# About GrantOps — AI-Powered Canadian Grant and SR&ED Recovery

GrantOps is an AI-powered SR&ED and grant recovery platform founded in Canada in 2025. We help technology companies, innovative businesses, and advisory firms automate the recovery of government incentives — primarily SR&ED tax credits, IRAP, CanExport, and 5,500+ other Canadian funding programs.

## Our Mission

Every innovative Canadian company deserves to recover the capital it has earned through R&D. SR&ED alone distributes over $3 billion annually, yet billions more go unclaimed because the documentation process is too complex, time-consuming, and error-prone without dedicated resources. GrantOps eliminates that barrier by making government incentive recovery automatic, continuous, and accessible to companies of all sizes.

## Founding Story

GrantOps was born from firsthand frustration with the Canadian SR&ED process. Our founders — experienced in AI/ML, enterprise software, and Canadian government incentive programs — watched technology companies leave millions on the table every year because they couldn't justify the time or consultant fees required to prepare proper SR&ED claims. They realized that the same development tools companies already use (GitHub, Jira, Slack, Linear) contain all the evidence needed for a strong SR&ED claim — it just needed AI to extract, organize, and format it. GrantOps was built to make continuous, automated SR&ED documentation the default — not an afterthought at year end.

## The Problem We Solve

Traditional SR&ED claim preparation requires:
- **4-8 weeks** of manual documentation by technical staff per claim cycle
- **Expensive consultants** charging 15-25% contingency fees on claim value
- **Retroactive reconstruction** of R&D activities from memory months after the work was done
- **High audit risk** from inconsistent or incomplete technical narratives
- **Missed programs** because companies don't know about the 5,500+ funding programs available beyond SR&ED

GrantOps solves this by connecting to the tools your team already uses — GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Slack, Notion — and building a continuous, audit-ready record of eligible R&D activities in real time. The result: 85% less preparation time, 9X more throughput per FTE, and zero missed eligible activities.

## Our Methodology

GrantOps uses a proprietary AI pipeline designed specifically for Canadian government incentive programs:

1. **Continuous evidence capture** — We integrate with development, project management, and communication tools to passively collect R&D evidence as your team works, rather than reconstructing it retroactively.
2. **Eligibility analysis** — Our AI models are trained on CRA guidelines, tribunal decisions, and thousands of successful SR&ED claims to identify activities that qualify for SR&ED, IRAP, CanExport, and other programs.
3. **Narrative generation** — Technical narratives are auto-generated to meet CRA's specific requirements for technological uncertainty, hypothesis, systematic investigation, and technological advancement — the four pillars of a successful SR&ED claim.
4. **Automated quality gates** — Every generated document passes through validation checks before delivery, ensuring completeness, consistency, and CRA compliance.
5. **Source traceability** — Every claim element is linked to its source evidence (commits, tickets, documents), creating an audit trail that withstands CRA review.

## Our Platform

GrantOps is a SaaS platform with an API-first architecture, SOC 2 Type II compliance, and multi-tenant support for advisory firms managing multiple clients. It integrates with 12+ development, project management, and communication tools to capture R&D evidence automatically. The platform includes:

- Full SR&ED automation (T661, technical narratives, Schedule 31, expenditure schedules)
- Grant discovery across 5,500+ Canadian programs
- IRAP and CanExport application support
- Provincial R&D credit calculations (Ontario OITC, Quebec, BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)
- Partner Program dashboard for CPA firms and SR&ED advisors
- Enterprise features including multi-entity management, SSO, RBAC, and ERP integration

## Our Approach to AI Safety

We take a safety-first approach to AI — every generated document is reviewed, validated through automated quality gates, and traceable to source data. We never fabricate evidence or hallucinate technical content. Our technical narratives are generated to meet CRA's specific requirements and are always linked back to verifiable source data from your connected tools.

## Company Facts

- **Founded**: 2025, Canada
- **Database**: 5,500+ Canadian funding programs
- **Compliance**: SOC 2 Type II certified
- **Key stats**: 85% time reduction, 9X faster processing
- **Trust Center**: https://trust.grantops.ai
- **Application**: https://app.grantops.ai
- **Programs directory**: https://grantops.ai/en/programs/