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LawZero

AI safety nonprofit (Yoshua Bengio); building Scientist AI, a non-agentic reasoning system.

lawzero.org/en
Founded
2025
HQ
Montréal, QC
Category
Foundation Models
Status
Active
Disclosed raised
C$150M

Funding history

RoundDateAmountInvestors
GrantSep 16, 2026 C$150MGovernment 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.

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Data as of September 26, 2026. Suggest a correction