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Best Artificial Intelligence Companies in Vancouver, Canada

The 63 best Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Trulioo.

63companies tracked
$1.2Bdisclosed funding
1unicorns
26have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE × VANCOUVER

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
248kcombined LinkedIn audience
42%of audience held by top 3
4companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Trulioo 🦄
Provider of online identity verification services for KYC, KYB, and AML
74AI top 20%Funding top 27%Product top 28%Market top 31%
All 12 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Fundingtop 27%
Producttop 28%
Markettop 31%
Moattop 32%
Innovationtop 37%
Techtop 37%
Patentstop 41%
Partnerstop 41%
Globaltop 42%
Newsbottom 46%
Growthbottom 32%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $477M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$477M60 mo agoSeries D412—WordPressMySQLPHP+185 patents
Privacy‑preserving anonymization of personal data for fraud‑risk assessment
1 launch · 1 expansion
2Conexiom
AI-powered order and invoice automation for manufacturers and distributors
72AI top 30%Funding top 33%Tech top 38%News top 39%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 30%
Fundingtop 33%
Techtop 38%
Newstop 39%
Markettop 41%
Producttop 41%
Growthtop 45%
Talenttop 46%
Globalbottom 45%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $170M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 8 yrs (0.2/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 72/100
$170M56 mo agoSeries D246John Mcneill
CEO
Cart FunctionalityHubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud Mail+35——
3MineSense
Developer of a mineral sensing platform for large-scale mines
$133M42 mo agoSeries E169Jeff More
President & CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+2626 patents
Real-time sensor-based ore sorting and composition detection for mineral processing
1 partnership
4Unblocked
Provider of AI-powered developer productivity platform for engineering teams
57Funding top 28%AI top 30%Growth top 35%Moat top 38%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 28%
AItop 30%
Growthtop 35%
Moattop 38%
Techtop 44%
Talentbottom 49%
Globalbottom 37%
Marketbottom 34%
Funding: Raised $110M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 57/100
$110M13 mo agoSeries A—Dennis Pilarinos
Founder & CEO
Headless UIAstroAmazon Web Services+17—1 job opening
5Sanctuary AI
Developer of AI-powered general-purpose robots for industrial applications
55Funding top 20%AI top 30%Market top 47%Talent bottom 49%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 20%
AItop 30%
Markettop 47%
Talentbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 48%
Growthbottom 47%
Productbottom 45%
Techbottom 42%
Globalbottom 38%
Moatbottom 38%
Newsbottom 24%
Funding: Raised $100M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 55/100
$100M1 mo agoSeries A131Olivia Norton
Co-Founder & CPTO
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15—1 launch
6NGrain
Developer of 3D and AI solutions for damage assessment
$46M156 mo agoAcquired37————
7Boast
Provider of R&D tax credit claim preparation and optimisation services
$30M64 mo agoSeries A—Lloyed Lobo
Cofounder & Board Member
WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+41——
8mimik
Provider of device first continuum AI platform for agentix-native software systems
$14M55 mo agoSeries A59Fay Arjomandi
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+297 patents
Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics
1 launch
9SenseNet
Provider of AI-powered solutions for early detection of mountain and forest fires
42AI top 25%Innovation top 33%Patents top 34%Funding top 40%
All 9 signals ▾
AItop 25%
Innovationtop 33%
Patentstop 34%
Fundingtop 40%
Moatbottom 49%
Talentbottom 49%
Techbottom 44%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 20%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Innovation: 18 patents (top 55% of patent-holders) · 18 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100
$14M8 mo agoSeries A7Hamed Noori
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+2118 patents
AI-driven wildfire detection, risk prediction, and real-time behavior modeling using sensor networks
—
10Finn
AI based virtual assistant for banking and financial services
$14M92 mo agoAcquired43————
11Covalent
Developer of infrastructure providing unified data for artificial intelligence agents
$10M24 mo agoSeries B13Ganesh Swami
Co-Founder & CEO
DatoCMSNode.jsRadix UI+13—2 launchs
12Quandri
Provider of AI-driven platform that automates insurance renewals and provides insights
60News top 27%Growth top 30%AI top 30%Partners top 32%
All 12 signals ▾
Newstop 27%
Growthtop 30%
AItop 30%
Partnerstop 32%
Innovationtop 36%
Fundingtop 38%
Producttop 38%
Talenttop 38%
Techbottom 48%
Moatbottom 38%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 28%
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 5 types) · +40% YoY
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 60/100
$10M11 mo agoSeries A22Jamieson Fregeau
Co-Founder
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22—1 launch · 1 award
13Sonic Incytes
Developer of point-of-care ultrasound diagnostic device
$10M54 mo agoSeries A21George Aliphtiras
CEO
—14 patents
Advanced ultrasound elastography and shear‑wave imaging with transducer guidance for tissue diagnostics.
1 job opening · 1 award
14Metaoptima
Provider of skin imaging and analytics platform for medical professionals
53AI top 20%Innovation top 32%Product top 37%Funding top 42%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 20%
Innovationtop 32%
Producttop 37%
Fundingtop 42%
Techbottom 41%
Globalbottom 40%
Customersbottom 39%
Marketbottom 36%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Innovation: 4 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100
$9M37 mo agoSeries A31—ReactReact RouterStripe+8—1 job opening
15FORM
Online retailer of smart swim goggles and swim training systems
$9M74 mo agoSeries A78Dan Eisenhardt
Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+32—1 award
16VRIFY
Provider of an AI-assisted platform for mineral exploration data analysis
$6M15 mo agoSeries B60Steve Jong
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19—1 launch
17Metaspectral
Developer of an AI platform for hyperspectral data analysis and processing
$5M9 mo agoSeed16Francis Doumet
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+14——
18Inverted AI
Platform for developing self driving vehicle technology
$4M30 mo agoSeed13Adam Scibior
Co-Founder & CTO
Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+13——
19Variational
AI based platform for small-molecule drug discovery
$4M16 mo agoSeed10Handol Kim
Co-Founder & CEO
—2 patents
Design and synthesis of protease inhibitor therapeutics for disease treatment
2 awards
20Cognosys
Provider of AI and web-based solutions for task management
$1M37 mo agoSeed2Sully Omar
Co-Founder & CEO
Node.jsClerkRadix UI+16——
21LimeSpot
Advanced content personalization technology
$517K133 mo agoAcquired4Aidin Tavakkol
CEO & Founder
Cart FunctionalityRadix UITailwind CSS+242 patents
AI-driven content recommendation and personalization algorithms
—
22Picovoice
Provider of AI-enabled voice technology
$500K66 mo agoSeed9Alireza Kenarsari
CEO
ReactGatsbyAmazon Web Services+15—1 launch
23Omnisearch
AI-based platform for enterprise search
$450K56 mo agoSeed7Matej Ferenčević
Co-Founder and CTO
WebflowSentryWistia+20——
24INETCO
Developer of software for payment fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions
62Product top 18%AI top 20%Innovation top 23%Talent top 31%
All 9 signals ▾
Producttop 18%
AItop 20%
Innovationtop 23%
Talenttop 31%
Newstop 45%
Fundingtop 48%
Techtop 50%
Marketbottom 34%
Globalbottom 29%
Product: 4 distinct product lines
AI: Classified as an AI company
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100
$400K16 mo agoEarly Stage37Ugan Naidoo
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressMySQLPHP+23—2 awards

Top 12 Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver

#1
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 131 employees
$100Mraised
▾

Developer of AI-powered general-purpose robots for industrial applications. The company focuses on creating robots with dexterity, tactile feedback, and fine manipulation capabilities. These robots are designed to mimic human movement and cognitive processes, enabling them to learn and interact with the world. The robots are built with strong torsos for industrial-grade tasks, completing tasks quickly and accurately.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%
AI
top 30%
Market
top 47%
Talent
bottom 49%
Innovation
bottom 48%
Growth
bottom 47%
Funding: Raised $100M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 4 yrs (1.5/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2026)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Market: 131 employees (top 19% of High Tech) · Top-5,000,000 web property
Audience (LinkedIn): 36k LinkedIn followers — 14.3% of this cohort's audience · 103 engagements/post (1.7× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Series A$1.5M
  • Jan 2025Series A$2.5M
  • Jul 2024Series A$328.3K
  • Apr 2024Series A$2M
Founders & team
Olivia NortonCo-Founder & CPTO
Investors
BDC, InBC, Canadian Space Agency, Accenture Ventures, Bell, Evok Innovations
Tech stack
AngularApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCore-JsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#2
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021
$110Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-powered developer productivity platform for engineering teams. It offers a contextual knowledge platform for software development teams that uses AI and integrations with tools like GitHub, Slack, Confluence, Jira, Linear, and others to provide relevant information about a team’s own code, documentation, and discussions It allows users to ask questions in natural language, and the AI generates answers based on user queries. The AI understands the codebase, architecture, and internal practices to generate answers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%
AI
top 30%
Growth
top 35%
Moat
top 38%
Tech
top 44%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $110M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 4 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: AI Engineers, Design
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Series A$27M
  • Jan 2022Seed$83M
Founders & team
Dennis PilarinosFounder & CEO
Investors
B Capital, Radical Ventures, Amplify Partners, XYZ Venture Capital, First Round Capital
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAstroCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2019 · 7 employees
$14Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-powered solutions for early detection of mountain and forest fires. It provides gas sensors, smoke detection cameras, and a management platform. The platform integrates data from sensors, cameras, satellites, and weather stations. It offers incident management, alarms, and wildfire progress forecasts. The solutions cater to private companies, public authorities, and local communities.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 25%
Innovation
top 33%
Patents
top 34%
Funding
top 40%
Moat
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 49%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC) · Product described with: ai-powered
Innovation: 18 patents (top 55% of patent-holders) · 18 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence, Tech Hardware
Patents: 18 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 18 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series A$14M
Founders & team
Hamed NooriCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Stormbreaker, Thin Line Capital, Fusion Fund, Plaza Ventures, FOLD36, B Current
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Rocket LoaderCore-JsElementorFont Awesome
#4
Series A · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2021 · 22 employees
$10Mraised
▾

Provider of AI-driven platform that automates insurance renewals and provides insights. The platform helps brokerages automate repetitive tasks, increase productivity, and drive higher retention rates. It unlocks insights from personal lines renewal policy data. The platform offers renewal reviews, policy requoting, and connectivity solutions.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 60how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 27%
Growth
top 30%
AI
top 30%
Partners
top 32%
Innovation
top 36%
Funding
top 38%
News: 7 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 5 types) · +40% YoY · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven
Audience (LinkedIn): 9k LinkedIn followers — 3.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series A$12M
  • Jun 2023Series A$8.5M
  • Oct 2022Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Jamieson FregeauCo-FounderJackson FregeauCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Aviso, Good News Ventures, N49P, FUSE, Defined, Aviso Ventures
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#5
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 16 employees
$4.7Mraised
▾

Developer of an AI platform for hyperspectral data analysis and processing. The platform facilitates running artificial intelligence models on hyperspectral or multispectral data. It enables users to gain actionable insights without complex programming knowledge. The technology compresses data and trains artificial intelligence models for data analysis. The platform supports real-time inference in cloud or edge environments.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Grant (prize money)$723.5K
  • Apr 2023Grant (prize money)$419K
  • Nov 2022Seed$4.7M
  • Jun 2022Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Francis DoumetCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Canadian Space Agency, Soma Capital, Acequia Capital, Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia, Victory Square Technologies
Tech stack
AstroGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle WorkspaceHttp/3
#6
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2017 · 60 employees
$6Mraised
▾

Provider of an AI-assisted platform for mineral exploration data analysis. The platform turn large and complex datasets into actionable insights using machine learning, proprietary geological databases, and deep-learning models. It assists geoscientists in identifying areas with high mineralization potential. The platform offers tools for data iteration and integration into geological models.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 4.3% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Series B$8.7M
  • May 2023Series A$6M
Founders & team
Steve JongCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Resource Capital Funds, Beedie Capital Partners, Tiny, LGVP
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#7
Trulioo 🦄
Series D · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2011 · 412 employees
$477.2Mraised
▾

Provider of online identity verification services for KYC, KYB, and AML. The company offers a platform to customize workflows with person and business verification capabilities. It helps to achieve compliance and prevent fraud. The platform delivers integration through a single token and endpoint, giving access to verification services.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%
Funding
top 27%
Product
top 28%
Market
top 31%
Moat
top 32%
Innovation
top 37%
AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $477M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series D (Jun 2021)
Product: 3 product launch events in 12 mo · 7 distinct product lines · Company stage: Series D
Audience (LinkedIn): 44k LinkedIn followers — 17.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series D$394M
  • Sep 2019Series C$52.9M
  • 2018Series B$7.3M
  • Dec 2015Series B$15M
Investors
BDC, Blumberg Capital, Eureka, American Express Ventures, Citi Ventures, Mouro Capital
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAtlassian StatuspageCloudflare
#8
Seed · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2019 · 10 employees
$3.5Mraised
▾

AI based platform for small-molecule drug discovery. The company's flagship platform, Enki, represents the first commercially available foundation model designed to generate novel, synthesis-ready drug candidates with optimized properties like potency, selectivity, and ADMET profiles

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 7k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2025Seed$5.5M
  • Dec 2021Seed$3.5M
Founders & team
Handol KimCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Flying Fish Ventures, Alliance of Angels, A&E Investments, Nimbus Synergies, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Quimby Investments
#9
Series B · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2018 · 13 employees
$10.1Mraised
▾

Developer of infrastructure providing unified data for artificial intelligence agents. The company offers tools for building autonomous agents that can perform complex tasks. It provides structured onchain data through software development kits, application programming interfaces, user interface kits, decoders, and templates. The company also offers a platform for building and monetizing onchain applications.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Series B$5M
  • Apr 2021ICO$12.2M
  • Mar 2021Series A$2M
  • Oct 2020Series A$3.1M
Founders & team
Ganesh SwamiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Woodstock, Mechanism Capital, 1k(x), AU21 Capital, CoinGecko Ventures, Hashed
Tech stack
CloudflareDatocmsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud StorageGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace
#10
Series E · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2008 · 169 employees
$133.1Mraised
▾

Developer of a mineral sensing platform for large-scale mines. It combine hardware sensors and software analytics to classify ore and waste in real time at the extraction face and on conveyors enabling mines to make precise decisions about where to route material. The solution consists of two systems, shovel based and belt-based systems. Shovel based systems are used for real-time mineral telemetry for surface or underground applications. Belt based systems are used for characterizing and grading the conveyed ore.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 24k LinkedIn followers — 9.6% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. ECD) announced in 12 mo
Founders & team
Jeff MorePresident & CEO
Investors
Caterpillar, Chrysalix Venture Capital, Cycle Capital, Prelude Ventures, Export Development Canada, Aurus
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerApple Icloud MailChoicesCloudflareContact Form 7Core-Js
#11
Series D · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 2005 · 246 employees
$170Mraised
▾

AI-powered order and invoice automation for manufacturers and distributors. It helps manufacturers and distributors modernize their manual order entry process with purpose-built AI developed on industry expertise. Intelligent automation eliminates unnecessary errors, delays, and costs by accurately capturing, correcting, and transforming emailed and file-based orders from any document format, into fulfillment-ready ERP entries. Account teams move faster with AI-assisted accuracy and zero manual entry, while advanced touchless processing pushes high-volume transactions straight to the ERP. It turns the slowest manual channel into a smart, flexible digital pipeline that delivers faster turnaround, lower costs, and happier customers on a trusted, enterprise-grade platform.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 72how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%
Funding
top 33%
Tech
top 38%
News
top 39%
Market
top 41%
Product
top 41%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $170M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 8 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series D (Sep 2021)
Tech: 41 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Devops: Envoy
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 3.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2021Series D$130M
  • Jul 2020Series C$40M
  • Mar 2018Unattributed—
Founders & team
John McneillCEO
Investors
Luminate Capital Partners, Iconiq Capital, Warburg Pincus
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#12
Early Stage · Vancouver, British Columbia · founded 1984 · 37 employees
$400Kraised
▾

Developer of software for payment fraud prevention and cybersecurity solutions. The company provides tools for real-time fraud detection and blocking, insider fraud prevention, and account takeover fraud prevention. It offers cybersecurity solutions for enterprises, including DDoS attack prevention and bot-driven high-velocity attack mitigation. The company also provides real-time transaction monitoring and payment analytics.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 18%
AI
top 20%
Innovation
top 23%
Talent
top 31%
News
top 45%
Funding
top 48%
Product: 4 distinct product lines
AI: Classified as an AI company
Innovation: 4 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Artificial Intelligence
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Unattributed—
  • Jan 2025Unattributed$208.6K
  • Dec 2024Unattributed$486.9K
  • Oct 2021Unattributed$100.5K
Founders & team
Ugan NaidooCo-Founder & CTOAngus TelferCo-FounderBijan SaniiPresident & CEO
Investors
WUTIF Capital, GrowthWorks Capital, Lightheart Management Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpRankmath SeoStimulusNginx

Funding & investor landscape

$1.2Btotal disclosed funding
24companies funded
78disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
BDC4 rounds
Canadian Space Agency3 rounds
MaRS Discovery District3 rounds
Nimbus Synergies3 rounds
WUTIF Capital3 rounds
Conconi Growth Partners2 rounds
Defined Capital2 rounds
Evok Innovations2 rounds
Export Development Canada2 rounds
Flying Fish Ventures2 rounds

Notable founders

Olivia Norton
Co-Founder & CPTO · Sanctuary AI
Dennis Pilarinos
Founder & CEO · Unblocked
Hamed Noori
Co-Founder & CEO · SenseNet
Jamieson Fregeau
Co-Founder · Quandri
Jackson Fregeau
Co-Founder & CEO · Quandri
Francis Doumet
Co-Founder & CEO · Metaspectral
Steve Jong
Co-Founder & CEO · VRIFY
Handol Kim
Co-Founder & CEO · Variational
Ganesh Swami
Co-Founder & CEO · Covalent
Jeff More
President & CEO · MineSense
John Mcneill
CEO · Conexiom
Ugan Naidoo
Co-Founder & CTO · INETCO
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
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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 Vancouver, Canada?
Radar tracks 63 indexable Artificial Intelligence companies headquartered in Vancouver, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver, Canada?
The Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver, Canada on this list have raised a combined $1.2B in disclosed equity funding across 24 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in Vancouver, Canada?
Trulioo is the highest-funded Artificial Intelligence company in Vancouver, Canada, with $477.2M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver, Canada are funded?
24 of the 63 Artificial Intelligence companies in Vancouver, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Artificial Intelligence unicorns are there in Vancouver, Canada?
1 Artificial Intelligence company in Vancouver, Canada on this list is valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Vancouver, Canada Artificial Intelligence companies?
The most active investors in Vancouver, Canada Artificial Intelligence companies on this list include BDC, Canadian Space Agency, MaRS Discovery District, Nimbus Synergies, WUTIF Capital.
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