How the federal Regional AI Initiative supports AI adoption through Canada’s regional development agencies — status varies by region.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
The Regional AI Initiative (RAII) is a federal program that funds AI adoption through Canada’s regional development agencies — but availability depends on your region.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| What it is | $200M federal initiative (Budget 2024), 2024–2029 |
| Delivered by | Regional development agencies (FedDev, FedNor, PrairiesCan, etc.) |
| Pillars | Productization/commercialization + adoption |
| Status | Region-specific — some intakes closed, others open |
What RAII funds
RAII is a $200M federal initiative (Budget 2024), running 2024–2029, delivered by Canada’s regional development agencies to bring AI technology to market and accelerate AI adoption by SMEs in sectors like agriculture, health, manufacturing, mining and forestry. It has two pillars: productization and commercialization, and adoption.
Why status is region-specific
Each regional development agency runs its own intakes. For example, FedDev Ontario’s southern Ontario intake is currently closed, while other agencies (such as FedNor for northern Ontario, PrairiesCan, PacifiCan) may have open or upcoming intakes. Do not assume RAII is uniformly open or closed — check the agency covering your region.
How to start
Find your regional development agency through the Business Benefits Finder. Important: these are programs a business applies for directly with the government agency, bank or cluster that runs them. dgm is an independent AI-integration agency — not a registered, approved or official deliverer of any program here. dgm can help assess fit and scope an AI project, but government money does not flow through dgm. Program parameters, amounts and intake windows change frequently — confirm the current details on the official program page before relying on them.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Canadian businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm can help you scope the AI project that a program would fund — but you apply to the program directly. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.