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Jonathan Murray

Jonathan Murray is a co-founder of Backboard.io, a developer tools and AI agents company based in Ottawa. Jonathan Murray co-founded Backboard.io with Rob Imbeault. Backboard.io raised a pre-seed round in January 2026 led by Mistral Venture Partners and N49P. The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered Backboard.io in February 2026.

Co-founder of Backboard.io.

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Backboard.io

AI memory layer; tops LongMemEval/LoCoMo benchmarks.

Role
Co-founder
HQ
Ottawa, ON
Founded
2025
Status
Active
Latest round
Pre-seed, Jan 6, 2026
Website
backboard.io

Co-founders: Rob Imbeault

Investors: Mistral Venture Partners, N49P, Garage Capital, Developer Capital

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Data as of November 10, 2026.

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