# LawZero receives a commitment of up to $300M in joint funding from Canada and Germany

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- Published: 2026-09-16T23:00:00+07:00
- Author: PR Newswire

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MONTRÉAL, Sept. 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Today, at [ALL IN](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4775767-1&h=2693893467&u=https%3A%2F%2Fallinevent.ai%2F%3Fsrsltid%3DAU7gw4WhCPedKNoy1p5RYK7_mwxgfaeYtEJNvclBsCdxomkHK8ml_DOn&a=ALL+IN),
Canada and Germany announced funding of up to CAD $300 million for [LawZero](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4775767-1&h=3992083429&u=https%3A%2F%2Flawzero.org%2Fen&a=LawZero)
to develop a fundamentally new form of advanced, safe and capable AI.

The rapid acceleration of AI brings important risks, as evidenced by recent incidents
of systems crossing safety boundaries. The world urgently needs alternatives to 
ensure that AI systems are developed in ways that are trustworthy enough to be adopted,
uphold sovereign values and protect human joy and endeavour. This joint investment
from Canada and Germany signals strong confidence in LawZero’s technical approach
and in the critical role it can play to answer the urgent need for sovereign leadership
in next-generation AI systems.

The funding will power the next phase of LawZero’s technical roadmap, growing its
international scientific research team and securing world-class computing infrastructure.
These investments will allow LawZero to expand its operations into Europe with the
establishment of an office in Berlin, Germany, which will contribute to its rich
innovation ecosystem.

As part of this next phase of growth, LawZero will establish a dedicated, sovereign
compute infrastructure in Canada, in partnership with Canadian partners Hypertec
and 5C. The collaboration will provide LawZero with the advanced computing capacity
required to pursue its research at scale, while anchoring critical AI infrastructure,
expertise and capabilities in Canada.

LawZero’s flagship approach, called Scientist AI, treats reliability as a core capability,
centering on developing a fundamentally new form of AI designed to be trustworthy
and safe from inception. Unlike current frontier AI systems designed to act autonomously
and pursue their own goals, Scientist AI is being developed to reason transparently
and provide reliable, evidence-based outputs unbiased by goals of its own. As LawZero
builds towards safe advanced AI, Scientist AI is expected to provide guardrails 
for today’s frontier models, accelerate scientific breakthroughs, and advance understanding
of the risks posed by AI and how to avoid them.

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"Canada’s future in artificial intelligence depends on developing advanced systems
that reflect our values and protect our interests. By investing in homegrown innovation
like Scientist AI, we are strengthening Canada’s sovereign AI capacity and ensuring
that the next generation of AI is built safely, responsibly, and on Canadian terms."

**– The Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital
Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency 
for Southern Ontario**

"Canada’s economy grows when we support the kind of innovation that helps our industries
compete and succeed. By investing in LawZero, a Canadian organization advancing 
safe, high-impact AI, we are building domestic capacity, supporting good jobs, and
helping to ensure that advanced technologies are developed responsibly and in ways
that benefit Canadians."

**– The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for
Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions**

"With ‘Scientist AI’, we are deepening the proven partnership between Canada and
Germany. This project pursues a novel, mathematically grounded approach: to develop
an inherently safe artificial intelligence. The safe-by-design model offers an alternative
to potentially uncontrollable autonomous AI agents. It works purely on the basis
of facts – like an objective scientist – and does not pursue its own goals. By building
advanced AI research capabilities in Canada and Europe, we are strengthening our
technological sovereignty."

**– Dr. Karsten Wildberger, Federal Minister for Digitalization and Government Modernization
of Germany**

"As AI risks multiply and accelerate, our priority must be building solutions to
make this technology safe, and providing alternative models people can genuinely
trust. Recent events demonstrate that safety is itself a core capability: scientific
innovation and public safety can and must advance together. LawZero’s mission is
to address this critical scientific challenge by developing reliable, safe-by-design
AI. This backing from Canada and Germany is a defining moment, moving us into the
next phase of developing safe AI on a global scale while improving both nations’
technological sovereignty."

**– Yoshua Bengio, Founder and Scientific Director, LawZero**

"AI is advancing at a pace the world has never seen and has the potential to transform
the world for the better. It is incumbent on all of us to ensure we can enable AI
safely, and I believe Canada has a role to play in making it happen. Hypertec is
proud to build, along with our partner 5C, the sovereign, world-class compute infrastructure
that enables Law Zero to pursue safe-by-design AI on Canadian soil. This is exactly
the kind of partnership between government, capital and Canadian industry required
to achieve the potential AI promises."

**– Simon Ahdoot, CEO Hypertec Group**

"Breakthrough AI research needs infrastructure that can perform at the same level.
5C is proud to provide Law Zero with the dedicated compute capacity required to 
advance its work at scale, here in Canada."

**– Jonathan Ahdoot, CEO 5C**

**About LawZero**

Headquartered in Montréal, LawZero is a not-for-profit startup developing technical
solutions for highly-capable, safe-by-design AI systems. Founded by Turing Award
winner Yoshua Bengio, LawZero bridges fundamental AI safety research with technical
solutions development. The organization is governed by an independent Board of Directors
and Global Advisory Council made up of international leaders, including Nike Foundation
and Girl Effect founder Maria Eitel (Board Chair), former Prime Ministers Jacinda
Ardern and Stefan Löfven, author Yuval Noah Harari, former Rolls-Royce CEO Sir John
Rose and Mila CEO Valerie Pisano. Initially incubated at Mila, LawZero’s work is
backed by catalytic funding from philanthropy, including the Gates Foundation, Coefficient
Giving, Schmidt Sciences, the Future of Life Institute, NVIDIA, and Jaan Tallinn
via the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and from the governments of Canada 
and Germany.

To learn more about LawZero’s research, visit [https://lawzero.org/en/research](https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4775767-1&h=270611466&u=https%3A%2F%2Flawzero.org%2Fen%2Fresearch&a=https%3A%2F%2Flawzero.org%2Fen%2Fresearch)

Contact: [media@lawzero.org](https://www.thailand-business-news.com/pr-news/media@lawzero.org)

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