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LawZero
LawZero is a foundation model company based in Montréal, Quebec. It received a C$150M grant in September 2026 from Government of Canada — Strategic Response Fund.
AI safety nonprofit (Yoshua Bengio); building Scientist AI, a non-agentic reasoning system.
lawzero.org/en- Founded
- 2025
- Category
- Foundation Models
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- C$150M
Funding history
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Sep 16, 2026 | C$150M | Government of Canada — Strategic Response Fund (lead). UPDATED Sep 22, 2026: supersedes the Feb 2026 letter-of-intent row (>C$100M, unclosed). Canada and Germany announced up to C$300M combined at ALL IN on Sep 16, 2026: up to C$150M from Canada’s Strategic Response Fund, recorded here, plus €100M from Germany subject to European Commission state-aid notification and funding a Berlin office. Ottawa projects 360 FTE jobs and sovereign compute with Hypertec and 5C. LawZero launched June 2025 with ~US$30M philanthropic funding. |
Founders
- Yoshua Bengio, Founder.
- Sam Ramadori, Co-President & Executive Director.
In the newsletter
- CanadianAI: Canada wants in on Europe’s AI contracts, and Carney picks his AI advisersOct 6, 2026
- CanadianAI: $300M for Bengio’s LawZero and Canada’s largest venture fund everSep 22, 2026
- CanadianAI: $50B AI data centre in Saskatchewan and five AI startups raiseSep 15, 2026
- Canadian AI: Taalas and LawZero raising $100M+ eachFeb 24, 2026
- Canadian AI: Apple Goes Shopping in WaterlooFeb 16, 2026
Sources
Data as of November 10, 2026.