Best Artificial Intelligence Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 267 best Artificial Intelligence companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cohere.
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.
Ranked: Best Artificial Intelligence companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohere 🦄 Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models 90Funding top 14%AI top 18%Tech top 21%Moat top 28% All 10 signals ▾Fundingtop 14% AItop 18% Techtop 21% Moattop 28% Talenttop 28% Innovationtop 33% Patentstop 34% Globaltop 34% Markettop 37% Growthtop 45% Funding: Raised $970M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $970M | 8 mo ago | 44 | Nick Frosst Co-Founder | SanitySentryApple iCloud Mail+34 | Top 500k | 18 patents Efficient training and compression techniques for large transformer language models | 1 partnership · 1 expansion |
| 2 | Tenstorrent 🦄 Developer of hardware and open-source software for artificial intelligence acceleration 90Funding top 20%Patents top 25%Moat top 25%Innovation top 28% All 12 signals ▾Fundingtop 20% Patentstop 25% Moattop 25% Innovationtop 28% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Markettop 31% Producttop 31% Globaltop 34% Growthtop 35% Techtop 41% Newsbottom 24% Funding: Raised $485M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) Patents: 100 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 60 filings since 2022 vs 40 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $485M | 18 mo ago | 350 | Ivan Hamer Co-Founder | SanityCart FunctionalityTurbopack+18 | Top 5M | 100 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | 2 launchs |
| 3 | Waabi 🦄 Developer of physical artificial intelligence platform for autonomous trucks and robotaxis | $284M | 4 mo ago | 127 | Raquel Urtasun Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | Top 5M | — | 1 award |
| 4 | Deep Genomics AI-powered platform for RNA biology to accelerate genetic therapy discovery 55AI top 22%Moat top 28%Funding top 29%Patents top 33% All 11 signals ▾AItop 22% Moattop 28% Fundingtop 29% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 39% Talenttop 41% Marketbottom 49% Globalbottom 43% Techbottom 37% Growthbottom 35% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · IP moat: 92 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100 | $238M | 58 mo ago | 105 | Brendan Frey Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer | WagtailPythonDjango+9 | Top 5M | 92 patents AI-driven genomic variant analysis and therapeutic design for precision medicine | 6 job openings · 1 expansion |
| 5 | Ada 🦄 AI platform for text based customer support 87AI top 20%Funding top 23%Moat top 26%Tech top 27% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 23% Moattop 26% Techtop 27% Markettop 33% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 21% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $200M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $200M | 15 mo ago | 394 | David Hariri Co-Founder | SanitySentryWistia+24 | Top 1M | — | 1 job opening |
| 6 | Benchsci Developer of an AI platform for understanding disease biology 78AI top 20%Funding top 25%Talent top 28%Moat top 31% All 11 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 25% Talenttop 28% Moattop 31% Techtop 32% Innovationtop 35% Producttop 37% Markettop 45% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 32% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $170M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 10 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 78/100 | $170M | 36 mo ago | 426 | Elvis Wianda Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubSalesforceFacebook Login+20 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Untether AI Developer of hardware and software for artificial intelligence inference acceleration | $152M | 58 mo ago | 122 | Chris Walker CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | Top 10M | 78 patents High‑performance computational memory and dataflow architectures for AI acceleration | — |
| 8 | Analytics4Life Developer of diagnostic platform using AI for cardiovascular disease assessments 57AI top 20%Funding top 31%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 31% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 31% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $101M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 10 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $101M | 8 mo ago | — | Adrian Lam CEO & President | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Solink Provider of cloud-based video security and analysis solution for loss prevention and security | $98M | 34 mo ago | 216 | Michael Matta Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryElementor+20 | Top 1M | 20 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 1 job opening · 2 launchs · 1 award |
| 10 | Ideogram AI text-to-image generation tool 74AI top 20%Moat top 22%Funding top 32%Tech top 32% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Moattop 22% Fundingtop 32% Techtop 32% Talenttop 38% Markettop 44% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 22% AI: Classified as an AI company Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 8/10 · Soonicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100 | $96M | 27 mo ago | — | Mohammad Norouzi Co-Founder & CEO | Facebook LoginApple Sign-inMUI+18 | Top 50k | — | 2 launchs |
| 11 | MindBridge AI-powered risk intelligence for internal controls and audit 60Product top 28%Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 32% All 12 signals ▾Producttop 28% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 32% Techtop 34% Moattop 35% Innovationtop 44% Patentstop 47% Markettop 50% Globalbottom 42% Newsbottom 37% Growthbottom 32% Product: 2 product launch events in 12 mo, 1 the year before · Company stage: Series C Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $81M | 34 mo ago | 193 | Jim Fagan Co-Founder & Vice President Corporate Affairs and Operations | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+38 | Top 5M | 3 patents AI-driven risk assessment and anomaly detection for financial data sets | 1 partnership |
| 12 | RoseRocket Provider of cloud-based transportation management system | $69M | 35 mo ago | 152 | Alexander Luksidadi Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowCart FunctionalityGSAP+30 | Top 500k | — | 1 job opening |
| 13 | Arteria Provider of contract lifecycle management solutions powered by artificial intelligence | $50M | 31 mo ago | 60 | Jonathan Wong Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 14 | Varicent Provider of incentive compensation management solutions for enterprises | $49M | 23 mo ago | 670 | Marc Altshuller Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 15 | Maneva AI solutions for manufacturing focusing on real-time issue detection and automation 22Funding top 23%Talent bottom 45%Tech bottom 42%Global bottom 25% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 23% Talentbottom 45% Techbottom 42% Globalbottom 25% Marketbottom 22% Funding: Raised $48.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 22/100 | $48M | 1 mo ago | — | Rae Jeong Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowThree.jsGSAP+14 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 16 | Swift Medical Provider of AI-based wound care and diagnosis tool 60AI top 30%Moat top 31%Funding top 32%Talent top 38% All 13 signals ▾AItop 30% Moattop 31% Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Techtop 39% Producttop 40% Patentstop 42% Innovationtop 45% Growthtop 45% Marketbottom 48% Globalbottom 40% Newsbottom 21% Customersbottom 13% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-based Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 10 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $48M | 28 mo ago | 118 | Sheila Wang Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressBugHerd+44 | Top 10M | 10 patents Medical imaging devices for tissue visualization, especially wound assessment and monitoring. | — |
| 17 | ODAIA Provider of AI-powered intelligence platform for pharmaceutical commercial and sales teams | $44M | 37 mo ago | 3 | Philip Poulidis Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Boosted Developer of AI platform for investment research and analysis workflows 57AI top 20%Funding top 32%Talent top 38%Moat top 39% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 32% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Growthtop 45% Techbottom 46% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $43.0M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 6 yrs (0.7/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $43M | 18 mo ago | 78 | Nicholas Abe Co-Founder & COO | WebflowPostHogLinkedin Insight Tag+17 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 19 | CentML Provider of AI optimization solutions for software application development | $27M | 31 mo ago | 19 | Anand Jayarajan Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceFirebase+17 | Top 5M | 9 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 20 | Looki Developer of multimodal personal AI wearable device for self-insight | $20M | 5 mo ago | — | Bocong Liu Co-Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyThree.js+21 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 21 | Viggle AI-powered animated video generator | $19M | 21 mo ago | — | Hang Chu Co-Founder & CEO | Base UIUnoCSSReact+11 | Top 50k | — | 6 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 22 | Base Two Developer of an AI platform for manufacturing process optimization and control 60AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 34%Growth top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Moattop 39% Techtop 46% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 29% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100 | $17M | 20 mo ago | 20 | Tawfeeq Gaffoor Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | Top 10M | — | 1 partnership |
| 23 | Blue J Provider of an AI tax research solution for accounting professionals 64AI top 20%Talent top 28%Funding top 34%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 28% Fundingtop 34% Growthtop 35% Moattop 37% Techtop 40% Innovationtop 49% Globalbottom 43% Newsbottom 42% Patentsbottom 41% Marketbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $16M | 10 mo ago | 54 | Brett Janssen Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowSalesloftHubSpot+28 | Top 5M | 6 patents Plate-shaped catalyst layers for fuel cell/electrolyzer electrodes | 2 job openings |
| 24 | Augmenta AI Developer of automated electrical design platform for clash-free conduit routing 62AI top 18%Talent top 28%Patents top 32%Moat top 37% All 11 signals ▾AItop 18% Talenttop 28% Patentstop 32% Moattop 37% Innovationtop 38% Fundingtop 41% Growthtop 45% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 40% Newsbottom 21% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $16M | 15 mo ago | 35 | Massimiliano Moruzzi Co-Founder | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+12 | Top 5M | 11 patents AI-driven motion control, CAD routing optimization, and metal‑polymer composite manufacturing | 2 launchs |
| 25 | Blumind Developer of all-analog AI neural network architecture for edge applications 53AI top 25%Innovation top 31%Patents top 34%Funding top 35% All 9 signals ▾AItop 25% Innovationtop 31% Patentstop 34% Fundingtop 35% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 44% Techbottom 41% Marketbottom 23% AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) Innovation: 21 patents (top 51% of patent-holders) · 21 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $14M | 14 mo ago | 12 | Niraj Mathur Co-Founder & CEO | Craft CMSPHPYii+13 | Top 10M | 21 patents Low-power analog front‑ends and transistor‑based neural network hardware for vision/audio AI | 1 job opening |
| 26 | Lydia AI AI-powered platform offering health assessment and risk scoring services to insurance companies 53Talent top 28%AI top 30%Funding top 44%Tech top 44% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 44% Techtop 44% Growthtop 45% Productbottom 48% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 22% Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $14M | 17 mo ago | 40 | Fedor Suprychev Co-Founder & Software Engineering Lead | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 27 | Alexi Provider of an AI platform for legal research, drafting, and analysis 69AI top 30%Tech top 31%Growth top 35%Funding top 37% All 9 signals ▾AItop 30% Techtop 31% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 37% Talenttop 38% Moattop 39% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 42% Newsbottom 18% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence Tech: 46 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100 | $11M | 16 mo ago | 40 | Samarth Bhasin Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowSentryWistia+27 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 28 | Boardy Provider of an AI platform connecting professionals to various opportunities 67AI top 20%Growth top 35%Tech top 35%Talent top 38% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 35% Techtop 35% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 37% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $11M | 17 mo ago | — | Abhinav Boyed Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+21 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 29 | Una Software Provider of platform for financial planning and analysis solutions 42AI top 26%Talent top 38%Partners top 45%Funding top 46% All 11 signals ▾AItop 26% Talenttop 38% Partnerstop 45% Fundingtop 46% Moattop 48% Innovationbottom 45% Growthbottom 42% Marketbottom 40% Productbottom 39% Globalbottom 37% Newsbottom 27% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai powered, ai-driven Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $10M | 4 mo ago | — | Don Mal Co-Founder & Chairman | — | — | — | — |
| 30 | BinSentry Provider of AI-powered feed management system optimizing animal feed supply chains 80News top 20%Growth top 25%Global top 28%Talent top 28% All 12 signals ▾Newstop 20% Growthtop 25% Globaltop 28% Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Fundingtop 33% Patentstop 37% Moattop 37% Innovationtop 38% Producttop 45% Techtop 46% Marketbottom 47% News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 4 types) · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 80/100 | $9M | 5 mo ago | 32 | Randall Schwartzentruber Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 10M | 17 patents Bulk material level sensing and monitoring using machine‑learning analytics | 1 partnership |
| 31 | Scribenote Provider of clinical workflow management software for veterinarians 40AI top 30%Talent top 38%Funding top 44%Tech bottom 49% All 10 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 44% Techbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Growthbottom 47% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 33% Newsbottom 18% Customersbottom 6% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $8M | 23 mo ago | — | Katie Gallagher Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowEmotion+20 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch |
| 32 | Mecka Provider of curated datasets and data refinement for AI model training 42AI top 20%Funding top 38%Talent bottom 49%Global bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Fundingtop 38% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Techbottom 45% Marketbottom 31% AI: Classified as an AI company Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $8M | 10 mo ago | — | Duy Nguyen Co-Founder | Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+11 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 33 | Ribbon Provider of AI-powered recruiting platform for candidate screening and interviewing | $8M | 14 mo ago | — | Dave Vu Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+29 | Top 1M | — | 3 job openings |
| 34 | Tempo Developer of an AI-powered platform for React application design and development 62AI top 30%Tech top 32%Funding top 43%Growth top 45% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Techtop 32% Fundingtop 43% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 48% Marketbottom 47% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered Tech: 38 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $6M | 7 mo ago | — | Kevin Michael Co-Founder & CEO | SentryInstatusNode.js+27 | Top 1M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 35 | Astrus Developer of AI-powered software for superhuman microchip design and automation | $5M | 9 mo ago | 4 | Zeyi Wang Co-Founder & Research Engineer | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+7 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 36 | Frugal Developer of software tools that analyze and optimize application code 35AI top 20%Talent top 38%Funding top 49%Tech bottom 48% All 6 signals ▾AItop 20% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 49% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 33% Marketbottom 25% AI: Classified as an AI company Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $5M | 7 mo ago | — | Rob Calendino Co-Founder & VP Engineering | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+20 | Top 50M | — | 2 job openings |
| 37 | Armilla AI Provider of AI insurance and AI software performance warranties for businesses 10AI top 30%Funding top 45%Moat top 48%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾AItop 30% Fundingtop 45% Moattop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 22% Marketbottom 18% Fin. healthbottom 8% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: generative ai Funding: Raised $4.7M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 5 yrs (0.8/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 10/100 | $5M | 12 mo ago | 9 | Karthik Ramakrishnan Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 38 | AI ML Innovations Provider of an AI and SaaS-based digital health monitoring platform and device for healthcare providers 42Patents top 19%Innovation top 22%AI top 30%Moat top 32% All 12 signals ▾Patentstop 19% Innovationtop 22% AItop 30% Moattop 32% Producttop 35% Fundingtop 37% Partnerstop 37% Newstop 43% Growthtop 45% Globalbottom 37% Techbottom 24% Marketbottom 18% Patents: 48 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 12 filings since 2022 vs 7 in 2017-21 Innovation: 48 patents (top 22% of patent-holders) · 12 filings since 2022 vs 7 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $4M | 14 mo ago | 3 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | Top 50M | 48 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 39 | Campfire AI platform for automating Google Ads, Meta Ads, and SEO workflows | $4M | 21 mo ago | 7 | Sina Zargaran ex-Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactcore-js+8 | Top 50M | — | 1 job opening |
| 40 | ProteinQure Provider of computational protein drug design platform 53Talent top 28%AI top 30%Innovation top 36%Product top 36% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 28% AItop 30% Innovationtop 36% Producttop 36% Moattop 37% Patentstop 38% Fundingtop 46% Techbottom 45% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 29% Talent: Analyst team rating 4/5 · 4 named leaders on record AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: artificial intelligence rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $4M | 12 mo ago | 18 | Tomas Babej Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer | WordPressProton MailApple iCloud Mail+13 | Top 10M | 9 patents Protein therapeutics targeting the sortilin receptor and natriuretic peptide delivery systems | 2 job openings |
| 41 | Inference Labs Provider of on-chain AI inference verification and agentic native protocols 57AI top 20%Growth top 28%Talent top 38%Tech top 44% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 28% Talenttop 38% Techtop 44% Fundingtop 46% Globalbottom 38% Marketbottom 29% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100 | $2M | 11 mo ago | — | Colin Gagich Co-Founder | Framer SitesThree.jsReact+11 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 42 | Dreamwell Provider of platform automating influencer prospecting, pricing, and campaign management | $2M | 20 mo ago | — | Anthony Bobsin Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 43 | Bench IQ Provider of AI service that analyzes judges rulings for attorneys | $2M | 9 mo ago | — | Maxim Isakov Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 44 | Dippy Platform for creating and interacting with artificial intelligence companion characters | $2M | 19 mo ago | — | Angad Singh Co-Founder & COO | SentryGoogle CloudRemix+10 | Top 50k | — | — |
| 45 | Xaba Developer of an AI platform for industrial automation and robotics 45AI top 20%Patents top 33%Innovation top 38%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾AItop 20% Patentstop 33% Innovationtop 38% Talenttop 38% Growthtop 45% Moatbottom 49% Fundingbottom 47% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 43% Marketbottom 19% AI: Classified as an AI company Patents: 9 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $2M | 14 mo ago | 6 | Davide Panelli Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | Top 10M | 9 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 1 job opening |
| 46 | StackAdapt 🦄 Provider of an AI-powered platform for digital advertising campaign management | $2M | 16 mo ago | 993 | Yang Han Co-Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+25 | Top 500k | 24 patents Ad tech: audience lookalike modeling and automated multi-goal content placement optimization. | 3 launchs |
| 47 | Bloks Provider of an AI platform for relationship management and intelligence | $2M | 20 mo ago | 10 | Rian Robertson Co-Founder | WebflowSwipercore-js+12 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 48 | Younet Platform offering tools for creating personalized AI models | $1M | 21 mo ago | — | Alex Kapralov Founder & CEO | MUIReactEmotion+13 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 49 | Healthkind AI-powered tools to enhance clinic-patient communications 42AI top 26%Talent top 38%Moat top 48%Market bottom 40% All 6 signals ▾AItop 26% Talenttop 38% Moattop 48% Marketbottom 40% Fundingbottom 38% Globalbottom 32% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered, natural language processing Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $899K | 18 mo ago | — | Matt Zukowski Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — | — |
| 50 | Ecomtent Provider of AI-powered product listing optimization for ecommerce merchandising | $647K | 18 mo ago | — | Max Sinclair Co-Founder & CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowHubSpot+17 | Top 5M | 2 patents Generative AI tools for e‑commerce content and layout customization | — |
Top 12 Artificial Intelligence companies in Ontario
#1
Cohere 🦄Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 44 employees$970Mraised▾
Developer of enterprise AI platform and multilingual language and retrieval models. The company provides tools for workplace productivity, intelligent search, and semantic text representation. It offers models for relevance-based result refinement and high-performance generative tasks. The platform supports customization and private deployments, catering to various industries. It also provides developer resources, including API access and technical documentation.
- Sep 2025Series D$100M
- Aug 2025Series D$500M
- Jun 2024Series D$500M
- Jul 2023Series C—
#2
Waabi 🦄Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 127 employees$283.5Mraised▾
Developer of physical artificial intelligence platform for autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The platform enables scalability across various form factors, geographies, and environments. It utilizes a shared artificial intelligence model for both autonomous trucks and robotaxis. The company focuses on delivering safer and more efficient autonomous transportation solutions. It employs neural simulation and end-to-end artificial intelligence to set new standards for safety.
- Jan 2026Series C$750M
- Jun 2024Series B$200M
- Jan 2023Series A—
- Jun 2021Series A$83.5M
#3
Series A · North York, Ontario · founded 2021$48.4Mraised▾
AI solutions for manufacturing focusing on real-time issue detection and automation. The company offers VITA and ALIS, designed as video-to-action AI agents for manufacturing optimization using existing cameras. It focuses on quality assurance and downtime reduction by instantly detecting defects, mislabels, scratches, cracks, and machine issues.
- Apr 2026Series A$38.4M
- Mar 2025Seed$10M
#4
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012$100.7Mraised▾
Developer of diagnostic platform using AI for cardiovascular disease assessments. The platform CorVista System automates clinical data collection and diagnostic review, providing clinicians with actionable assessments at the point of care. The technology leverages machine-learned models designed for diagnostic performance, with a focus on multiple cardiovascular conditions. The system gathers heart signals and transmits the data to a secure cloud platform for processing.
- Oct 2025Series C$550K
- Jun 2025Series C$500K
- Jun 2024Series C$1.5M
- Aug 2022Series C$1M
#5
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 350 employees$485.1Mraised▾
Developer of hardware and open-source software for artificial intelligence acceleration. The company provides tools for optimizing workloads on its hardware. It offers an open-source compiler designed to integrate with its AI software library. The company provides resources such as documentation and developer tutorials.
- Dec 2024Series D$693M
- Aug 2023Series C$100M
- Jun 2021Conventional Debt—
- May 2021Series C$200M
#6
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2024$20Mraised▾
Developer of multimodal personal AI wearable device for self-insight. The device records daily activities and provides personalized feedback. It analyzes recorded data to offer insights related to habits and behaviors.The wearable uses multimodal AI to analyze information and provide personalized responses.
- Jan 2026Series A$20M
#7
Ada 🦄Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 394 employees$200Mraised▾
AI platform for text based customer support. The platform helps organizations manage customer conversations across different industries through written communication. It supports handling inquiries, responses, and ongoing support interactions within a centralized online system.
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$1.8M
- Jan 2022Angel—
- May 2021Series C$130M
- Mar 2020Series B$44M
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023$10.1Mraised▾
Provider of platform for financial planning and analysis solutions. The platform offers budgeting, planning, and forecasting capabilities using native AI software. It provides tools for real-time modeling, AI powered forecasting, and commitment tracking. The platform integrates data from CRM, ERP, and other operational systems. It also offers prebuilt templates, embedded BI, and AI-driven forecasting models. The platform enables users to assign plan owners, monitor progress, and track outcomes.
- Feb 2026Seed—
- Apr 2025Seed$4.4M
- Dec 2024Seed$5.2M
- Nov 2024Seed$464.4K
#9
Series C · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2017 · 32 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Provider of AI-powered feed management system optimizing animal feed supply chains. It provide solutions for feed mill operators and producers offering real-time monitoring and automation through advanced sensors and a user-friendly dashboard. The technology helps reduce trucking costs, labor, feed reclaims, and outages. It offers a subscription service with lifetime hardware warranty and comprehensive support, including installation, training, and data analytics. It focuses on improving animal health, employee safety, and feed conversion ratios, enabling efficient feed ordering and problem-solving.
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt$25M
- Jun 2025Series C$50M
- Aug 2024Series B$15M
- Sep 2020Series A$7.7M
#10
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 54 employees$16Mraised▾
Provider of an AI tax research solution for accounting professionals. The platform offers a curated database of tax resources, updated to reflect changes. It leverages tax expertise to provide oversight of algorithms. The solution is designed to be conversational, providing answers to tax questions. It helps tax experts research efficiently and communicate confidently.
- Aug 2025Series D$122M
- Dec 2024Series C—
- Aug 2021Series B$9M
- Nov 2018Series A$7M
#11
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2025$5Mraised▾
Developer of software tools that analyze and optimize application code. These tools identify inefficient code patterns and managed service usage to reduce cloud infrastructure expenses. The software generates automated code modifications to improve resource consumption across various programming languages and cloud environments. It integrates into development workflows to audit code for cost impact during the software development lifecycle. The system provides visibility into how specific code functions drive cloud service costs and suggests adjustments to improve efficiency.
- Nov 2025Seed$5M
#12
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023$5.5Mraised▾
Developer of an AI-powered platform for React application design and development. The platform enables users to design and edit React code visually using a drag-and-drop editor. It allows importing components from Storybook or generating custom libraries. The platform integrates with existing codebases, VSCode, and GitHub, offering component templates and AI assistance for product development.
- Oct 2025Seed$5M
- 2023Seed$500K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
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
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.
- University of Toronto76
- Artificial Intelligence in Medicine56
- Université de Montréal37
- University of British Columbia32
- University of Waterloo31
- Pattern recognition (psychology)3→17
- Artificial neural network8→20
- Benchmark (surveying)6→17
- Task (project management)3→14
- Inference2→13
- Convolutional neural network1→8
- Feature (linguistics)1→4
- Pattern recognition (psychology)4→7
- Set (abstract data type)4→6
- Random forest2→4
- Context (archaeology)9
- MEDLINE6
- Set (abstract data type)5
- Generative grammar5
- Variety (cybernetics)5
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.
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.
- Toronto Dominion BANK531
- Royal BANK Of Canada484
- D WAVE Systems469
- Schlumberger Technology407
- Schlumberger CA406
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger298
- Dwave SYS257
- Element AI224