The Scale AI Initiative for Generative AI is a call for projects designed to accelerate the adoption and integration of generative AI solutions to enhance operational productivity across Canadian value chains. Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize these value chains by significantly boosting operational productivity, optimizing processes, and enhancing resource management throughout an organization. Leveraging insights from previous projects, Scale AI has refined its eligibility criteria and project structure to ensure the successful implementation of generative AI in diverse operational contexts. (Note: for this call for projects, “operational productivity” refers to the optimization and enhancement of processes and resources throughout an organization.)
By supporting projects in this area, Scale AI aims to position Canadian businesses at the forefront of technological innovation, driving economic growth and maintaining competitiveness on a global scale. This initiative seeks to foster collaboration among organizations, encouraging them to leverage generative AI to achieve substantial improvements in productivity and operational efficiency.
The program supports two distinct project categories:
- Commercialization Projects: These projects involve product companies aiming to enhance their existing services or products with generative AI capabilities. The project consortium must include at least two participants:
- The lead organization (the product company)
- An end user as a partner
- Adoption Projects: These projects focus on companies seeking to improve their existing operations through the integration of generative AI solutions. The project consortium must include at least two participants:
- The lead organization (the adopting company)
- An AI service provider as a partner
Note: in both project types, the second participant (AI service provider in adoption projects or end user in commercialization projects) will be designated as a “partner.”