Compute

For founders commercializing new computing hardware and software technologies that will impact humankind on the same scale as the printing press, personal computer, and the internet.

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SixLine Semiconductor

SixLine Semiconductor delivers carbon nanotube-based devices and materials for next-generation semiconductor electronics. SixLine's technology enables up to eight times higher frequencies for radio frequency (RF) communications, and can improve performance speed by 20x, and reduce energy consumption for logic computing by 1,000x.

sixlinesemi.com

Voxelis Canada Corporation

Voxelis is building VoxVision, the first AI crewmember for helicopters. VoxVision equips helicopters with computer/thermal vision, air sensors, and powerful onboard processing to provide pilots and crews with new tools to increase firefighting effectiveness and safety.

voxelis.ai

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"Voxelis is operating in a compelling space—helping pilots and wildfire managers become more effective and efficient in addressing the growing challenge of wildfire management. I particularly enjoyed working with the Voxelis team. They bring together deep technical expertise in computer vision, AI, and hardware, and pair it with a nuanced understanding of their application domain—specifically, what helicopter pilots need to operate effectively in wildfire scenarios. What sets them apart is their ability to bridge technical innovation with operational and regulatory awareness. They don’t just build impressive technology—they understand the adjacent systems and use that insight to their advantage, especially in areas like regulatory operations. The team executes quickly and effectively, thanks to a strong, experienced technical bench. As is typical of teams that make it to the end of CDL, they are highly coachable: driven, focused, and self-aware enough to seek guidance when needed. I genuinely enjoyed working with Voxelis and look forward to continuing that relationship beyond CDL." – Adam Pidlisecky, Director AEiR, Seequent Ltd

Texavie Technologies Inc.

Texavie offers smart apparel and an AI platform that captures user's motions anywhere, offering real-time and long-term feedback and interactive experiences for personalized tele-rehabilitation after an injury, electronic gaming or to control a robotic device. For example, their MarsWear Smart Gloves accurately capture hand and finger movements and grasp forces for feedback for stroke patients or interactive metaverse experiences. Unlike camera systems with limited field of view and accuracy, their solution works outdoors or at home and when the camera is blocked by objects or body parts.

texavie.com

Puter Technologies Inc.

Puter is developing an open-source, web-based operating system for building and deploying scalable applications. It offers a unified platform for developers to create software without infrastructure costs, while providing users with a device-agnostic computing experience.

puter.com

NLM Photonics

NLM Photonics develops hybrid organic electro-optic modulators for use in communications enabling increased bandwidth, power reduction and improved costs. NLM Photonics combines material science knowledge and process technology development to develop modulator devices for optical interconnect, mmWave and quantum applications. NLM Photonics' is the leader in thermal stability and electro-optic modulation materials.

nlmphotonics.com

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"The NLM Executive Team have proven execution track records, the company has both strong investor and customer support and the value proposition for the NLM E/O modulator product is clear. The predominant challenge to building a multi hundred million dollar business here is execution risk – so it's largely a bet on the experienced and high quality founders." – Glenn Bindley, President & CEO, Redlen Technologies

Broadsight Technology Corp

Broadsight Technology Corporation is a vertical SaaS company solving a critical pain point for large organizations: efficiently managing press inquiries, pitches, and public affairs issues. Broadsight's Tracker product is a secure AI-driven Customer Relationship Management tool designed for media relations and issues management professionals to streamline communication with external journalists and internal teams while delivering actionable reporting.

broadsighttracker.ca

Irreversible Inc.

Irreversible is a chip design company developing ultra-low-power analog processors to enable energy-efficient artificial intelligence. The company is designing chips that harness analog physical processes to directly perform machine learning operations, initially targeting applications at the edge where many power constraints exist.

irreversible.tech

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"The further AI blends into real-time operations and control, the closer it must get to sensors and the physical world. But this also means the more acute the challenge becomes when trying to juggle with compute, power and connectivity constraints. I believe Irréversible's goal of energy-efficient analog computers and quantum components can potentially redefine that equation, allowing massive compute capability right at the edge while mitigating both power and connectivity requirements. The use cases are broad, from autonomous vehicles to remote sensing." – Guylain Roy MacHabée, CEO and President, Novescor Labs Inc.

Blok

Blok is a product simulator SaaS product that helps product teams test potential product experiments. It provides insights into how a product is currently used, creates digital twins of existing users, and predicts how different types of users will react to product changes/new features before they're deployed live. The product helps teams determine the return on investment (ROI) of experiments, reduces risk by preventing flawed experiments from running live, and helps product/engineering teams turn a 6-8 week process into hours.

joinblok.co

CDL Mentor Endorsement
"Tom and Olivia are exceptional founders who consistently out-performed their objectives session after session. They navigated their CDL journey with a combination of experience and humility, expertly tapping into the mentors for advice as they progressed with blistering speed. Perhaps unprecedented, they raised not just one but two oversubscribed funding rounds during their time at CDL. Incredible." – Chris Neumann, Early-Stage Investor

Aires Technology Inc.

Aires Technology is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and transaction engine tailored for real estate developers, designed to enhance operational efficiency and boost sales performance. What sets Aires apart is its upcoming transformation into a unified data platform, integrating a data lake house and AI orchestrator to improve prediction. This foundational approach empowers developers to utilize prediction and improve business outcomes across their organizations.

aires.ai

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