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INDUSTRIES INCLUDE:
2020 TORONTO COHORT:
Next AI identifies talented early-stage teams with ambitious solutions and leverage Canada’s leadership
position in AI to provide them with the tools they need to disrupt industries. Next AI is delivered on two
campuses: Toronto and Montreal. Next AI – Montreal is delivered in partnership with HEC Montreal.
2020 MONTREAL COHORT:
Aakarsh Shekhar
7Square
Abdelhamid El Bably
Altius Analytics
Labs Inc.
Charles Lesieur
iagree AI
Winner: BMO Award
Katrina Albert
Lux
Winner: Valedictorian
Pape Wade
Airudi
Benjamin Lee
Altius Analytics
Labs Inc.
Hoang Ngo
Mely.ai
Benjamin Marquis
Tooly
Jean-Christophe Roy
Sparkbay
Boris But
Mixonset
Julien Roy
Sparkbay
Samy Zarour
Mathieu Gratton Leclaire HookMotion
Tooly
Selcuk Guven
Mathieu Plante
LinguAI
B2B Quotes
Stéphanie Bouchard
Matthieu Clas
Stockholm Syndrome.AI
HookMotion
Steven Fandroana
Matthieu Darracq
Sparkbay
Brainalytics
Vincent DiStefano
Mehrdad Mir Shafiei
Élite Neurokinetix Inc.
Sensequake
Vincent Lachance
Michael Tola Denis
Lux
Élite Neurokinetix Inc.
Yacine Mahdid
Muhammad Sohail
GRAD4
BioBenchAI
Zahra Yousefli
Nardin Nakhla
ExtergyAI
Simmunome
Zahra Zangenehmadar
Olivier Brassard
VitalTracer
Tooly
Zeyu Li
Olivier Tastet
Mixonset
Tastet
Chad Sarrouf
Tote
Kashif Khan
PLAKK
Pamela Champagne
Élite Neurokinetix Inc.
Alexandre Vanier
B2B Quotes
Amanda Arciero
Airudi
Amin Zavieh
DEFINITECHS
Amir Sharif
ExtergyAI
Armstrong Murira
Simmunome
Azadeh Dastmalchi
VitalTracer
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Dominic Morin-Proulx
HookMotion
Edward Ko
Mely.ai
Ege Karabuk
Tooly
Elise Tastet
Tastet
Farshad Mirshafiei
Sensequake
Felix Belisle
GRAD4
Hisham Hawara
7Square
Aaron Labbé
LUCID
Mojtaba Hajihasani
EAIGLE
Alannah O’Neill
Origami XR
Mostafa Nategh
Deep Biologics Inc.
Amir Hoss
EAIGLE
Nathan Tran Trinh
Benchwork
Bolis Ibrahim
Argentum Electronics
Patrice David Saha
Credib.AI
Damian Tran
MinervaAI
David Hurley
Conversify
Patricia Thaine
Private AI
Winner: Satchu
Prize AND EY Women
in Tech Award
Erik Perterson
Origami XR
Pieter Luitjens
Private AI
Gordon Leslie
Conversify
Rafael Libardi
NoLeak Defence
Jason Deglint
Blue Lion Labs
Rashmi Bhambhani
Summatti
Jennifer Arnold
MinervaAI
Sagar Jaiswal
Argentum Electronics
Kathleen Chan
Benchwork
Shraddha Dubey
Deep Biologics Inc.
Katie Thomas
Blue Lion Labs
Siddharth Bhambhani
Summatti
Louis Vainqueur
Credib.AI
Vinicius Santos
NoLeak Defence
Min Zou
Credib.AI
Zach McMahon
LUCID
Winner: Valedictorian
Data
Management
Sports and
Recreation
Professional
Services
Manufacturing
Insurance
Hospitality
and Travel
Social Impact
Health Care
MONTREAL
TORONTO
47
28
Founders
Founders
25
13
Ventures
Ventures
32%
46%
of ventures have
at least one
female founder
of ventures have
at least one
female founder
X
$X
employees
across 38
ventures
in external
investment
raised
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