PrairiesCan
Regional Artificial Intelligence Initiative (RAII) in the Prairie provinces
The Prairie organization files. Begine Fusion delivers Digital Adoption inside the project budget, as Canadian implementation partner.
01How the project is structured
| Role | Who | What they do |
|---|---|---|
| Funder | PrairiesCan | Contributes CAD $250,000 to $5,000,000 over up to three years. |
| Applicant | The Prairie for-profit or nonprofit | Files the expression of interest. Owns the project, the budget, and the choice of partner. |
| Implementation partner | Begine Fusion | Builds the Digital Adoption scope into the expression of interest, then delivers that work inside the approved project window. Paid from the consultancy, subcontracting, or specialized services lines. |
02Funding by applicant type
| Term | For-profit | Nonprofit |
|---|---|---|
| Who applies | Incorporated Prairie businesses with staffed operating facilities. Preference may be given to organizations under 500 FTEs. | Industry associations, incubators, accelerators, consortia, post-secondaries, municipalities, and similar organizations with Prairie operating presence. |
| Contribution | Interest-free, repayable. | Non-repayable for non-commercial projects. Commercial nonprofit projects are normally repayable. |
| Share of eligible costs | Up to 50 percent. | Up to 90 percent, with preference for leverage. |
| Project size | CAD $250,000 to $5,000,000, over up to three years. | |
| Complete by | 31 March 2031. | |
A nonprofit or other listed non-commercial entity files an ecosystem project that enables members. Intake is continuous. The official pages disagree on the end year: 2029 on the application page, 2030 elsewhere. Priority adoption sectors: health and life sciences, energy and natural resources, transportation, agriculture, manufacturing and robotics, and clear regional strengths.
Read from PrairiesCan. Confirm before you file: Program hub · Application process · Eligibility · Costs and activities.
03Where Begine Fusion sits in the budget
Digital Adoption is the category this budget sits in: map how the work runs, fix the system of record and the data path, then place AI where it earns its keep.
| Budget need | Offer |
|---|---|
| AI readiness, adoption strategy, and a sequenced roadmap | FusionMap |
| Responsible AI rules when staff already use AI on data that matters | FusionGuard |
| Systems of record, data, automation, then AI on top | FusionBuild |
| Team capability to supervise AI-assisted work | AI Systems Mastery |
| One business function rebuilt as a governed operating layer | AI Operating System / FusionOS |
Each offer page publishes its band. An RAII project is priced from a scoped statement of work after discovery. The long version is the RAII article for Prairie organizations.
04Before you file
Who files the RAII application?
The Prairie for-profit or nonprofit organization. Begine Fusion is the Canadian implementation partner inside the project budget.
Can consultancy and systems design sit in an RAII budget?
Official program information lists consultancy fees, subcontracting, and specialized services among eligible costs. Confirm your activities with PrairiesCan before the expression of interest.
Can a nonprofit name Begine Fusion on an ecosystem project?
Under published eligibility the ecosystem applicant is a nonprofit or other listed non-commercial entity. Begine Fusion is for-profit, so the nonprofit applies and Begine Fusion delivers through consultancy, subcontracting, or specialized services inside that project.
When does intake close?
Intake is continuous until funding is committed. The official pages disagree on the intake end year: 2029 on the application page, 2030 elsewhere. Confirm the application page before you submit.
What do we bring to discovery?
Draft purpose, Prairie province of operations, sector or member base, timeline, and a funding sketch against the CAD $250,000 floor. Bring non-PrairiesCan funding that is already confirmed.
Where are Begine Fusion prices?
Each offer page publishes its band. An RAII engagement is priced from a scoped statement of work after discovery. There is no RAII package price.