Front office
Bilingual voice and chat agents that answer, qualify, book and follow up. The phone that never goes to voicemail.
measures: missed calls · booking rate
Intake open · closes in 84daysSouthern Ontario · for-profit SMEs
Ottawa will lend you half of your AI project. At 0%. We build the half that works.
FedDev Ontario co-funds up to 50% of a serious AI adoption project, $125K to $5M, interest-free, with nothing to repay until a year after launch. Identify designs the project, builds the AI across your whole business, and keeps every invoice claim-ready.
28 daysto apply for work starting before Mar 31, 2027Jan 19, 2027intake closes, 4:59 p.m. ET
$700MFederal pot behind the Regional AI Initiative
50%Of eligible costs FedDev Ontario can cover
0%Interest. Repayment starts about a year after the project ends
$125K–$5MContribution range per project
That money is first come, first assessed. Want to know in 20 minutes whether you're a fit?
Schedule a callWatch one call move through your business
78% of firms that skip AI say they can't see how it helps. So here's a picture.
One phone call. Six departments. Nobody re-keys anything. The orange dot is the only thing moving, and it's moving at 2 a.m. on a Sunday in French.
See this on your own callsBring one week of call logs. We'll show you what the dot would have done.
What we build
One AI layer. Every department. Pick the modules that move your numbers.
Each card is a fundable workstream. Three or four of them is a project. The last one comes with every project, because it's the reason the others get approved.
Sales
Lead scoring, AI estimating from photos, proposal drafting and a CRM that cleans itself. Quotes in minutes, not Mondays.
measures: quote turnaround · close rateOperations
Scheduling, routing, capacity forecasting and job notes written for your techs, not by them. Dispatch that thinks ahead.
measures: jobs per tech · drive timeHR
Onboarding assistant, policy Q&A, job posts and offer letters drafted, screening support with a human making every call.
measures: time to hire · HR ticketsWorkforce
Demand-based shift scheduling, overtime forecasting, skills-to-job matching and timesheet anomalies caught before payroll.
measures: overtime % · unfilled shiftsFinance
AP/AR automation, invoice extraction, collections nudges, cash-flow forecasting and margin by job. Month-end in a morning.
measures: DSO · close timeInventory
Demand forecasting, auto-reorder, supplier lead times, dead-stock alerts and photo cycle counts. Stock that reorders itself.
measures: stock-outs · inventory turnsEcommerce
Bilingual product content, shopping assistant, order-status agent, recommendations and returns triage linked to live stock.
measures: conversion · tickets per orderFoundation, with every project
Data cleanup, integrations (Zoho, QuickBooks, Shopify, your ERP), cybersecurity, an AI policy and staff training. All eligible costs. All the boring part everyone else skips.
measures: readiness score · incidentsNot sure which three modules are yours?That's the first 20 minutes of the call. We've done it for a duct-cleaning crew; we can do it for you.
Pick a timeFunding calculator
Drag the slider. That's the honest version of the math.
FedDev calls it a repayable contribution. You pay costs as you go, claim back FedDev's share, and start repaying, interest-free, about a year after the project wraps. One catch: you pay first and claim back, so plan bridging cash for the full amount. BDC's LIFT program exists for exactly that gap.
- Fundable: our build and integration fees, software, data work, cybersecurity, training, your AI policy.
- Not fundable: fees for writing the application, and hosting after the project ends. We price both separately and say so.
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FedDev lends (50%)$200,000
You fund (cash or financing)$200,000
Interest on the federal half$0
Repayment begins+12 months
Bridging cash you need during the project$400,000
Claimed back from FedDevYours
FedDev covers up to 50% of eligible costs, capped at $5M. Final amounts are set by FedDev.
Confirm these numbers on a callHow it works
Five steps. One of them is FedDev's, and nobody can rush it.
- 01 · 3–4 weeks
The Blueprint
Paid, fixed price. We map workflows, price the hours you're bleeding and hand you a funding-ready project plan. Yours to keep, whatever FedDev says.
- 02 · you
You apply
You're the applicant; the rules say a consultant can't be your contact. We supply the plan, budget, responsible-AI answers and risk section. You sign.
- 03 · FedDev
FedDev decides
Approved? You sign a contribution agreement within 30 days and show matching funds. Real cash or financing; forecast revenue doesn't count.
- 04 · 1–2 years
We build, you claim
You pay invoices, submit claims, FedDev reimburses up to 50%. We bill on milestones that line up with your claim periods.
- 05 · 0%
You repay. Slowly.
Repayment normally starts a year after completion, on a schedule set in your agreement. By then the AI has had 12 months to earn its keep.
Start step oneStep one is a call. The deadline counter at the top is step zero.
Am I eligible
Five boxes. Tick them and the page tells you what to do next.
This is the AI Adoption stream, built for established businesses. The $125K minimum means your project should be around $250K or more all-in.
Bonus points if you're in healthcare, energy, transportation, agriculture or manufacturing, FedDev's priority sectors, or you keep data and suppliers Canadian.
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Why Identify
We build the things assessors underline.
Bilingual by default
French isn't a toggle we add later. The national strategy prioritizes it, and so do your customers in Ottawa, Windsor and Welland.
A Canadian-hosted option
Canadian models and data residency for anything sensitive. FedDev may prioritize projects that keep data and suppliers at home.
Responsible AI, pre-installed
Human-in-the-loop, audit logs, call disclosure, an AI policy your board will sign. Required by the program. Standard with us.
Claim-ready invoicing
Every hour tracked, every deliverable tied to a milestone, every milestone tied to a claim period. Your bookkeeper will send us a card.
Talk to the people who build itYou get an engineer on the call, not a closer.
Needs you · the AI Blueprint
Find out what AI is worth to your business before you bet a dollar on it.
Fixed price. 3–4 weeks. You get a workflow map, a dollar figure on what you're losing, a module plan and a funding-ready project scope. Fee credited against the build if you go ahead.
Blueprint: [YOUR PRICE] · typical funded project: $250K–$2M
The November 24 date matters if you want work funded before March 31, 2027. A Blueprint takes 3–4 weeks. You can do the math; the counter at the top already did.
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28days to the Nov 24 date · 20 minutes to find out if you qualifySchedule a call
20-minute call · free
Pick a time that suits you
You'll meet an engineer, not a salesperson. We check eligibility, sketch your first modules and tell you honestly whether a funded project is realistic before the deadline.
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