Canada and Germany Commit Up to C$300 Million to LawZero

Sep 16, 2026
Canada and Germany committed up to C$300 million to LawZero for AI safety research, computing infrastructure and an office in Berlin.

Canada and Germany committed up to C$300 million to LawZero for AI research, the organization stated in an announcement. The funding will support its technical roadmap, international research team, computing infrastructure and a new office in Berlin.

The Montréal based not for profit will also establish dedicated sovereign computing infrastructure in Canada with Hypertec and 5C. LawZero was founded by AI researcher Yoshua Bengio.

Its main project, Scientist AI, is designed to provide transparent reasoning and evidence based outputs without pursuing goals independently. LawZero says the system could monitor other advanced AI models and support research into AI risks and scientific problems.

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