N°01 · Dispatch from Tio'tia:ke / Montréal

Software,
made by hand,
for SMEs.

Software should fit how your business runs, not the other way round. We're a Montréal cooperative building custom software and AI at terms you can plan around. Funding partners cover the rest.

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01FundedTracks for qualifying SMEs
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03100%Your code, data, infra
Le dossier · Canada's digital divide

Software is rewriting every industry.
Most SMEs are still locked out.

Trois obstacles

Three barriers stand in the way.

  1. 01

    You can’t tell hype from signal.

    AI is everywhere. What actually fits your business is a much shorter list. Most agencies assume you already know which is which. We start by walking through it with you.

  2. 02

    Good engineering costs real money.

    Custom software runs $50K to $150K CAD, often higher. For most growing businesses, that cheque simply isn’t in the chequebook.

  3. 03

    Senior developers are gated behind funded payrolls.

    The experienced people are at funded startups and big enterprise shops. SMEs end up with juniors learning on their dime, or offshore teams who never quite get the business.

N°01
100%
Code ownership

Every line, every credential, every doc. Yours from day one.

N°02
Funded
Accessibility programs

Government and impact funding covers part of the bill for qualifying businesses.

N°03
Senior
On every project

You talk to the developer doing the work, not an account manager standing between you.

II · Le métier

Four trades,
one workshop.

Four disciplines under one roof, so your database, AI model, mobile app, and dashboards don't show up stitched together from four different vendors.

01.

Custom Software

Software shaped around the way your business already runs, not bent around someone else’s product. No feature bloat, no vendor lock-in, and the code is yours.

  • Web applications
  • Internal tools
  • Client portals
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02.

AI Integration

The kind of AI work that pays back. Automating the report you write every Friday, the inbox you triage every morning, the data trapped inside your PDFs. Nothing dressed up as a science project.

  • Automation
  • Analytics
  • LLM integration
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03.

Mobile Apps

Apps your team actually opens in the field, and apps your customers keep on the home screen. One codebase across iOS, Android and the web, built to outlast its launch week.

  • iOS
  • Android
  • Progressive Web Apps
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04.

Data Systems

Pipelines that move your data without breaking. Dashboards that point to the next decision. Reporting that takes minutes, not half a day.

  • Databases
  • Dashboards
  • ETL pipelines
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All four disciplines in one cooperative, so the seams between them disappear.

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III · Les secteurs

Sectors we know by heart.

Four sectors where we've already shipped, and learned the regulations, the data shapes, and the constraints unique to each one.

IV · Pourquoi

Built differently,
on purpose.

What makes the cooperative model show up in the actual work, not just on the About page.

01

Cooperative model.

We’re owned by the people doing the work and the community we serve, not by investors hunting an exit. Your project funds the mission, not someone’s payday.

02

Funded accessibility.

Government programmes and impact funders cover a meaningful share of qualifying engagements. A $50K to $150K build becomes a number you can plan around.

03

A real partnership.

You talk to the senior developer doing the work, not an account manager. You hear the truth when something is a bad idea. And you own every line of code we write.

04

Translation before code.

Before anyone opens an editor, we explain what software and AI can (and can’t) do for your business. Often the honest answer is, “don’t build that yet,” and you get it either way.

05

Mission-driven, by design.

Every commercial project funds the next subsidised one. Serious engineering brought inside reach for the businesses priced out: clinics, food co-ops, climate startups, charities.

06

You own everything we ship.

No vendor lock-in. No proprietary platform. Your code, your data, your infrastructure, with the documentation that lets a future team pick it up.