Optania

What Optania does

Optania is a privately held Canadian software company, incorporated as Optania Éducation Inc. and headquartered in Saguenay, Quebec, that develops specialized artificial intelligence solutions for the education and mental health sectors. The company operates a portfolio of four core products: Ali, a psychosocial support chatbot that uses natural language understanding to provide 24/7 student support and connect users to college resources; ÉVIO, a centralized platform for reporting and tracking violence, bullying, and sexual violence incidents in schools; Psylio, a practice management software for mental health professionals; and ISA (also branded Dalia), a machine learning-based predictive analytics platform that analyzes student academic data to identify at-risk students from the moment of admission. The products are co-developed with practicing psychologists, educators, and university research partners, and the company is deliberately focused on the Quebec post-secondary (CEGEP) system as its anchor market.

Name

Optania

Legal name

Optania Éducation Inc.

Website

https://optania.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Optania is a Canadian AI software company that builds specialized solutions for education and mental health — a student support chatbot, a school violence incident management platform, mental health practice management software, and predictive analytics for student retention — serving Quebec CEGEPs and Canadian institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Technology Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDANAGAD

AI-Powered Tutoring & Study Assistant Platforms

Education/Tutoring & Test Preparation/Online/Virtual Tutoring Platforms & Marketplaces

SECONDARYHLALAEAI

Crisis Support, Suicide Prevention & Acute Behavioral Triage Platforms

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Telehealth Platforms/Behavioral & Mental Health Teletherapy Platforms

SECONDARYHDAEANAJ

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs)

Hardware, Technology & Telecom/Enterprise Platforms & Databases/Artificial Intelligence Platforms for Enterprise

Keywords

• Educational AI software
• Student retention analytics
• Mental health practice software
• Incident management platform
• Psychosocial support chatbot

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicoutimi

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscriptions for Educational Institutions: Optania generates revenue through SaaS subscriptions sold to colleges, schools, and mental health professional practices. Products Ali, EVIO, and Psylio are offered as specialized AI-powered software platforms on a subscription basis to educational and mental health organizations across Canada.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Optania develops and sells specialized AI-powered software solutions for the education and mental health sectors. Its product suite includes Ali (a psychosocial support chatbot for college students), ÉVIO (a centralized platform for reporting and managing incidents of violence and bullying in schools), Psylio (practice management software for mental health professionals), and ISA/Dalia (a machine-learning predictive analytics platform that identifies students at risk of dropout or academic failure).

Product overview

Optania offers a portfolio of specialized AI solutions for education and mental health sectors. The core product suite includes Ali (psychosocial support chatbot for college students), ÉVIO (violence and bullying incident management platform for schools), Psylio (practice management software for mental health professionals), and ISA/Dalia (predictive analytics for student dropout prevention). These products share a foundation in artificial intelligence and are designed for the Quebec education system and mental health services across Canada.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ali: Psychosocial support chatbot - an innovative virtual assistant designed to address students' questions and needs using college resources.
• ÉVIO
• Psylio

Products and services

• Ali Ali is an AI-powered psychosocial support chatbot and virtual assistant designed for college students. It delivers 24/7 instant answers, supportive advice, and reflection prompts using institution-specific resources, facilitates contact with counselors, and includes an SOS button with emergency resources. It is offered to colleges and CEGEPs.
• ÉVIO ÉVIO is a secure, centralized platform that enables schools to report, track, and submit incidents of violence, bullying, and sexual violence, streamlining event management and compliance reporting. It is offered to K-12 schools and educational institutions.
• Psylio Psylio is a complete practice management software solution that enables mental health and helping professionals to efficiently manage their practice, including client records, scheduling, billing, and administrative workflows. It is offered to psychologists, counselors, and social workers.
• ISA (Dalia) ISA (Dalia) is a predictive analytics platform powered by machine learning algorithms that analyzes student academic records from admission onward to predict risk of dropout, course failure, or success. It is offered to colleges and CEGEPs to enable early, targeted student interventions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 10,000 students per year served across three main CEGEP partners
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cégep de ChicoutimicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of Optania's primary CEGEP partners for the ISA predictive analytics platform. The partnership enables the co-development and validation of machine learning models trained on real student data to identify at-risk students. Cégep de Chicoutimi serves students in the Saguenay region and contributes to Optania's research and development of educational AI solutions.
• Cégep de RimouskicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of Optania's primary CEGEP partners for the ISA predictive analytics platform. The partnership involves co-development and validation of predictive models using student academic records to detect early signs of failure and dropout. Together, the three partnered CEGEPs represent nearly 10,000 students per year.
• Cégep de Trois-RivièrescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of Optania's primary CEGEP partners for the ISA predictive analytics platform. The partnership enables the application of machine learning to improve student retention, with the institution providing student data for model training and serving as a validation partner for predictive analytics solutions.
• Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOptania has a research partnership with UQTR for an ongoing project on the explainability of predictions. This project advances the transparency and interpretability of the ISA machine learning models, ensuring ethical AI practices in educational settings.
• Université LavalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOptania collaborates with Université Laval through a master's thesis project to develop methods for imputing missing data adapted to educational datasets. This partnership strengthens the data quality foundations of Optania's predictive models.
• Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOptania partners with UQAC on exploratory data analysis research to improve the prediction of Quebec college students' academic success. The collaboration supports rigorous scientific validation of AI-driven educational tools.
• National Research Council of Canada (NRC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOptania receives support from the National Research Council of Canada in its AI research activities. This partnership advances the development of scientifically rigorous predictive analytics technologies for the education sector.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides Optania with servers and document storage. All content uploaded by users (files, images) is hosted by AWS. Application code is hosted on AWS servers. All user data and product events are stored in AWS, with all personal data encrypted at rest and transfers encrypted. AWS services used include Security Hub, Detective, and GuardDuty for infrastructure monitoring.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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