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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada · Contribution program

AI Compute Access Fund

The AI Compute Access Fund offers financial support to help Canadian small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) access the compute power they need to scale and commercialize their innovative AI project.

Total value
$66.2M
Agreements
44
Feb 2026 to Mar 2026
Median agreement
$971K
Typical range
$543K–$2.8M
the middle half of agreements

Federal grants and contributions, agreements starting Jan 2006 to Oct 2026, each counted once at its latest amended value. Source: Treasury Board proactive disclosure, published October 11, 2026.

See every record for this program on the government’s search. How to apply: look up the program on Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s website.

Who got it

Organizations with the most funding under this program.

RecipientAgreementsTotal
Myant Textile Computing Inc.1$3.4M
Spare Labs Inc.1$3.4M
Discovery Loft Inc.1$3.2M
Draftaid Inc.1$3.2M
Variational AI Inc.1$3.1M
Swift Medical Inc.1$3.1M
Vendasta Technologies Inc.1$3M
Alpine Pacific Trading Inc.1$3M
CharliAI Inc.1$3M
Qohash inc.1$3M
EarthDaily Canada Holdings Corp.1$2.9M
Ecopia Tech Corporation1$2.8M
Super GeoAI Technology Inc1$2.6M
Tulip.io Inc1$2.6M
Fiddlehead Technology Inc.1$2.5M
Flare Systèmes Inc. Flare Systems Inc.1$2.3M
Moonlite Media Inc.1$1.8M
OnDeck A Inc1$1.8M
Solutions Petal Inc1$1.7M
Ambyint Inc1$1.4M
Moreideas Inc.1$1.1M
Procurify Technologies Inc.1$1M
OPTT Inc.1$902K
Foqus Technologies Inc.1$837K
Telem61 Software Inc.1$733K
Talem Health Analytics Inc.1$710K
One Cup Productions LTtd1$664K
ReelData Inc.1$643K
Basetwo Artificial Intelligence Inc.1$599K
ProteinQure Inc.1$588K
Novarc Technologies Inc.1$585K
Sensenet Inc1$577K
Mycroft Technologies Inc.1$553K
Arolytics Inc1$511K
ACTO Technologies Inc.1$418K
E-Zinc Incorporated1$362K
iNAGO Corporation1$334K
TS Analytics Canada Ltd.1$302K
Milk Moovement Inc.1$225K
Handymetrics Corporation1$180K
Carbon Chit Inc.1$157K
Technical Consultants and Experts Group Inc1$146K
CircuitIQ Inc.1$119K
iicontent Inc.1$101K

By year

Agreements by the year they started.

YearAgreementsTotal
202644$66.2M

By province

Province or territoryAgreementsTotal
Ontario21$27.3M
British Columbia8$16.4M
Quebec4$8.2M
Saskatchewan2$5.7M
New Brunswick1$2.5M
Alberta3$2M
Manitoba1$1.8M
Nova Scotia3$1.6M
Newfoundland and Labrador1$733K

By type of recipient

As the department classified the recipient.

Recipient typeAgreementsTotal
For-profit organizations44$66.2M

Industries funded

Where the department recorded an industry code (NAICS). Most agreements have none.

Industry groupAgreementsTotal
Scientific research and development services1$585K

Latest agreements

StartRecipientValue
Mar 2026Variational AI Inc.$3,117,381
Mar 2026One Cup Productions LTtd$663,907
Mar 2026Tulip.io Inc$2,554,211
Mar 2026Moreideas Inc.$1,141,917
Mar 2026Discovery Loft Inc.$3,209,172
Mar 2026Basetwo Artificial Intelligence Inc.$599,040
Mar 2026Vendasta Technologies Inc.$3,028,571
Mar 2026Swift Medical Inc.$3,064,189
Mar 2026ReelData Inc.$643,307
Mar 2026Qohash inc.$2,994,900
Mar 2026Flare Systèmes Inc. Flare Systems Inc.$2,319,410
Mar 2026Ecopia Tech Corporation$2,814,500
Mar 2026CharliAI Inc.$3,008,567
Mar 2026ACTO Technologies Inc.$417,679
Mar 2026OnDeck A Inc$1,774,007
Mar 2026Handymetrics Corporation$179,665
Mar 2026Foqus Technologies Inc.$837,133
Mar 2026TS Analytics Canada Ltd.$301,500
Mar 2026Solutions Petal Inc$1,732,917
Mar 2026ProteinQure Inc.$587,841
Mar 2026Procurify Technologies Inc.$1,040,917
Mar 2026Myant Textile Computing Inc.$3,350,000
Mar 2026Moonlite Media Inc.$1,800,000
Mar 2026Milk Moovement Inc.$225,362
Mar 2026Draftaid Inc.$3,177,851