibodies across cancer and autoimmune applications. The pipeline includes Leap 1121 for auti-immune disease, Leap 1009 and 1030 for solid tumors.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$18M
  • Dec 2023Seed$12M
Founders & team
Jean BuerckertCo-Founder & CTOGiles DayCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Amplitude, Fonds de solidarite FTQ, Charles River Laboratories, Alexandria, Page One Ventures, Invest Quebec

Funding & investor landscape

$1.7Btotal disclosed funding
37companies funded
87disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
TandemLaunch8 rounds
BDC7 rounds
Invest Quebec7 rounds
Real Ventures7 rounds
Fonds de solidarite FTQ5 rounds
Anges Quebec4 rounds
BoxOne Ventures4 rounds
Desjardins4 rounds
Inovia Capital4 rounds
Amplitude3 rounds

Notable founders

Max Windisch
Co-Founder & CTO · Vention
Etienne Lacroix
Co-Founder & CEO · Vention
Michael Goldsmith
Co-Founder · Congruence Therapeutics
Clarissa Desjardins
Co-Founder & CEO · Congruence Therapeutics
Steve P
Co-Founder · 5C
Jon Magoon
Chief Product Officer and Co Founder · Zetane
Patrick St-Amant
Co-Founder & CTO · Zetane
Ben Rodier
Co-Founder & CEO · FrontlineIQ
Julien Belisle
Co-Founder · Deck
Frederick Lavoie
Co-Founder · Deck
Stephane Rivard
Co-Founder & CEO · HiringBranch
Patricia Macleod
Co-Founder · HiringBranch
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,300,335 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Artificial Intelligence coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Canada

How research on Artificial Intelligence is moving in Canada

A read on the academic research around Artificial Intelligence — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 632 Canada-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820152026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 32% → 50% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • University of Toronto76
  • Artificial Intelligence in Medicine56
  • Université de Montréal37
  • University of British Columbia32
  • University of Waterloo31
leading researchers
Yoshua Bengio · Geoffrey E. Hinton · Erydir Ceisiwr · Lumos Aureon · Zelalem Negeri · Ruslan Salakhutdinov · Gerundium · Ilya Sutskever
▲ Breakthroughs300 · 47%
▲ 32%→53% share
▲1.7× share momentum0 median citations78% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (32%→53% of field), led by Pattern recognition (psychology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Pattern recognition (psychology)3→17
  • Artificial neural network8→20
  • Benchmark (surveying)6→17
  • Task (project management)3→14
  • Inference2→13
Newly emergingRobustness (evolution) 0→14 · Graph 0→11 · Transformer 0→10
Landmark ImageNet classification with deep convolutional neural networks · 75,550 cites
◆ Advancements136 · 22%
▼ 31%→19% share
▼0.6× share momentum0 median citations61% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are cooling (31%→19% of field), led by Convolutional neural network.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Convolutional neural network1→8
  • Feature (linguistics)1→4
  • Pattern recognition (psychology)4→7
  • Set (abstract data type)4→6
  • Random forest2→4
Newly emergingPipeline (software) 0→6
Landmark Empirical Evaluation of Gated Recurrent Neural Networks on Sequence Modeling · 10,749 cites
▼ Concerns90 · 14%
▼ 22%→11% share
▼0.5× share momentum0 median citations56% since 2021mostly reviews
Concerns are cooling (22%→11% of field), led by Context (archaeology).
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Context (archaeology)9
  • MEDLINE6
  • Set (abstract data type)5
  • Generative grammar5
  • Variety (cybernetics)5
Newly emergingMEDLINE 0→6 · Key (lock) 0→5
Landmark Representation Learning: A Review and New Perspectives · 12,724 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Canada

Where artificial intelligence is researched across Canada

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Toronto85 · +0.58
Hot · Recurrent neural networkAdvancing · Speech recognitionOpportunity · Motion (physics)
Montreal82 · +0.44
Hot · Generative grammarAdvancing · VisualizationOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Inference
Edmonton/Calgary51 · +0.38
Hot · VisualizationAdvancing · Artificial neural networkOpportunity · Key (lock)
Vancouver46 · +0.46
Hot · ScalabilityAdvancing · Pipeline (software)Opportunity · Neuroimaging
Waterloo/Hamilton44 · +0.27
Hot · Diagnostic testOpportunity · Software
Ottawa/Kingston23 · +0.34
Hot · Delphi methodOpportunity · Focus (optics)
PATENT SIGNAL · Canada

Who's filing artificial intelligence patents in Canada

Canada artificial intelligence patent filing is accelerating — 9,652 filings from 3,011 assignees (2016–2025), led by Toronto Dominion BANK, Royal BANK Of Canada, D WAVE Systems; annual filings 209→1385.

9,652 filings3,011 assigneespeak 1471/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Toronto Dominion BANK531
  • Royal BANK Of Canada484
  • D WAVE Systems469
  • Schlumberger Technology406
  • Schlumberger CA405
  • Services Petroliers Schlumberger298
  • Dwave SYS256
  • Element AI224

Common questions

How many Artificial Intelligence companies are there in Montreal, Canada?
Radar tracks 71 indexable Artificial Intelligence companies headquartered in Montreal, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal, Canada?
The Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal, Canada on this list have raised a combined $1.7B in disclosed equity funding across 37 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in Montreal, Canada?
5C is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in Montreal, Canada, with $835M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal, Canada are funded?
37 of the 71 Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Artificial Intelligence unicorns are there in Montreal, Canada?
None of the Artificial Intelligence companies in Montreal, Canada on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Montreal, Canada Artificial Intelligence companies?
The most active investors in Montreal, Canada Artificial Intelligence companies on this list include TandemLaunch, BDC, Invest Quebec, Real Ventures, Fonds de solidarite FTQ.
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