Radar · Native AI in Ontario
Best Native AI Companies in Ontario, Canada
The 277 best Native AI companies in Ontario, Canada in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Cohere.
By Rohit KhannaTrends & Stories
277companies tracked
$4.1Bdisclosed funding
5unicorns
118have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · NATIVE AI × ONTARIO
Our analysis of 150 Native AI companies
$80.7b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
150companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
50unicorns
2022median founding year
973kcombined LinkedIn audience
46%of audience held by top 3
11companies hiring publicly (12 mo)
Ranked: Best Native AI companies in Ontario
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | 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 | Series D | 44 | Nick Frosst Co-Founder | SanitySentryApple iCloud Mail+34 | 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 | Series D | 350 | Ivan Hamer Co-Founder | SanityCart FunctionalityTurbopack+18 | 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 | Series C | 127 | Raquel Urtasun Founder & CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22 | — | 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 | Series C | 105 | Brendan Frey Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer | WagtailPythonDjango+9 | 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 | Series C | 394 | David Hariri Co-Founder | SanitySentryWistia+24 | — | 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 | Series D | 426 | Elvis Wianda Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubSalesforceFacebook Login+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Untether AI Developer of hardware and software for artificial intelligence inference acceleration | $152M | 58 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 122 | Chris Walker CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 78 patents High‑performance computational memory and dataflow architectures for AI acceleration | — |
| 8 | Ataccama Provider of an agentic platform for data quality and data governance | $150M | 47 mo ago | Series D | 500 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | 1 launch · 1 award |
| 9 | 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 | Series C | — | Adrian Lam CEO & President | — | — | — |
| 10 | Solink Provider of cloud-based video security and analysis solution for loss prevention and security | $98M | 34 mo ago | Series C | 216 | Michael Matta Co-Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryElementor+20 | 20 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | 1 job opening · 2 launchs · 1 award |
| 11 | 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 | Series A | — | Mohammad Norouzi Co-Founder & CEO | Facebook LoginApple Sign-inMUI+18 | — | 2 launchs |
| 12 | 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 | Series C | 193 | Jim Fagan Co-Founder & Vice President Corporate Affairs and Operations | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+38 | 3 patents AI-driven risk assessment and anomaly detection for financial data sets | 1 partnership |
| 13 | RoseRocket Provider of cloud-based transportation management system | $69M | 35 mo ago | Series B | 152 | Alexander Luksidadi Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowCart FunctionalityGSAP+30 | — | 1 job opening |
| 14 | Arteria Provider of contract lifecycle management solutions powered by artificial intelligence | $50M | 31 mo ago | Series B | 60 | Jonathan Wong Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+14 | — | — |
| 15 | Varicent Provider of incentive compensation management solutions for enterprises | $49M | 23 mo ago | Acquired | 670 | Marc Altshuller Founder & CEO | HubSpot CMS HubApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20 | — | — |
| 16 | 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 | Series A | — | Rae Jeong Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowThree.jsGSAP+14 | — | — |
| 17 | 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 | Series B | 118 | Sheila Wang Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressBugHerd+44 | 10 patents Medical imaging devices for tissue visualization, especially wound assessment and monitoring. | — |
| 18 | ODAIA Provider of AI-powered intelligence platform for pharmaceutical commercial and sales teams | $44M | 37 mo ago | Series B | 3 | Philip Poulidis Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 19 | 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 | Series B | 78 | Nicholas Abe Co-Founder & COO | WebflowPostHogLinkedin Insight Tag+17 | — | — |
| 20 | CentML Provider of AI optimization solutions for software application development | $27M | 31 mo ago | Acquired | 19 | Anand Jayarajan Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceFirebase+17 | 9 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 21 | Looki Developer of multimodal personal AI wearable device for self-insight | $20M | 5 mo ago | Series A | — | Bocong Liu Co-Founder & CTO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyThree.js+21 | — | — |
| 22 | Viggle AI-powered animated video generator | $19M | 21 mo ago | Series A | — | Hang Chu Co-Founder & CEO | Base UIUnoCSSReact+11 | — | 6 launchs · 1 partnership |
| 23 | 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 | Series A | 20 | Tawfeeq Gaffoor Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+25 | — | 1 partnership |
| 24 | 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 | Acquired | 54 | Brett Janssen Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowSalesloftHubSpot+28 | 6 patents Plate-shaped catalyst layers for fuel cell/electrolyzer electrodes | 2 job openings |
| 25 | 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 | Seed | 35 | Massimiliano Moruzzi Co-Founder | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+12 | 11 patents AI-driven motion control, CAD routing optimization, and metal‑polymer composite manufacturing | 2 launchs |
| 26 | 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 | Series A | 12 | Niraj Mathur Co-Founder & CEO | Craft CMSPHPYii+13 | 21 patents Low-power analog front‑ends and transistor‑based neural network hardware for vision/audio AI | 1 job opening |
| 27 | 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 | Series A | 40 | Fedor Suprychev Co-Founder & Software Engineering Lead | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — | — |
| 28 | 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 | Series A | 40 | Samarth Bhasin Co-Founder & CTO | WebflowSentryWistia+27 | — | — |
| 29 | 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 | Seed | — | Abhinav Boyed Co-Founder | WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+21 | — | — |
| 30 | 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 | Seed | — | Don Mal Co-Founder & Chairman | — | — | — |
| 31 | 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 | Series C | 32 | Randall Schwartzentruber Co-Founder & Co-CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | 17 patents Bulk material level sensing and monitoring using machine‑learning analytics | 1 partnership |
| 32 | WOMBO Network of decentralized computing power for artificial intelligence task execution | $9M | 21 mo ago | Series A | 32 | Ben-Zion Benkhin Co-Founder & CEO | WebflowjQuery-pjaxcore-js+13 | — | — |
| 33 | 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 | Series A | — | Katie Gallagher Co-Founder | Webflow EcommerceWebflowEmotion+20 | — | 1 launch |
| 34 | 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 | Seed | — | Duy Nguyen Co-Founder | Node.jsThree.jsRadix UI+11 | — | — |
| 35 | Ribbon Provider of AI-powered recruiting platform for candidate screening and interviewing | $8M | 14 mo ago | Series A | — | Dave Vu Co-Founder & Co-CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowAmazon Web Services+29 | — | 3 job openings |
| 36 | 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 | Seed | — | Kevin Michael Co-Founder & CEO | SentryInstatusNode.js+27 | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 37 | Astrus Developer of AI-powered software for superhuman microchip design and automation | $5M | 9 mo ago | Series A | 4 | Zeyi Wang Co-Founder & Research Engineer | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+7 | — | — |
| 38 | 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 | Seed | — | Rob Calendino Co-Founder & VP Engineering | WebflowAmazon Web ServicesMicrosoft Clarity+20 | — | 2 job openings |
| 39 | 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 | Seed | 9 | Karthik Ramakrishnan Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 partnership |
| 40 | 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 | Public | 3 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | 48 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 41 | Campfire AI platform for automating Google Ads, Meta Ads, and SEO workflows | $4M | 21 mo ago | Seed | 7 | Sina Zargaran ex-Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactcore-js+8 | — | 1 job opening |
| 42 | 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 | Series A | 18 | Tomas Babej Cofounder and Chief Technology Officer | WordPressProton MailApple iCloud Mail+13 | 9 patents Protein therapeutics targeting the sortilin receptor and natriuretic peptide delivery systems | 2 job openings |
| 43 | 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 | Seed | — | Colin Gagich Co-Founder | Framer SitesThree.jsReact+11 | — | — |
| 44 | Dreamwell Provider of platform automating influencer prospecting, pricing, and campaign management | $2M | 20 mo ago | Seed | — | Anthony Bobsin Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 45 | Bench IQ Provider of AI service that analyzes judges rulings for attorneys | $2M | 9 mo ago | Seed | — | Maxim Isakov Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 46 | Dippy Platform for creating and interacting with artificial intelligence companion characters | $2M | 19 mo ago | Seed | — | Angad Singh Co-Founder & COO | SentryGoogle CloudRemix+10 | — | — |
| 47 | 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 | Seed | 6 | Davide Panelli Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | 9 patents Patents concentrated in transport & manufacturing processes | 1 job opening |
| 48 | StackAdapt 🦄 Provider of an AI-powered platform for digital advertising campaign management | $2M | 16 mo ago | Series B | 993 | Yang Han Co-Founder & CTO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+25 | 24 patents Ad tech: audience lookalike modeling and automated multi-goal content placement optimization. | 3 launchs |
| 49 | Bloks Provider of an AI platform for relationship management and intelligence | $2M | 20 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Rian Robertson Co-Founder | WebflowSwipercore-js+12 | — | — |
| 50 | Younet Platform offering tools for creating personalized AI models | $1M | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | Alex Kapralov Founder & CEO | MUIReactEmotion+13 | — | 1 launch |
Top 12 Native AI companies in Ontario
#1
Cohere 🦄Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 44 employees$970Mraised▾
Cohere 🦄
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2019 · 44 employees
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 14%AI
top 18%Tech
top 21%Moat
top 28%Talent
top 28%Innovation
top 33%Funding: Raised $970M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 5 yrs (1.2/yr) · Last round Series D (Sep 2025)
AI: Classified as an AI company · Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Tech: 72 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Observability: Datadog, Fullstory
Audience (LinkedIn): 260k LinkedIn followers — 26.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 expansions (incl. TKMS) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series D$100M
- Aug 2025Series D$500M
- Jun 2024Series D$500M
- Jul 2023Series C—
Founders & team
Investors
Inovia Capital, Nvidia, Index Ventures, Oracle, DTCP, Mirae Asset
Tech stack
6SenseAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAnt DesignApple Icloud MailClosure Library
#2
Waabi 🦄Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 127 employees$283.5Mraised▾
Waabi 🦄
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2021 · 127 employees
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.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 31k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series C$750M
- Jun 2024Series B$200M
- Jan 2023Series A—
- Jun 2021Series A$83.5M
Founders & team
Investors
Volvo Group, Khosla Ventures, Uber, Radical Ventures, 8VC, OMERS
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailDatocmsGoogle AnalyticsHttp/3
#3
Series A · North York, Ontario · founded 2021$48.4Mraised▾
Series A · North York, Ontario · founded 2021
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 22how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 23%Talent
bottom 45%Tech
bottom 42%Global
bottom 25%Market
bottom 22%Funding: Raised $48.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 1 yrs (2.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Apr 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Tech: 17 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Cloudflare Turnstile
Audience (LinkedIn): 13k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Apr 2026Series A$38.4M
- Mar 2025Seed$10M
Founders & team
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGsap
#4
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012$100.7Mraised▾
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2012
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 57how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 31%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 48%Tech
bottom 31%News
bottom 27%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $101M across 7 rounds · 7 rounds over 10 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series C (Oct 2025)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Series C$550K
- Jun 2025Series C$500K
- Jun 2024Series C$1.5M
- Aug 2022Series C$1M
Founders & team
Investors
MedVenture Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpGeneratepressGravity FormsGenerateblocks
#5
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 350 employees$485.1Mraised▾
Series D · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 350 employees
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 90how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 20%Patents
top 25%Moat
top 25%Innovation
top 28%Talent
top 28%AI
top 30%Funding: Raised $485M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 9 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series D (Dec 2024)
Patents: 100 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 60 filings since 2022 vs 40 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2025
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · IP moat: 100 patents · Unicorn
Audience (LinkedIn): 84k LinkedIn followers — 8.6% of this cohort's audience · 106 engagements/post (2.0× cohort median)
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2024Series D$693M
- Aug 2023Series C$100M
- Jun 2021Conventional Debt—
- May 2021Series C$200M
Founders & team
Investors
Fidelity Investments, Moore Capital Management, Real Ventures, Eclipse, Hyundai Motor Group, Samsung Catalyst Fund
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityClipboard.JsDocusign
#6
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2024$20Mraised▾
Series A · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2024
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.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 622 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Microsoft) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Series A$20M
Founders & team
Investors
Ant Group, Meituan Dragon Ball Capital, Walden International, Beijing Zhongguancun Venture Capital Development, BAI Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBase UiCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#7
Ada 🦄Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 394 employees$200Mraised▾
Ada 🦄
Series C · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2016 · 394 employees
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 87how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Funding
top 23%Moat
top 26%Tech
top 27%Market
top 33%Growth
top 35%AI: Classified as an AI company
Funding: Raised $200M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Mar 2025)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 51k LinkedIn followers — 5.3% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Enterprise Account Executive
Funding rounds
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$1.8M
- Jan 2022Angel—
- May 2021Series C$130M
- Mar 2020Series B$44M
Founders & team
Investors
Spark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Version One Ventures, FirstMark
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAstroCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Zaraz
#8
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023$10.1Mraised▾
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 26%Talent
top 38%Partners
top 45%Funding
top 46%Moat
top 48%Innovation
bottom 45%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
Partners: 1 partnership announcement in 12 mo (1 in 24 mo)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed—
- Apr 2025Seed$4.4M
- Dec 2024Seed$5.2M
- Nov 2024Seed$464.4K
Founders & team
Investors
Staircase Ventures, Emerald Development Managers
#9
Series C · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2017 · 32 employees$9.2Mraised▾
Series C · Kitchener, Ontario · founded 2017 · 32 employees
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 80how this company ranks against its industry peers
News
top 20%Growth
top 25%Global
top 28%Talent
top 28%AI
top 30%Funding
top 33%News: 9 BI events in 12 mo (of 15 tracked, 4 types) · 7 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Global: Serving 60+ countries worldwide · Investors from 2 countries beyond Canada · Tagged global-market in registry data
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. Trouw Nutrition Canada) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt$25M
- Jun 2025Series C$50M
- Aug 2024Series B$15M
- Sep 2020Series A$7.7M
Founders & team
Investors
Lewis & Clark Agrifood, Garage Technology Ventures, BDC, Chillingo, Garage Capital, Lead Edge Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAosBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#10
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 54 employees$16Mraised▾
Acquired · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2015 · 54 employees
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 28%Funding
top 34%Growth
top 35%Moat
top 37%Tech
top 40%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 4 named leaders on record · 4 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $16.0M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 8 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series D (Aug 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 12k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Customer Support Representative, Senior GRC Analyst
Funding rounds
- Aug 2025Series D$122M
- Dec 2024Series C—
- Aug 2021Series B$9M
- Nov 2018Series A$7M
Founders & team
Investors
LDV Partners, Mistral, BDC, Relay Ventures, Generation Ventures, Ten Coves Capital
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsDemandbaseFacebook Pixel
#11
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2025$5Mraised▾
Seed · Ottawa, Ontario · founded 2025
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Talent
top 38%Funding
top 49%Tech
bottom 48%Global
bottom 33%Market
bottom 25%AI: Classified as an AI company
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Nov 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: BDR, Business Development Representative
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Seed$5M
Founders & team
Investors
Whitecap Venture Partners, Mistral
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#12
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023$5.5Mraised▾
Seed · Toronto, Ontario · founded 2023
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.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Tech
top 32%Funding
top 43%Growth
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 48%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 · Observability: Datadog, Microsoft Clarity
Funding: Raised $5.5M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Oct 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 2 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. Guidewire Software and P&C carriers) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Oct 2025Seed$5M
- 2023Seed$500K
Founders & team
Investors
Golden Ventures, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, Webflow, Inovia Capital, General Catalyst
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesClickbankCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
Funding & investor landscape
$4.1Btotal disclosed funding
105companies funded
261disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Techstars9 rounds
Notable founders
Nick Frosst
Co-Founder · Cohere
Ivan Zhang
Co-Founder · Cohere
Raquel Urtasun
Founder & CEO · Waabi
Vlad Rozhkovskiy
Director of Finance · Waabi
Rae Jeong
Co-Founder & CEO · Maneva
Adrian Lam
CEO & President · Analytics4Life
Ivan Hamer
Co-Founder · Tenstorrent
Milos Trajkovic
Co-Founder · Tenstorrent
Bocong Liu
Co-Founder & CTO · Looki
Yang Sun
Co-Founder & CEO · Looki
David Hariri
Co-Founder · Ada
Mike Murchison
Co-Founder & CEO · Ada
Prism market signals · Canada · country-scoped Prism corpus, 8,264,671 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Native AI 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
Inference research is surging in Canadian AI — papers grew from 2 to 13, with Transformer and Graph topics newly emerging at 10–11 papers.
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
Convolutional neural network advancement research intensified — papers rose from 1 to 8, though Advancements field-share fell sharply from 31% to 19%.
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
Medical literature concerns are newly emerging — MEDLINE appeared brand-new at 6 papers as Concerns field-share cooled from 22% to 11%.
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
Montreal82 · +0.44
Edmonton/Calgary51 · +0.38
Vancouver46 · +0.46
Waterloo/Hamilton44 · +0.27
Ottawa/Kingston23 · +0.34
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 Technology407
- Schlumberger CA406
- Services Petroliers Schlumberger298
- Dwave SYS257
- Element AI224
Common questions
How many Native AI companies are there in Ontario, Canada?
Radar tracks 277 indexable Native AI companies headquartered in Ontario, Canada that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Native AI companies in Ontario, Canada?
The Native AI companies in Ontario, Canada on this list have raised a combined $4.1B in disclosed equity funding across 105 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Native AI company in Ontario, Canada?
Cohere is the highest-funded Native AI company in Ontario, Canada, with $970M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Native AI companies in Ontario, Canada are funded?
105 of the 277 Native AI companies in Ontario, Canada on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Native AI unicorns are there in Ontario, Canada?
5 Native AI companies in Ontario, Canada on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Ontario, Canada Native AI companies?
The most active investors in Ontario, Canada Native AI companies on this list include BDC, MaRS Discovery District, Golden Ventures, Y Combinator, MaRS IAF.
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