New Funding Opportunity: AI Compute Access Fund Now Open for Canadian SMEs

As part of Canada’s $2B Sovereign AI Strategy, the new AI Compute Access Fund supports SMEs developing AI solutions by covering up to 67% of eligible cloud-based compute costs (up to $3.35M for Canadian providers, or $2.5M for others).

Eligible applicants must be Canadian-incorporated SMEs with fewer than 500 employees, a Canada-based R&D team, and an AI commercialization plan.

The AI Compute Access Fund is currently accepting applications until July 31!