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Applied AI for Canadian SMEs

Bespoke AI for Canadian businesses, built by an applied AI lab.

We help small and medium-sized businesses automate routine work, modernize their digital presence, and keep ownership of their data.

Founder

A note from our founder

I co-founded Daily Hive in 2008 and spent the next fourteen years building it into a national publisher. Along the way, I learned that what makes a business grow often has little to do with the product itself. Three lessons stayed with me, and they're the reason Brilliant exists.

  1. 01Work on your business, not just in it.
  2. 02Your cash conversion cycle matters more than you think.
  3. 03People still make the business.
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Manny Bahia

Manny Bahia, Co-Founder & CEO

Small teams, buried in busywork.

You and your team spend hours on data entry, follow-ups, scheduling, and chasing paperwork. Meanwhile, larger competitors are putting AI to work. You don't need a bigger team to keep up — you need the right tools, built for how you work.

How we work

Three steps.

  1. 01

    Discover

    We learn your business and how work actually gets done.

  2. 02

    Build

    We design and ship solutions around your operations.

  3. 03

    You own it

    Your data and systems stay yours.

Why Brilliant

What makes us different.

  • Lab-grade R&D

    Research from an applied AI lab, pointed at real business problems.

  • You own your data

    We keep as much of your data and systems in your hands as possible.

  • Built for lean teams

    Capability, not headcount. More done without more hires.

  • Canadian labs

    Teams in Toronto and Vancouver who understand Canadian business.

71.4%

Canada's GDP per capita vs. the U.S.

Canada's productivity gap gets closed one business at a time.

In 2014, Canada's GDP per capita was 83.1% of the U.S. level. Today it's 71.4%. Small and medium-sized businesses employ most Canadians — that's where the gap gets closed.

Source: The Hub (2026), OECD

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Ink-line illustration of AI analyzing a video signal, from our research lab
The lab

Backed by an applied AI lab.

The same research team building frontier AI products brings that work to your business.

Tell us where your team loses time.

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