Scale AI is Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) Global Innovation Cluster dedicated to boosting industry performance by leveraging AI technologies to improve value chains, with a specific focus on building resilient and sustainable supply chains.
Sale AI Funding
Scale AI is funded from the Governments of Canada and Quebec as well from the private sector through membership fees and strategic partnerships. The Government of Canada’s contribution to Scale AI amounted to $230M over 5 years, from April 1, 2018 until March 31, 2023. Additional funding of $53.4M has been granted by the Government of Québec. They have already funded $700M in AI projects as of December 2024 for some well-known companies per the following chart, which is a bit dated in terms of the total investment amount and was copied from their presentation entitled “Building an AI-Powered Economy for Canada”
As consultants, it’s our job to encourage our clients to consider getting their AI projects funded and to seek assistance from Scale AI who are still active and funding AI projects. We recommend you contact Grant Synergy at https://grantsynergy.ca/ for more information or try figuring it yourself at https://www.scaleai.ca/. Grant Synergy are experts in government funding programs and have secured over $520 million in funding through grants and loans, and helped more than 900 companies achieve their financial goals. 180 Systems has helped our clients with other government programs, but we don’t have experience with Scale AI.
Written by Michael Burns
Michael Burns is both founder and president of 180 Systems. Michael has provided consulting services to a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, construction, financial, distribution, retail, third-party logistics, professional services, real estate and not-for-profit organizations. Michael is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and is certified as a PMP (Project Manager Professional) and as a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP).
Michael has written extensively for a number of professional magazines and spoken at IT conferences. He was also a part-time professor at University of Toronto and Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). Michael’s experience also includes software development, project management and accounting.