Startups worth knowing, with sources

Developer of clothing production technology for sustainable fashion.

Semiconductor company building specialised chips for neural devices.

Manufacturer of remanufactured, eco-designed lithium batteries.

Building large-scale, modular trapped-ion quantum computing systems for real-world utility-scale applications.

Developer of an electrochemical process for low-carbon cement production.

AI system for automating physical integrated circuit design using reinforcement learning.

Hamilton-based defense tech startup.

Developer of standardized plasma measurement systems for the nuclear fusion industry.

Developer of medium-lift orbital launch vehicles for satellite deployment.

Develops laser-cutting technology for advanced semiconductor manufacturers.

Building spatial intelligence technology for the sports market, specifically volumetric video capture and markerless tracking.

Developer of photonic gyroscopes and inertial measurement units for navigation without GPS.

Developer of medical devices for joint replacement and surgical navigation.

Edmonton-based startup developing AI-powered hardhats for construction site safety and 360-degree surveillance.

Canadian defence contractor and manufacturer of uncrewed ground vehicles.

Developer of a wearable biosensor platform for continuous glucose monitoring.

Maker of a credit-card-sized AI voice recorder.

Building wireless energy networks using lasers to transmit power as infrared light.

TacnIQ.ai develops tactile AI foundation models to enable machines and robots to interpret physical contact signals.

Semiconductor optics company designing and manufacturing metalens-based optical components.

Developer of 2D semiconductor material growth platforms for wafer manufacturing.

Provider of cognitive robotics, shared intelligence infrastructure, and physical AI systems.

A full-stack quantum computing company that develops chips, software, and algorithms.

Applied research lab developing energy-efficient foundational AI models and edge-compute hardware.