Artificial Intelligence
Toronto Region is one of the leaders in the AI industry., is harnessing the Power of AI to Shape Tomorrow., is a Global AI Epicenter forging the Future., is at the Forefront of AI Advancements Worldwide., is : Where AI Excellence is Redefined., is driving Innovation in AI Technology and Research.
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Toronto Region: The global centre for AI
The Artificial Intelligence industry in the Toronto Region has transformed the area into a prosperous AI hub where both startups and established tech companies thrive and compete.
Fueled by talent and innovation, the rapidly developing Artificial Intelligence space has found its home in the Toronto Region. Our Artificial Intelligence industry is supported by our strong operating environment, generous R&D incentives, and an innovative ecosystem.
Considering the Toronto Region for your AI
business?
You’re in great company!
Our tech scene is booming – just ask Amazon, Etsy, GM and Samsung.
Why is the Toronto Region the right choice?
- Over 40 percent of Artificial Intelligence firms in Canada are in the Toronto Region
- Home to highly intelligent and notable Artificial Intelligence researchers such as Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI”
- Home to notable AI research labs such as NVIDIA AI Lab, Samsung AI Lab, and Sanofi AI Centre of Excellence.
The AI industry in the Toronto Region has transformed the area into a prosperous Artificial Intelligence hub where both startups and established tech companies thrive and compete.
Fueled by talent and innovation, the rapidly developing AI space has found its home in the Toronto Region. Our AI industry is supported by our strong operating environment, generous R&D incentives, and an innovative ecosystem.
The Toronto Region’s tech industry is powered by over 285,000 skilled workers making it one of the largest tech hubs in the world. We are the largest technology hub in Canada and 3rd largest in North America after San Francisco Bay Area and New York Metro – and growing!
According to the 2023 CBRE Scoring Tech Talent Report, between 2017-2022, Toronto had the 2nd largest tech talent growth in North America (+63,800 jobs, +29% growth), right behind San Francisco Bay Area (+75,020 jobs, +23% growth).
Vector Institute
The Vector Institute is an independent, non-profit research institution dedicated to the transformative field of artificial intelligence, excelling in deep learning and machine learning.
Notable corporate partners are Google, Shopify, Loblaws, Accenture, Thomson Reuters, Magna International, NVIDIA, Uber, Air Canada, and all five major Canadian banks.
Under the guidance of Chief Scientific Advisor, Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI” – “the Vector Institute is building on Canada’s outstanding pool of globally recognized AI expertise by training, attracting and retaining more top researchers who want to lead the world in machine learning and deep learning research, while having the flexibility to work on commercial applications with companies or in their own startups.
International companies choose Toronto Region for Artificial Intelligence:
U of T.
The University of Toronto is truly a global institution. With three campuses across the Toronto Region, it is home to 88,000 students. Widely regarded as a world leader in machine learning, the University of Toronto ranks among the world’s largest institutions in terms of faculty and student bodies focusing on Artificial Intelligence research.
Prior PhD students, post-doctoral fellows or current faculty members at the University of Toronto’s computer science department and its machine learning lab currently hold key positions at some of the world’s most impactful technology companies, including Uber, Google, Apple, DeepMind, and Open AI.
Made in Toronto
Deep Genomics: Founded in 2015 in Toronto, Deep Genomics is working on a new generation of computational technologies that can tell what will happen within a cell when DNA is altered by genetic variation, whether naturally or artificially. They also produce SPIDEX, a comprehensive set of mutations and their predicted effects on RNA splicing across the entire human genome.
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BenchSci
BenchSci: Founded in 2015 in Toronto, Benchsci allows scientists to search millions of papers to find antibody usage data for drug data management and experiment designing, allowing them to focus on more important aspects of their work. The platform includes features for reagent selection, antibody selection, and more.
Cohere: Founded in 2019 in Toronto, Cohere provides an NLP-based platform to classify and build language generation models in such a way that humans can understand them. Each of the cofounders also attended the University of Toronto.
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Untether
Untether: Founded in 2017 in Toronto, the team at Untether developed an artificial intelligence neural net processor for enabling power-constrained devices like AR headsets and wearables to carry out inference operations such as machine vision and speech recognition. The chip combines near-memory design with digital processing to reduce the physical distance between memory and processing tasks, which speeds up data transfer and lowers power consumption.
Ada: Founded in 2016 in Toronto and named after Ada Lovelace, the team at Ada developed a no-code AI chatbot platform that automates the customer engagement process, featuring analytics, API & authentication, and conditional logic capabilities. It has use cases in travel, e-commerce, fintech, telecom, retail, banking, and insurance.
Xanadu
Xanadu: Founded in 2016 in Toronto, the team at Xanadu developed open-source software that includes a new quantum computing language, a dedicated machine learning platform for quantum computers. It also consists of a quantum photonic processor which uses squeezed light (fluctuation in light behaviour at the quantum level) for better calculations and computing speeds.