{AI-powered Pricing; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Couche-Tard Inc., Third Bridge, Ivado Labs; <ul><li>Project partners will be working together to optimize pricing based on consumer demand and behaviour. The solution will also integrate the responses of competitors and market conditions.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.68M / GIC funding: $0.91M</li></ul>; null,Propulsion Scale AI; Project location: Quebec, QC<br/>Project partners: Le CAMP; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Le CAMP, based in Quebec City, to offer services and support for startups using technology to solve supply chain issues.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.38M / GIC funding: Up to $0.18M</li></ul>; null,Developing an AI-Driven Platform for Last Mile Delivery and Home Installation; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Quick Contractors, Tech Consultants Group, Genaire Transport, Canadian Tire; <ul><li>This project will develop a software as a service AI platform that combines real-time data and artificial intelligence to optimize last-mile delivery and product installations for large Canadian retailers. This intelligent platform will have optimization capabilities that will synthesize existing and real-time data inputs including inventory availability, delivery carrier details, delivery location and contractor skill levels to improve the capacity planning and scheduling of over 5000+ contractors and delivery agents.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.98M / GIC funding: $0.65M</li></ul>; null,Smart supply chain for the minerals and metals sector; Project location: Quebec, QC<br/>Project partners: Optel Group, Aluminium Association of Canada, Université Laval, Laserax, Lithion Recycling, SmartyfAI, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>The project will enable a highly advanced AI algorithm to ensure full traceability of the supply chain for minerals and metals, from extraction to the end of the product life cycle. The traceability system makes it possible to guarantee the North American origin of the materials, which will reduce the processing time for exports at the border. From an environmental perspective, analyzing the data will facilitate the implementation of initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure that industry complies with the OECD guidelines on responsible sourcing.</li><li>Total project budget: $16.56M / GIC funding: $1.24M</li></ul>; null,HyperScale AI; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: BC Tech Association; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in BC Tech Association, based in Vancouver, to provide services and support required to accelerate the creation of globally competitive Canadian supply chain AI companies.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.35M / GIC funding: Up to $0.35M</li></ul>; null,Rapid distribution capacity of essential cargo; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: CargoM, The Montreal Port Authority, Montreal Gateway Terminal Partnership and Termont Montréal Inc.; <ul><li>This project will optimize the sorting and prioritization of cargo ships entering the Port of Montreal to ensure the rapid distribution of essential goods across Canada, such as medical equipment and food products. Distribution networks are under stress, with the need to quickly deliver basic necessities in the health and food sectors. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.49M</li></ul>; null,Amplify AI BC; Project location: Victoria, BC <br/>Project partners: Alacrity Canada; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Alacrity Canada, a not-for-profit accelerator that will be providing services and support to AI-focused firms based in B.C. Alacrity Canada aims to help build inbound investment and revenue both domestically and globally for AI driven companies. Their goal is to launch the first commercialization, marketing, and sales acceleration program for AI supply chain companies in Canada.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.57 M / GIC funding: Up to $0.20M</li></ul>; null,AI for customized packaging; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Nulogy Corporation, Mars Canada, Shenker Canada, Menasha, Lake City Foods, Linsey Foods, Alliance; <ul><li>This project will see project partners leverage production and demand data for an AI platform that will allow for better supply chain planning and delivery.  This AI-enhanced platform will also benefit other consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and suppliers by accelerating growth in this space.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.74M / GIC funding: $0.61M</li></ul>; null,The DAL-IA; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Logibec, CHUM, Moov AI, Chair in Analytics and Logistics in Healthcare (HANALOG); <ul><li>This project aims to develop a solution that prevents inventory run-out in hospitals through improved consumption forecasting of more than 50,000 essential products. The solution will also offer availability predictions regarding potentially delayed or incomplete orders. It will be incorporated into Logibec?s existing material resource management solution, already in use in more than 70% of healthcare facilities in Quebec.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.65M / GIC funding: $1.87M</li></ul>; null,COVID-19 screening and virtual home visits; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: AlayaCare, Polytechnique Montréal and Bien Chez Soi; <ul><li>This project will enhance the AlayaCare home health care platform to respond to immediate needs emerging because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will ensure that Canadians in need continue to receive home healthcare in the early, most critical stages of the pandemic, while protecting the health and safety of both patients and care providers. Partners will use  the platform to provide a new virtual care offering up and running as soon as possible in order to mitigate cancelled homecare visits. Through this project, the platform will also offer the ability to create COVID screeners to collect symptom data and protect care workers and patients from exposure if any symptoms are present before a scheduled visit. The main objective of this is to virtually collect and analyze screener data to help to pinpoint hot zones of infection and identify high-risk individuals and areas.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.31M / GIC funding: $0.3M</li></ul>; null,Reducing installation and repair times for telecommunication customers; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Bell Canada, Exfo, VuPoint Systems, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>Project partners will employ AI models to assign technicians; optimizing field installation and repair processes. This will reduce the number and average time of visits, and ultimately improve the Canadian consumer experience.  </li><li>Total project budget: $0.48M / GIC funding: $0.19M</li></ul>; null,AI-enabled Quality Control and Predictive Maintenance for the PPE Supply Chain; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: CrossWing Solutions Inc., Cardinal Health, The Design Quantum, Big Nano Corporation, Shield Medical Products, York University, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Performance BioFilaments Inc., LifeCycle Revive; <ul><li>The project will deliver a comprehensive quality control system that will leverage both artificial intelligence and machine learning through computer vision to increase quality standards and production outputs in the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) with a focus on medical gown manufacturing. By significantly improving the quality control standards while meeting demand and reducing the need for manual intervention, this will create an increase in customer trust, production capacity, and shared intelligence for the entire supply chain.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.16M / GIC funding: $1.28M</li></ul>; null,Port Logistics Optimization Tool; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Montreal Port Authority, Montreal Gateway Terminals Partnership, Canscan, EI Systems, Termont, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>Project partners will work together to develop a data-driven approach to port logistics that will provide upstream visibility on the rail and marine supply chain to support decision-making at the tactical level through AI. The movement of containers through the Port of Montreal?s infrastructure is driven by complex information in the possession of numerous stakeholders. A better synchronization of all the elements of the supply chains is expected to bring substantial benefits to the entire gateway ecosystem. </li><li>Total project budget: $2.68M / GIC funding: $0.66M</li></ul>; null,Holt Accelerator; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Holt Accelerator; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Holt Accelerator, a seed fintech investor based in Montreal. Holt tracks early stage fintechs globally and solicits the best ones and matches them with their Advisor network. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.74M / GIC funding: Up to $ 0.04M</li></ul>; null,New Intelligent planning tool for Shipyards; Project location: Montreal, Laval, Quebec City, QC and  Halifax, NS and Mount Pearl, NL and Victoria, BC<br/>Project partners: Thales, Sodan, SimWell Consulting & Technologies, Genoa Design International, Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Laval, Dalhousie University, Seaspan Victoria Shipyards, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project brings together specialists in technology and design, in addition to university researchers, to develop an innovative optimization solution for the planning of naval in-service support. Partners will be developing a new intelligent planning tool to help shipyards manage complex sets of constraints and adapt to unplanned events. </li><li>Total project budget: $2.43M / GIC funding: $0.89M</li></ul>; null,Improve demand forecast accuracy ; Project location: Brampton, ON<br/>Project partners: Loblaw Companies Limited, Plotly, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will develop an AI tool to improve demand forecast accuracy, and by extension a large set of supply chain aspects affected by demand forecast accuracy (i.e. fulfillment, inventory, assortment, planograms), in order to optimally manage store supply and ensure the best possible shopping experience for consumers.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.65M / GIC funding: $0.65M</li></ul>; null,Telemedicine for coronavirus patients; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Dialogue Technologies, MILA; <ul><li>This project will expand Dialogue Technologies' free AI-powered assessment tool, ?Chloe for COVID-19?, to include infection risk assessments, question-answering capabilities and automated follow-ups. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.5M</li></ul>; null,Corporate Innovation Program for AI Supply Chain Startups; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: BCF Ventures; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. Through this project, the Cluster is investing in BCF Ventures to accelerate collaboration between AI-based Supply Chain start-ups and provide entrepreneur-centric advice that responds to the challenges of business development with corporations, legal due diligence, scalability and funding.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.20M / GIC funding: Up to $0.20M</li></ul>; null,Intelligent digital assistance system; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Careteam, FleetOps, Collingwood Neighborhood House, the Vancouver Foundation; <ul><li>This project will aim to equip and enable community organizations, local stakeholders and volunteers to manage interventions, and share data through a digital platform in a coordinated manner. This is important because the support network for vulnerable people, including professional home services and caregiver interventions, is completely disrupted by the current crisis. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.5M</li></ul>; null,AI for Energy Supply Chain Feedstock Optimization; Project location: Calgary, AB / Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd., Validere Technologies Inc., NOVA Analytics, Queen?s University; <ul><li>Together, project partners will be developing a data layer that consolidates and augments multiple data sources into a single source platform solution to make better operational, commercial, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) decisions. Specifically, this new AI technology will track and predict oil and gas supply chain feedstocks with aims to economics for supply chain participants and reducing environmental waste associated with inefficiencies. The tools being developed are not only useful in both day-to-day operations, but also in the strategic planning of product movements.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.57M / GIC funding: $1.21M</li></ul>; null,Farm to Market; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: Local Line, Flanagan Foodservice, Ontario Fresh, Ontario Farmers Collective ; <ul><li>This collaborative project will establish an innovative online platform that will significantly reduce distribution costs and enable access to new markets. The AI algorithms created will identify co-loads in advance, giving farmers an entirely new logistics model where ship dates are projected and synchronized months into the future.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.2M</li></ul>; null,Adaptive AI Powering the Oil & Gas Supply Chain ; Project location: Montreal, QC and Calgary, AB<br/>Project partners: Stream Systems, IBM, Paramount Resources, NAL Resources, Trans Mountain, Drift Technological Solutions, Egistix Corporation, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>Project partners will use simulation tools to create virtual reality replications of field operations to provide energy producers with a better understanding of the drivers and bottlenecks that affect the flow of assets through the oil and gas supply chain. This will allow producers to take appropriate actions before the revenue opportunity is lost or gained.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.9M / GIC funding: $1.79M</li></ul>; null,HubIA Inspire; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Centech; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Centech, a business incubator based in Montreal that offers services and support programs for start-ups. The program aims to accelerate AI adoption for SMEs and ensure that they are ready for AI implementation with pre-approvals from financial partners.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.38M / GIC funding: Up to $0.10M</li></ul>; null,Volta AI; Project location: Halifax, NS<br/>Project partners: Volta ; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in the innovation hub Volta, based in Halifax. Volta will launch a program where eligible AI supply chain focused ventures are given additional access to programming and funding opportunities facilitated and administered by Volta. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.18M / GIC funding: Up to $0.18M</li></ul>; null,Apollo.AI; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Ray-Mont Logistics International, FaimData, Ivado Labs, Volume Freight Solutions Inc.; <ul><li>This project aims to leverage AI technologies to redefine project partners quoting and order management experience for both their internal users and clients. The project will develop a decision support system to automate the logistics services quoting process. This system aims to better serve customers and facilitate interactions within the organization.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.96 / GIC funding: $2.49</li></ul>; null,L-Spark Accelerator; Project location: Ottawa, ON<br/>Project partners: L-Spark Corp; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in L-Spark Corp, an accelerator based in Ottawa. L-Spark offers services and support to startups in: Deep Technology, Startups focused on enterprise solutions with a heavy AI component, and startups focused helping SMEs use AI to automate customer attraction, retention and yield.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.69M / GIC funding: Up to $0.50M</li></ul>; null,Velocity; Project location: Kitchener, ON<br/>Project partners: Velocity Incubator; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada.The Cluster is investing in Velocity, the signature entrepreneurship program at the University of Waterloo. Velocity?s incubator program is for early-stage, pre-seed tech startups.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.50M / GIC funding: Up to $0.50M</li></ul>; null,Centech Acceleration; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Centech; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Centech, a business incubator based in Montreal that offers support programs for start-ups. The Centech Acceleration program is an intensive and structured 12-week program dedicated to technology ventures. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $1.19M / GIC funding: Up to $0.35 M</li></ul>; null,Optimization of transportation assets (ARES); Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Ray-Mont Logistics International, Argus Transport; <ul><li>This project aims to develop a decision support system based on artificial Intelligence for the optimization of transport assets including a fleet of trucks, drivers, chassis and rails. Road transportation planning will allow Ray-Mont and its partners to reduce expenses, eliminate bottlenecks, reduce empty runs and improve asset utilization. In terms of rail transportation, the project is expected to minimize switch changes, car movements and operational delays related to rail management at Ray-Mont terminals and at its railway partners.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.83M / GIC funding: $0.46M</li></ul>; null,Improving Save-On-Foods Supply Chain Through AI-Based Demand Forecasting; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Save on Foods, D-Wave Systems, ThoughtsWin Systems, White Box Analytics, OpsGuru, Deloitte; <ul><li>This project will build and integrate several AI solutions to develop a demand forecasting model with the overall goal of ensuring the right products are in the right place, at the right price for their customers. Additionally, an optimization algorithm will automate scheduling of ecommerce deliveries to improve productivity and align with customer demand.</li><li>Total project budget: $7.19M / GIC funding: $2.77M</li></ul>; null,MaRS Supply Chain AI Project; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: MaRS Discovery District; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in MaRS Discovery District, based in Toronto, to provide services and support to build Canada?s next generation of high-growth supply chain AI companies.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.50M / GIC funding: Up to $0.50M</li></ul>; null,Taking Flight: Optimization in the Airline Industry ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Air Canada, Plotly, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will apply machine learning and optimization to the value chain in order to predict passenger no-shows, revenue, and competitor behavior, in turn leading to an enriched information feed and a better prediction of consumer demand. </li><li>Total project budget: $16.8M / GIC funding: $5.99M</li></ul>; null,Staff Optimizer and Two-Way Product Recommender for e-Commerce; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Kognitive Tech Inc., Ivado labs, Roy Foss Motors Ltd., Cellcom Communications; <ul><li>This project will integrate artifical intelligence to an existing e-commerce software suite in order to build strong personalization capabilities that are scalable for retailers more broadly. The tools developed as a result of this project will provide retailers with the ability to categorize their clients, score their likelihood of making a purchase, and prioritize incoming clients in real-time to better capture demand and optimize their store resources. The goal of this project is to ultimately grow retailer transaction conversion rates, or demand capture, while increasing supply chain efficiency.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.93M / GIC funding: $1.02M</li><ul>; null,Scale AI Québec; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Centre d'entreprises et d'innovation de Montréal (CEIM); <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Centre d?entreprises et d?innovation de Montreal (CEIM). CEIM provides services and support to Quebec startups at the pre-commercialization or commercial stage who are developing innovative products and services with AI that have supply chain applications. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.58M / GIC funding: Up to $0.18M</li></ul>; null,Intelligent forecasting for a more reliable supply chain; Project location: Quebec, QC<br/>Project partners: Distribution Pharmaplus, Groupe Horizon Santé, Pharmacie SM, CS et AP Inc, Sodan Conseillers TI, Thales Digital Solutions, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will offer a new way for the pharmaceutical industry to improve pharmacy inventory management, reduce shortages and increase revenue through an innovative cloud-based platform for the drug distribution chain.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.55M / GIC funding: $0.41M</li></ul>; null,Patient clinical care pathway optimization; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: MCI OneHealth Technologies Inc., William Osler Health System, SeamlessMD, Khure Health, Polyclinic Family and Specialty Medicine Facility, Altima Dental Inc.; <ul><li>Project partners will be working together to develop an AI solution that will optimize the patient care path between virtual, in-person and specialist visits. This solution will offer better care to MCI OneHealth patients by supporting a holistic model for more integrated, personalized and cost-efficient healthcare delivery.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.77M / GIC funding: $0.66M</li></ul>; null,Optimization of the distribution of diagnostic tests for COVID-19; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Roche; <ul><li>This project will enable rapid response distribution capabilities for diagnostic tests that will benefit public health stakeholders, healthcare professionals and patients.  This will be done by leveraging a robust forecasting model, and an allocation optimization engine that takes into account constraints in global supply, as well as national testing capacity and changing circumstances.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.5M</li></ul>; null,Production and Optimization of Rental Assets Stock and Transportation; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Simplex Equipment Rental, Mind in a box, CGI, Maya HTT, Équipements Mathieu, Construction Bugère; <ul><li>The goal of this project is to increase the availability of products for its customers, in the right quantities and at the right locations, through the development of advanced technology capabilities for critical asset management that will strengthen its contribution to the enterprise supply chain through the following predictive and decision support approaches: Improving annual inventory planning and Estimation of optimal parameters for all shipments.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.67M / GIC funding: $1.04M</li></ul>; null,AI for the Air Cargo Industry ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Air Canada, OEC Group, Edgenda, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will adopt AI-powered solutions in order to enhance airline cargo operations and performance by optimizing asset utilization, forecasting shipments, and identifying errors.</li><li>Total project budget: $14.29M / GIC funding: $3.53M</li></ul>; null,AI Solutions for a Home Care Staffing Crisis ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: AlayaCare, CBI, IntegraCare, Polytechnique Montréal, Bien chez soi, Clinique GO, CIUSSS, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will see partners use an AI-informed software platform to give home healthcare agencies better planning and management tools to optimize and prepare the home care workforce to meet the growing demands of our aging population. By creating efficiencies in scheduling, time reporting, clinical documentation and patient monitoring, this innovative software will enable home care providers to deliver best-in-class services aimed at improving patient outcomes in Canada.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.84M / GIC funding: $0.61M</li></ul>; null,Intelligent Platform for Automated Construction of Optimal and Localized Price and Promotion Plans; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Kinaxis, Rexall, Google, University of Guelph; <ul><li>This project will use AI-driven workflow engines to automate promotional planning and demand forecasting capabilities for retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. This new technology will generate an entire promotional calendar, given the objectives, constraints, local consumer conditions and business rules on behalf of corporate planning teams in order to maximize profitability.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.81M / GIC funding: $1M</li></ul>; null,Retail Supply Chain Platform; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Ravel by Cadillac Fairview, Coveo, Fintech Growth Syndicate, Adeptmind, Mackage, AlDO Group, Softmoc, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will have partners working together to create an AI-powered retail supply chain platform that will help Canadian export innovation. This platform will connect people, physical and virtual spaces, and data -enabling retailers to better predict customer demand, optimize inventory and deliver products faster.</li><li>Total project budget: $12.99M / GIC funding: $4.61M</li></ul>; null,Datapreneur; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Montreal (CEuMontreal); <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in the Entrepreneurship Center at the University of Montreal (CEuMontreal) to provide support and services to future entrepreneurs in AI and data science with the goal of transforming their ideas into concrete projects.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.24M / GIC funding: Up to $0.05M</li></ul>; null,Supply Chain Optimization Platform; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Adastra, Standard Building & Supplies, Taiga Building Products; <ul><li>The project will improve retail customer experience by leveraging datasets that provide information related to historical purchase trends, seasonality, market variances, other customer purchase patterns. Adastra will commercialize the expertise developed and reusable technical components of the workflows that can be adapted/customized to other logistics and manufacturing clients, while Taiga will retain the business-specific context, trained models, and optimization model definitions/constraints.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.08M / GIC funding: $2.80M</li></ul>; null,Data-driven project to unravel the coronavirus; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: MILA; <ul><li>This project will take advantage of a new deep learning algorithm to exploit the capabilities of artificial intelligence in fundamental research and to transfer this knowledge into applied research to accelerate the interpretation of research data for effective antiviral molecules in the fight against COVID-19. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.25M / GIC funding: $0.13M</li></ul>; null,Transportation Optimization; Project location: Varennes, QC<br/>Project partners: Kemira Water Solutions Canada Inc., Global Attributes; <ul><li>This project will develop an AI solution that will focus on optimizing the transportation routes and minimizing costs for the pulp & paper, water treatment and oil & gas industries. AI will allow the solution to select the optimal combination of routes after an exhaustive evaluation of all possible options, including driving hours, material compatibility, opening hours and even construction along the way.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.32M / GIC funding: $0.93M</li></ul>; null,Breakthrough AI and Machine Learning Models for Canadian Supply Chains ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Plotly, Hydro-Québec, S&P Canada, Musashi Canada, Dex Clothing, Enhance Energy, RenoRun, BuildDirect, Xtract AI, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII), Government of Quebec; <ul><li>Project partners will use a breakthrough AI and machine learning software to facilitate easier access and engagement with complex data collected to bring integrated solutions to supply chain issues. This software will be used to develop interactive data-driven web applications that decision-makers can easily access and analyze in order to draw actionable takeaways for their respective supply chains.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.66M / GIC funding: $1.42M</li></ul>; null,Extending an Order?s Life Cycle Through AI; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Bell Business Markets (Bell Canada), Loblaws Group of Companies Inc., Ausenco Engineering Canada Inc., Inmind Technologies, Maxa AI Inc.; <ul><li>This project aims to reduce installation time for new fiber optic connections by accelerating several steps in the supply chain with artificial intelligence solutions.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.39M / GIC funding: $0.62M</li></ul>; null,Precision Harvest; Project location: New Brunswick, Manitoba, Alberta<br/>Project partners: McCain Foods Group Inc., CP Farms Ltd., Perry Produce, Riverview Farms Corp, Swansfleet Alliance, IVADO, Resson, Fiddlehead Technology; <ul><li>This project will be developing a break-through technology that will support farmers in crop management decision making. Project partners will be harnessing the power of data and artificial intelligence to give farmers the tools to be more proactive about crop management while reducing the impacts of weather uncertainty. Specifically, the project will help potato growers in sequencing their fields for harvest against objective criteria such as canopy health and wet spots in order to maximize yield.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.85M / GIC funding: $0.71M</li></ul>; null,CDL Recovery Program; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) ; <ul><li>This project will launch a mentoring program targeted at developing a range of skills in high demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawn from leading entrepreneurs, economists, scientists, inventors, business leaders, and investors from around the world ? this mentorship program will help to rapidly transform technological innovations into useful products and services in the areas of public health and economic recovery.</li><li>Total project budget: $0.5M / GIC funding: $0.5M</li></ul>; null,Cognitive Capabilities for Aero-engines? Aftermarket; Project location: Longueuil, QC<br/>Project partners: Pratt & Whitney Canada, McKinsey & Company Canada, MOOV AI, Cognitive Group, Standard Aero Limited Winnipeg, Vector Aerospace Engine Services- Atlantic Inc., Schaeffler, Paradigm Orillia Technology, Meloche; <ul><li>This project aims to provide an integrated solution to support decision making across the spare parts sector of the aerospace industry. This new technology will enable intelligent maintenance forecasting, recommendation capabilities for new and used parts as well as an integrated inventory control system. This AI implementation will have lasting positive economic and operational results as the aerospace industry recovers from the impacts of the pandemic. Through this project, partners are accelerating supply chain efficiency to ensure customers have the parts and services they need to grow their businesses at a time where this is more important than ever.</li><li>Total project budget: $23.46M / GIC funding: $5.46M</li></ul>; null,Demand Forecasts for Spare Parts; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Bombardier, Traxall; <ul><li>This project will see project partners use AI models to better predict the demand for spare parts for aircraft maintenance. This will reduce the risk of supply shocks and will benefit suppliers and customers alike all along the supply chain.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.7M / GIC funding: $0.65M</li></ul>; null,AIStotle; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: SemiosBIO Technologies Inc., IVADO Labs, Laughing Cayote Orchards; <ul><li>This project will leverage SemiosBIO?s robust historical data set of in-canopy microclimate conditions to develop spatial weather forecasting tools designed to account for variability in a site?s crop and topographic characteristics. These new capabilities will provide a lower-cost entry level solution for smaller growers with more precise and granular weather predictions that are tailored to the in-canopy conditions of their farm, supporting more reliable decision-making.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.63M / GIC funding: $1.6M</li></ul>; null,TechStars Montréal Ai; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: TechStars Montreal; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Techstars Montréal, a Montreal-based accelerator that will provide services and support to selected AI startups.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.67M / GIC funding: Up to $0.07M</li></ul>; null,Propel Virtual Accelerator; Project location:  Saint John, New Brunswick<br/>Project partners: Propel ICT Inc.; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Propel ICT Inc., Atlantic Canada?s virtual accelerator for start-ups in the information and communications technology space. Propel ICT Inc. works directly with emerging businesses during the first 6 months to help with the development of their ventures. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $1.63M / GIC funding: Up to $0.11M</li></ul>; null,Digitization of coronavirus-specific clinical trials; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: The Montreal Heart Institute; <ul><li>This project will explore a digital solution to speed up clinical trials for treatment protocols being used to tackle COVID-19. The institute is using a digital approach to trial subject monitoring requiring only a few follow-up calls or ?video? visits ? approved by Health Canada and the Food and Drug Administration. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.13M / GIC funding: $0.13M</li></ul>; null,Supply Chain AI West; Project location: Edmonton, AB<br/>Project partners: Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII); <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII) based in Edmonton. The AMII will empower startups and early-stage founders to incorporate AI and machine learning toward creating AI-powered supply chains through access to training and advertisement services. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.77M / GIC funding: Up to $0.50M</li></ul>; null,End-to-end Machine Learning-based Demand Forecasting; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Unilever Canada, Larus Technologies Corporation, Southern Ontario Smart Computing For Innovation; <ul><li>This project will implement end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning-driven demand forecasting predictive models to increase process efficiencies, help improve forecast accuracy and unlock capacity in the business; ensuring improved service, optimum inventory and better production scheduling. By integrating internal and external demand data from all stores across nine major retail chains, the AI and machine learning-based solution will provide predictive analytics to adjust production for 95% of its goods.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.20M / GIC funding: $0.52M</li></ul>; null,Cognitive Supply Chain in Aerospace; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: CAE, GFI, Groupesag Laser/Jet d?eau, BMP Metals Inc, Avanade, Lixar, Createch, Government of Quebec; <ul><li>Project partners will work together to optimize the aerospace supply chain and manufacturing processes, further develop capabilities to reduce production cycle times and improve product time to market.</li><li>Total project budget: $10.78M / GIC funding: $2.24M</li></ul>; null,An AI-based prediction platform for driving supply chain efficiencies; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Fleet Complete, Pitstop, Sensata, NPL Canada, Superior Propane; <ul><li>This project will result in a robust and scalable big data analytics solution to better manage the maintenance of commercial vehicle fleets with predictive analytics around components. Equipment downtime is a leading cause of supply chain and logistical inefficiencies. This technology will be able to provide advanced brake and tire prognostics to fleet owners and managers to significantly reduce downtime and, consequently, lower the cost of ownership of their mobile assets.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.51M / GIC funding: $0.88M</li></ul>; null,Augmented Reality: A New Approach to Aerospace Defect Detection ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Ova, Bombardier, Marine Royale Canadienne, Centre en imagerie numérique et médias interactifs (CiMMi), Government of Quebec; <ul><li>This project will tackle a key supply chain issue of the aerospace industry: better and faster detection of defects to significantly speed up production pace. It uses augmented reality, combined with AI-powered computer vision to optimize the identification and repair of defective equipment, which in turn will lead to increased production. </li><li>Total project budget: $0.77M / GIC funding: $0.31M</li></ul>; null,Planogram optimization solution; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Canadian Tire, Spacefile International Corp; <ul><li>This project will develop an AI solution that optimizes merchandise product lines by generating a customized planogram for each location, delivering solutions to effectively merchandise each Canadian Tire store through the use of real-time data optimizing operations based on customer behaviour patterns.</li><li>Total project budget: $5M / GIC funding: $2M</li></ul>; null,AI-Powered Vehicle Operations Suite; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Canada Drives, Canadian Black Book, Infostrux Solutions, UBC Sauder School of Business, ProCogia; <ul><li>This project, through a combination of technology and empowered customer service enables consumers to shop, purchase, finance and sell vehicles entirely online.</li><liTotal project budget: $2.22M / GIC funding: $0.88M</li></ul>; null,FounderFuel; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Real Ventures (Founder Fuel); <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in FounderFuel, a mentor-driven accelerator, focusing on leadership development and growth to help early-stage startups make meaningful progress on the venture path during a 4-month intensive program.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.48M / GIC funding: Up to $0.11M</li></ul>; null,Improving the Supply Chain for Truck Maintenance; Project location: Calgary, AB and Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Trimac Transportations, Preteckt, McGill University, Bridgestone; <ul><li>This project aims to design a suite of algorithms that can predict what would otherwise be unexpected truck breakdowns and their root causes.  These algorithms will make use of data generated during normal truck operations, particularly related to the engine, brake and tire subsystems.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.03M / GIC funding: $1.43M</li></ul>; null,Industrial Video Analytics for Manufacturing Efficiency ; Project location: Oakville, ON<br/>Project partners: Pacefactory Inc., Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Dupont Sustainable Solutions, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, University of Quebec at Rimouski, University of Guelph, Premier Tech, Magna; <ul><li>Project partners will work together to develop advanced video analytics solutions and processes to solve some of the costliest production problems in manufacturing. Industrial video analytics uses computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to study motion patterns of production processes and identify opportunities for improvement or help explain non-standard, unexpected losses of time or motion.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.88M / GIC funding: $0.9M</li></ul>; null,Next AI - Toronto; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Next Canada; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. Scale AI is funding Next AI - Toronto, a global innovation hub for AI related venture creation and technology commercialization. Next AI identifies talented individuals and teams with ambitious ideas and provides them with the tools they need to compete.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $1.65M / GIC funding: Up to $0.35M</li></ul>; null,ML Tool for Supply Policies; Project location: Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC<br/>Project partners: Logistik Unicorp, InMind, SimWell, Ville de Montréal, Dristex, Polytechnique Montréal; <ul><li>The project hopes to improve operations related to inventory and supply management.</li><li>Total project budget: $1.46M / GIC funding: $0.56M</li></ul>; null,Sherbrooke AI Digital Twin; Project location: Sherbrooke, QC<br/>Project partners: Kruger Inc., Polytechnique Montreal, DataPerformers, Université Laval, The Boston Consulting Group, Osedea; <ul><li>Using real-time data, the project will recreate Kruger's new manufacturing plant?s entire supply chain virtually, adding an integrated set of predictive and prescriptive AI capabilities. This will allow the improvement of key operations from supply through processing to client shipping in order to drive revenues, efficiency and agility.</li><li>Total project budget: $25.5M / GIC funding: $5.56M</li></ul>; null,Creative Destruction Lab - Montreal; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: HEC Montréal - Executive Education, Creative Destruction Lab; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) to support ventures applying AI along the supply chain, such as operational planning, sourcing, distribution, delivery and services across diverse industries from retail, manufacturing, transportation and logistics. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $2.10M / GIC funding: Up to $0.23M</li></ul>; null,AloT Fulfilment; Project location: Calgary, AB / Brampton, ON<br/>Project partners: Attabotics, Intel of Canada Ltd., Microsoft, Canadian Tire, Amii, AltaML; <ul><li>This project is exploring how applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to disruptive 3D automated storage and retrieval technology can lead to higher efficiencies such as reducing a company's warehouse needs and labour costs. By maximizing the number of items picked-up by the robot, orders will be gathered faster and more efficiently, further reducing the fulfillment cost for customers.</li><li>Total project budget: $7.03M / GIC funding: $2.52M</li><ul>; null,Increasing Efficiencies in the Multimodal Transport Industry; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Ray-Mont Logistics, SimWell Consulting & Technologies, Government of Quebec ; <ul><li>Project partners will develop a solution for better planning of container movement, maximization of space and crane scheduling. This AI solution will manage uncertainties and variability to ultimately increase efficiency of Canadian exports and the attractiveness of Canadian products.</li><li>Total project budget: $3.16M / GIC funding: $1.26M</li></ul>; null,Founder Institute Supply Chain & Mobility Fellowship; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: BCF Ventures, Founder Institute; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in the accelerator at BCF Ventures, a Canadian-based Corporate Venture Capital firm based in Montreal. BCF Ventures will partner with the Founder Institute (based in Silicon Valley with chapters across the globe) to launch the stage accelerator program that provides the structure, mentor support, and global network of entrepreneurs needed to start an enduring company. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $ 0.06M / GIC funding: Up to $0.06M</li></ul>; null,AI-powered Satellite Constellation Production ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: MDA Corporation, CDW Corporation, Mafina Solutions Inc., Connektica, IVADO Labs; <ul><li>This project aims to support the demand, complexity and scale of satellite constellation production by optimizing MDA Corporation's supply chain operations. Project partners will be leveraging artifical intelligence to improve efficiency within the supply chain by reducing waste and optimizing inventory, manufacturing schedules and performance during the production of the satellites and their subsystems.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.73M / GIC funding: $1.54M</li></ul>; null,Self-Learning Route Optimization; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: Routific Solutions, Flashbox, Flourist; <ul><li>This project is a route optimization platform for SME delivery businesses. Projects partners will reduce their fleet's mileage and fuel consumption by 20%~30%. This project, will use ML models to incorporate traffic into proprietary route optimization algorithm and leverage AI to make this routing platform more intelligent.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.44M / GIC funding: $0.96M</li></ul>; null,Canard Bleu; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Flybits, TD Bank Group, CEVA Freight Canada Corp., mimik, Toronto Metropolitan University; <ul><li>This project, endeavors to connect supply chain members through a central financial institution (TD), enabling members to optimize AI capabilities in supply chain visibility and collaboration without the need of sharing identifiable data, as privacy is key in this context. The project will demonstrate how the data portability protocol can be leveraged by a global logistics firm through a Supply Chain Finance (SCF) use case.</li><li>Total project budget: $9.25M / GIC funding: $2.06M</li></ul>; null,Project Galactic; Project location: Toronto, ON<br/>Project partners: Ravel by CF, Coveo Solutions Inc., Gensquared Inc., Konrad Group Inc., Matt and Nat SE, The Silver Mountain LTD, QE Home | Quilts Etc., Ann-Louise Jewellers Ltd.; <ul><li>This project will give an edge to smaller Canadian retailers, empowering these SMEs to level the playing field of larger competitors through best-in-class product search and discoverability capabilities usually only attainable through major capex investments. This will allow their product catalogues to be searchable, their products to be found by consumers, and those products to be purchased in-store and online.</li><li>Total project budget: $5.33M / GIC funding: $1.13M</li></ul>; null,Predictive Analytics for Aviation ; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Bombardier, GlobVision Inc., IVADO Labs; <ul><li>The goal of this project is to use predictive analytics models to enable a more proactive approach to aviation maintenance, limiting aircraft downtime and reducing ?Aircraft on Ground? (AOG) costs for aircraft, as well as providing unique state-of-the-art maintenance support to customers. Aircraft maintenance typically consists of scheduled activities at specific intervals and unscheduled activities when aircraft parts need repair.</li><li>Total project budget: $11.69M / GIC funding: $2.95M</li></ul>; null,Next AI - Montreal; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: HEC Montréal - École des dirigeants, Next Canada; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Next AI - Montréal, an accelerator and founder development program for artificial intelligence-based ventures, delivered in Montreal. In partnership with HEC Montreal, Next AI - Montreal will identify early stage ideas and teams and provide them with the capital, mentorship, education and network to disrupt industries.</li><li>Total project budget: Up to $2.37M / GIC funding: Up to $0.40M</li></ul>; null,Ecofuel Accelerator; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: Ecofuel; <ul><li>Scale AI's Acceleration program provides funding to accelerators and incubators to support the growth of AI startups and SMEs across Canada. The Cluster is investing in Ecofuel, an accelerator that provides services and support to startups specializing in clean technology, and the selection process for start-up participants is underway. </li><li>Total project budget: Up to $0.96 M / GIC funding: Up to $0.20M</li></ul>; null,Demand forecasting and real time monitoring in retail businesses; Project location: Vancouver, BC<br/>Project partners: FIND A.I, Pr Chi-Guhn Lee, Pacific West Commercial Corporation, Boathouse Apparel, Cook Culture Ltd, Bella Group, Plenty Apparel, Purdy?s, Northern Reflection; <ul><li>This project will advance an industry-specific inventory and supply chain planning solution for retailers in the apparel, footwear and accessories space that ensures improved predictability of product demand and control of production. The goal of this solution is to reduce production waste and environmental impacts, while maximizing financial gains.</li><li>Total project budget: $4.46M / GIC funding: $1.08M</li></ul>; null,Supply Chain Insights & Optimization; Project location: Montreal, QC<br/>Project partners: AMG Medical, KPI Digital, Alpine Pacific Agencies, GDK Marketing Inc; <ul><li>This project is to improve purchasing and sales decisions across AMG?s supply chain to improve business performance. The proposed solution integrates with AMG?s existing technology solutions to provide better insights to decision-makers across the organization. This solution focuses on four key areas: Customer segmentation to improve sales forecasts, product development, and marketing across channels. Multi-channel rolling sales prediction for 2-year time horizon.</li><li>Total project budget: $2.35M / GIC funding: $0.75M</li></ul>; null}