Empowering students to prepare, sharpen and thrive in, the AI era.

The Canada AI Institution, a non-profit partnered with the University of Toronto, equips students with practical AI skills and funds student entrepreneurs, because education must transform alongside the AI era.

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4 Cohorts/Year

20+ Industry Experts

Business Simulation + Rigorous AI Skills Training

Career Advancement
Startup Ecosystem

Who we are

Founded: 2025
Status: Canadian non-profit
Run by: CMAI
Funded by: Corporation, University, Government

Empowering the next generation students to shape, and thrive in, the AI era.

What we do

Research on AI & startups

Research on Canadian AI adoption, technology development and the talent gap.

Startup Index
Canada Labour Market
University AI adoption and Policy

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Learning to work with AI

We deliver hands-on AI training and experiential learning projects that move you from "I've used a chatbot" to using AI credibly in the work your field actually rewards.

AI career readiness training
AI startup bootcamp
AI corporate-level consulting stream
Academic-integrity and disclosure guidance

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AI solutions

Practical AI solutions for corporations across various sectors.

Retailing
CPG
Marketing Agency
Real Estate
Sporting and Entertainment

A pitch day: a presenter beside a screen showing a rising chart, with an audience of sponsors holding up cards

02 — Adapt

Fluency, not hype

Every session ends with something you keep: a workflow, a prompt library, a policy you can hand your supervisor.

01
What AI actually is
Models, limits, and where they fail
02
Working in the open
Disclosure, citation, and integrity rules
03
Your field, your tools
Discipline clinic of your choosing
04
Show your work
Build one AI-assisted project end to end

Get attention
Project pitch day and get your sponsors' engagement

03 — Launch

Whether you're starting one or joining one

Founder track

From an idea to a first user on board, students' founder track accompanied by well-designed programs, mentor matching, industry practitioners' engagement, and CAI's startup seed funding support.

Business Canvas GTM Strategy Marketing Team Buildup Sales Networking Biz Pitch

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Career track

Graduate Career Readiness Program, students' career track followed by a series of workshops, providing an end-to-end career planning cycle from job hunting and application submission to onboarding.

Résumé clinic Mock interviews Personal Branding Networking Referrals

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About CAI

An organisation that keeps its receipts

The Canada AI Institution is a non-profit organization in strategic partnership with the University of Toronto, dedicated to preparing students for success in the AI era. We deliver hands-on AI training and experiential learning projects that equip students with the practical, workplace-ready competencies demanded by today's AI-driven economy.

Beyond education, we champion innovation: our funding programs support student entrepreneurs building ventures at the frontier of artificial intelligence, helping bold ideas move from the classroom to the marketplace.

We are driven by a shared conviction — that education itself is being transformed by the AI era, and that the institutions preparing students for this future must transform alongside it.