# Dassjay Labs Corp > Canadian AI consultancy and product studio based in Kitchener, Ontario. Dassjay Labs designs, builds and runs business process automation, agentic AI systems, RAG and document AI, generative AI applications, private LLM deployments and AI-powered web and mobile products for businesses across Canada. It also builds and runs its own AI products: The Filing Fool (https://www.thefilingfool.com) and Akurion.ai (https://akurion.ai). Contact: dassjaylabs@gmail.com. Serves clients across Canada (Toronto, Waterloo Region, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal) and internationally. ## Services - [Business Process Automation](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/business-process-automation/): AI business process automation for Canadian companies: document intake, approvals, reconciliations, reporting and back-office workflows, built for production. - [AI Agent Development](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/ai-agents/): Custom AI agents and multi-agent workflows for Canadian businesses: tool use, MCP integrations, approvals, memory, evaluation and guardrails, built for production. - [RAG & Document AI](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/rag-document-ai/): Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), graph RAG and document AI for Canadian organizations: cited answers over contracts, policies, filings and internal knowledge. - [Generative AI App Development](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/generative-ai-development/): Generative AI and LLM app development in Canada: copilots, assistants, AI features in existing products, prompt systems, evaluation and cloud deployment. - [Private & On-Prem LLMs](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/private-llm/): Private and on-premises LLM deployment for Canadian organizations: open-weight models, Canadian cloud regions, PIPEDA-aware design, vLLM, Ollama and MLX. - [AI Strategy & Consulting](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/ai-strategy/): Practical AI consulting for Canadian businesses: AI readiness assessments, use-case prioritization, vendor selection, architecture, governance and rollout roadmaps. - [Data & Compliance Intelligence](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/data-compliance-intelligence/): AI data pipelines for compliance and finance: sanctions screening, entity resolution, ownership graphs and SEC filings, from the team behind The Filing Fool. - [AI Demo & Explainer Videos](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/ai-video-production/): Automated product demo videos, narrated walkthroughs and animated explainers for SaaS and AI products, made with browser automation and AI voices. - [AI-Powered Web & Mobile Apps](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/web-mobile-development/): Full-stack web and mobile app development with AI built in: MVPs, SaaS platforms, marketplaces and portals, using React, Next.js, React Native, Python and cloud. - [AI Readiness Assessment](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/ai-readiness-assessment/): A fixed-price AI readiness assessment for Canadian businesses: $2,500, two weeks, a scored and costed automation plan, credited in full toward your first build. - [Managed AI Care Plan](https://dassjaylabs.ca/services/managed-ai-care-plan/): Managed AI support for Canadian businesses: monitoring, evaluation re-runs, model and prompt updates, fixes and monthly improvements for AI agents and automations. ## Products and work - [The Filing Fool case study](https://dassjaylabs.ca/work/the-filing-fool/): SEC filings, insider trades, congressional trades, fund holdings and federal contracts on one per-ticker timeline. Web and iOS. - [Akurion.ai case study](https://dassjaylabs.ca/work/akurion/): asks your documents, plans its own searches and cites the page behind every statement. Agent mode, graph RAG, MCP, SSO and workflows. - [All work](https://dassjaylabs.ca/work/) ## Guides - [Business Process Automation with AI Agents: A Practical Guide for Canadian Businesses](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/business-process-automation-with-ai-agents/): A practical guide to business process automation in Canada: BPA vs RPA vs AI agents, how to pick processes, human review, rollout steps and honest ROI. - [How Much Does AI Automation Cost in Canada? What Drives the Price, and How to Keep It Small](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/ai-automation-cost-canada/): What drives AI automation and AI agent development cost in Canada: integrations, accuracy, hosting, running costs, payback math and questions for vendors. - [What Is Agentic AI? A Plain-Language Guide to AI Agents for Business Leaders](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/what-is-agentic-ai/): Agentic AI explained for business leaders: how AI agents work, where they succeed and fail, guardrails, evaluation, approvals and examples by department. - [Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise or Custom AI Agents: Which Does Your Business Need?](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/microsoft-copilot-vs-custom-ai-agents/): Microsoft 365 Copilot and ChatGPT Enterprise vs custom AI agents: what each does well, where each falls short, a decision table and how to use both. - [Government Funding for AI Projects in Canada: IRAP, SR&ED, FedDev Ontario and Ontario Programs (November 2026)](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/government-funding-ai-projects-canada/): Canadian funding for AI projects as of November 2026: NRC IRAP and AI Assist, SR&ED changes, FedDev Ontario's AI initiative, Ontario programs and what ended. - [RAG vs Fine-Tuning vs Long Context: Choosing the Right Approach for Enterprise Documents](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/rag-vs-fine-tuning/): RAG vs fine-tuning vs long context for enterprise documents: when each fits, why citations and access control matter, graph RAG, and how to evaluate it. - [Running AI on Sensitive Data in Canada: Data Residency, PIPEDA, Law 25 and Private LLMs](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/ai-data-residency-canada-pipeda/): How to run AI on sensitive data in Canada: PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, PHIPA, Canadian cloud regions, private LLM options and a practical data residency checklist. - [A 90-Day AI Automation Roadmap for Canadian Small and Mid-Sized Businesses](https://dassjaylabs.ca/insights/ai-automation-roadmap-small-business/): A 90-day AI automation roadmap for Canadian SMBs: discovery, quick wins, a prototype sprint, production hardening, change management and funding to explore. ## Company - [About](https://dassjaylabs.ca/about/) - [Industries](https://dassjaylabs.ca/industries/) - [Kitchener-Waterloo AI consulting](https://dassjaylabs.ca/ai-consulting-kitchener-waterloo/): AI consulting and automation for Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and Waterloo Region, with in-person workshops - [Small business AI automation in Waterloo Region](https://dassjaylabs.ca/small-business-ai-automation-waterloo-region/): quoting, intake, invoicing, follow-ups and reporting automation for local small businesses - [AI glossary](https://dassjaylabs.ca/glossary/): plain-language definitions of AI terms such as agentic AI, RAG, MCP, embeddings and private LLMs - [Ankur Gupta, Founder & CEO](https://dassjaylabs.ca/about/ankur-gupta/) - [AI by industry](https://dassjaylabs.ca/industries/): insurance, banking, legal, accounting, healthcare, manufacturing and real estate - [Pricing](https://dassjaylabs.ca/pricing/): engagements start with a fixed-price AI Readiness Assessment, $2,500 CAD plus applicable taxes, two weeks, fully credited toward a build that starts within 90 days. Builds are quoted in writing after the assessment; an optional monthly Managed AI Care Plan covers monitoring, updates and improvements. - [AI readiness scorecard](https://dassjaylabs.ca/tools/ai-readiness-scorecard/) and [hours-saved calculator](https://dassjaylabs.ca/tools/ai-automation-roi-calculator/): free browser-based planning tools - [FAQ](https://dassjaylabs.ca/faq/) - [Contact](https://dassjaylabs.ca/contact/)