PrairiesCan Awards $10.2M to Manitoba AI Projects

Prairies Economic Development Canada awarded more than $10.2 million to six Manitoba organizations to lower AI and automation adoption barriers for small and medium enterprises. Winnipeg adtech firm Taiv received $5 million in repayable funding to scale hardware manufacturing, while the Manitoba Construction Sector Council got over $1 million for a drone-and-sensor library. Other recipients included ExpensePoint, Mode40, Aryval, and Construction Clock.

Regional development funding programs remain a practical lever for lowering adoption barriers to AI and automation among small and medium enterprises, especially for hardware-dependent adtech and construction-tech providers. Reported facts: Prairies Economic Development Canada PrairiesCan announced more than $10.2 million in funding to six Manitoba organisations, according to a PrairiesCan news release dated July 7, 2026. Winnipeg adtech Taiv received $5 million in repayable funding, Betakit reports, to scale manufacture of its ad-replacement hardware and grow staffing as it expands in Canada and the United States. The Manitoba Construction Sector Council received just over $1 million in grant funding for a drone-and-sensor library, per PrairiesCan and CBC reporting. Additional repayable loans went to ExpensePoint about $2.3 million , Mode40 about $800,000 , Aryval about $500,000 and Construction Clock just over $470,000 , as reported by CBC and Betakit.