Funding Can Help Bring AI Into Your Business
We help you scope it, build it and train your team, and we help prepare the project details for a funding application. Funding is repayable, and the agency decides.
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII)
A federal program that helps businesses adopt and integrate AI. Stream 1, AI Adoption, covers the kind of work we do: readiness assessments, data, connecting systems, automation and staff training.
Of eligible non-capital costs for businesses, and up to 50% of eligible capital costs.
Funding to businesses is normally repayable, on terms set in an agreement with the agency.
We help prepare the project details. The agency reviews every application and makes the decision.
FedNor
FedNor delivers the program in Northern Ontario. Its page says applications are assessed as they are received.
FedNor program pageFedDev Ontario
FedDev Ontario delivers the program in southern Ontario. Its AI adoption intake closed in December 2024 and no new intake has been announced. We can still start the readiness work with you now.
FedDev Ontario program pageHow Your Business Adopts AI With Us
- 01
Assess
We map how you work today, the tools you use and where time is lost.
- 02
Connect
Your own branded app and office portal, linked to the tools you already use.
- 03
Automate
We pick the busywork AI can take on first, such as replies, quotes, scheduling and follow-ups.
- 04
Train
Hands-on training for your staff, so the team actually uses it.
- 05
Grow
Switch on more as you grow, one step at a time.
It Fits the Way You Already Work
You keep the tools your team knows. Golden Monkey sits in the middle and connects them, so nothing is typed twice.
- Keep your accounting. QuickBooks link built.
- Keep your email and phones. Bookings and messages land in one place.
- Keep your social pages. Facebook and Instagram links built.
- Other links scoped per business. We check what you use in the assessment.
One Platform, Shaped to Your Business
Plan the Floor
Production planning, inventory and reordering, quality checks, machine maintenance and forecasting.
Run the Crews
Booking, dispatch, live tracking, quotes approved on site, payment on the spot and maintenance plans.
Run the Project
Every trade on one board, daily photo logs from supers, change orders signed fast and stage billing.
Examples of what we can build on the Golden Monkey core for each business. Funding eligibility depends on the program and the agency, and service-based businesses are not considered under FedNor's program.
AI You Can Trust
AI Suggests, People Approve
Your team stays in charge. AI drafts and suggests, and a person approves before anything goes out.
Your Data Stays in Canada
Your data is kept in Canada. You own it and you can export it.
Helps Crews, Not Replaces Them
Less paperwork and phone tag, and more time for the work your people are good at.
How a Business Adopts AI With Golden Monkey
Straight Answers About the Funding
Is this free money?
No. Funding to businesses under this program is normally repayable, on terms set in an agreement with the agency. The agency reviews each application and decides. We cannot promise approval.
Does my business qualify?
The agency decides. Under FedNor's program, applicants are incorporated small and medium-sized businesses and Indigenous-led businesses, and retail and service-based businesses are not considered. Read the agency's own page, or call them, before you count on funding.
Is the program open now?
FedNor's page for Northern Ontario says applications are assessed as they are received. FedDev Ontario's AI adoption intake for southern Ontario closed in December 2024 and no new intake has been announced. Program details change, so check with the agency first.
What can the funding pay for?
Eligible AI adoption work, such as a readiness assessment, data work, connecting systems, automation and staff training. Routine software subscriptions and licence renewals are not eligible costs.
Are there other programs?
Some projects may fit other programs, such as BDC financing, Mitacs or SR&ED. Each program sets its own rules, including whether it can be combined with RAII.
Do we have to replace our current software?
No. You keep your accounting, email, social pages and phones. We connect Golden Monkey to them.
What does it cost?
Every project is scoped first. We go through what your project would cost in the readiness conversation.
Book a Free AI Readiness Conversation
Tell us how your business runs today. We will talk through where AI could help first, and what a funding application would need.
- No cost, no commitment. A conversation, not a sales call.
- Where AI could help first. The busywork that takes the most time today.
- What an application needs. Project scope and details. The agency decides.