About the center
Where research meets the real economy.
CCAIE bridges the gap between the AI research being done in universities and the businesses that need it — right here in York Region.
CCAIE bridges the gap between the AI research being done in universities and the businesses that need it — right here in York Region.
Canada trains world-class AI talent and produces leading research — yet most small and mid-sized businesses still struggle to adopt it. CCAIE exists to close that gap: helping companies apply AI, training the people who will lead it, and building the ventures that will define the region's next decade.
We work at the intersection of academia and industry, so the businesses we serve get the rigour of research with the pragmatism of a working consultancy.
CCAIE pairs an academic mission with commercial discipline — two complementary arms working toward one goal.
Our not-for-profit arm holds academic partnerships and research funding, anchoring the center's mission in education, applied research, and public benefit.
Our commercial arm delivers consulting, training, and implementation to businesses — generating the revenue that keeps the center independent and sustainable.
Led by a Research Director and a CEO, combining academic credibility with entrepreneurial execution.
CCAIE is built alongside the institutions and partners that make York Region one of Canada's most promising innovation corridors.
CCAIE is led by a team combining academic depth with hands-on business and entrepreneurship experience, governed by a board spanning academia, industry, municipal government, and youth representation.
Led by Mitt Nowshade Kabir — AI consultant, adjunct professor of AI and digital transformation, and founder — steering CCAIE's strategy, partnerships, and growth.
To be appointed as CCAIE's university partnership is formalized, leading applied research, academic collaboration, and student supervision.
Being assembled with representation across academia, industry, municipal government, and youth.
Based in King Township — 20 minutes from Vaughan's ventureLAB and 45 from downtown Toronto — CCAIE sits at the heart of the GTA North innovation corridor.
Proximity is a feature, not a footnote: we work on-site with the businesses we serve, embedded in the region's healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, energy, and logistics economies.
Whether you're a business, a partner institution, or a founder — we'd like to hear from you.