Fondation IRIU pour la recherche

What Fondation IRIU pour la recherche does

Fondation IRIU pour la recherche (operating as Institut de la r\u00e9silience et de l'innovation urbaine, or IRIU) is a non-profit research institute founded in 2021 and headquartered in Montr\u00e9al, Quebec. It supports municipal governments, public sector organizations, and research institutions in strategic planning, climate adaptation, ethical data governance, and the deployment of responsible AI. Its primary clients are Quebec municipalities, with documented mandates including Ville de Laval, Ville de Terrebonne, the borough of C\u00f4te-des-Neiges\u2013Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e9, and Ville de Delson, as well as cross-border engagements through the INGSA North America pilot covering nine cities in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Name

Fondation IRIU pour la recherche

Legal name

Institut de la résilience et de l'innovation urbaine

Website

https://iriu.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fondation IRIU pour la recherche is a Montr\u00e9al-based non-profit research institute that helps municipal governments and public sector organizations with strategic planning, AI-powered decision support, and ethical sovereign data governance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Resilience and Public Sector Consulting

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Model Transparency, Explainability & Interpretability (XAI) (HDAAAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

EHS Management Systems & ISO Consulting (ISO 14001/45001) (BPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Municipal strategic planning
• Urban resilience consulting
• Decision support tools
• Federated data governance
• Applied AI research

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services and Consulting Mandates: IRIU provides customized professional services to municipal governments and public organizations including strategic planning, decision-support tool development, and AI implementation. Revenue is generated through project-based mandates, consulting engagements, and research contracts with public sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

IRIU is a non-profit research institute that delivers customized professional services—strategic planning, decision-support tools, responsible AI solutions, and ethical data governance—to municipal governments and public sector organizations. Its core products are La Boussole (strategic planning), Le Phare (AI decision support), Le Pôle / PDFI (federated climate and adaptation data platform), L'Agora (collaborative project communities), and the flagship VILLE_IA initiative, which combines federated data infrastructure with explainable AI for urban resilience and climate adaptation.

Product overview

IRIU offers a modular suite of urban resilience and innovation services organized around four main pillars: L'Atelier (custom services), Le Lab (applied research), La Voûte (events and communications), and Le Réseau (partner network). The core products include La Boussole (strategic planning), Le Phare (AI-powered decision support tools with dashboards and explainable AI), Le Pôle (federated climate data platform), and L'Agora (collaborative project communities). VILLE_IA represents the flagship AI initiative combining federated data infrastructure, explainable AI tools, and predictive analytics for urban resilience. The portfolio also includes specialized services like applied research integration, scientific coordination, and open innovation support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• La Boussole: Strategic planning and project management services for municipalities and organizations
• Le Phare
• Le Pôle
• L'Agora
• VILLE_IA

Products and services

• La Boussole — Strategic Planning Services Customized strategic planning and advisory service for designing, monitoring, and optimizing plans, policies, and projects. Helps municipalities and public organizations integrate innovative governance models adapted to their intervention scale, including sustainable mobility, ecological transition, climate action plans, smart-city strategies, and digital transformation.
• Le Phare — Decision-Support Tools Decision-support tool that transforms information into action through dashboards and explainable AI integration. Reinforces organizational intelligence with strategic monitoring, predictive analytics, scenario modeling, early warnings, complex data management and visualization, and integration with existing data platforms. Targets municipal decision-makers needing rapid, informed action.
• Le Pôle — Federated Data Platform (PDFI) Collaborative platform dedicated to climate and adaptation data. Built on principles of digital sovereignty, transparency, and ethics, it structures and pools data within a responsible governance framework, supports co-construction of predictive solutions adapted to local realities, and provides decision-makers with concrete tools for rapid, effective, and sustainable action.
• L'Agora — Collaborative Project Communities Service that creates and animates inter-territorial research-action communities bringing together public actors, experts, and researchers to co-create, test, and scale concrete solutions to complex territorial challenges. Supports practice communities, collaborative research frameworks, and co-design methodologies with prototyping in real contexts.
• VILLE_IA — AI-Powered Urban Resilience Platform Next-generation AI-powered decision-support platform combining a federated data pole (PDFI), explainable resilience indicators, and AI tools to help municipalities anticipate climate impacts, identify territorial vulnerabilities, and prioritize interventions based on local realities. Features automated data pipelines, interactive dashboards, and governance frameworks ensuring traceability and trust.

Quantifiable outcome

• Deployed with more than 10 cities and scientific partners in one of the most ambitious AI projects for Quebec municipalities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and minor.

• OVHcloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationOVHcloud is a strategic hosting and development partner providing ethical, sober, and sovereign infrastructure for IRIU's Pole de donnees federees (PDFI). The partnership ensures data sovereignty and compliance with regulatory requirements, supporting IRIU's commitment to digital sovereignty principles.
• Centre d'ecologie urbaine (CEU)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCEU works on public space interventions promoting human-scale urban development. IRIU collaborates with CEU on urban ecology and environmental planning projects, including the green alley program revision for CDN-NDG.
• InnovitechkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerInnovitech provides innovation strategy consulting and coaching services. Collaborates with IRIU on benchmark studies and innovation zone development projects, including the Innovitam sustainable health innovation zone project.
• CIVITEOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIVITEO intervenes with public actors developing data public strategy for their territories. Represents an emerging player in public data governance in France, potentially enabling cross-border knowledge sharing.
• Pole sur la ville resiliente (UQAM)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerUQAM's Pole on resilient cities and Mixcite open innovation hub respond to expertise and research needs from cities and stakeholders around urban development issues. Strategic research partnership reinforcing IRIU's academic credibility.
• Les Ateliers UblominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAteliers Ublo facilitate integration of proposed developments into their environments. Collaborate with IRIU on scaling innovative projects for ecosystem benefits, including green alley programs.
• Kainos ConseilminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKainos accompanies and equips managers leading organizational or social transformation. Potential collaboration on organizational development aspects of IRIU mandates.
• Data PublicaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with IRIU on the Ville.Science project studying open data usage by Quebec and French municipalities. Provides research and survey infrastructure.
• OBVIA (Observatoire international sur les impacts societaux de l'IA et du numerique)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerOBVIA is an international observatory on societal impacts of AI and digital technology. Collaborates with IRIU on research projects examining municipal data governance and digital transformation.
• Bureau du scientifique en chef du QuebeckeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffice of Quebec's Chief Scientist collaborates on research projects including the Ville.Science initiative, providing scientific oversight and credibility.
• CREDDO (Conseil regional de l'environnement et du developpement durable de l'Outaouais)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerCREDDO co-organized the EVO 2023 Summit with IRIU, mobilizing municipal actors and construction sector around ecological transition themes.
• Polytechnique MontrealkeyStrategic or Co-development PartnerHome institution of IRIU's Chief Scientist Maxime Lamothe. Provides academic research integration and scientific rigor to IRIU's applied research mandates.
• InnovitamkeyChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInnovitam engaged IRIU and Innovitech for a benchmark study on sustainable health innovation zones. Represents a key client-project relationship for expanding into healthcare innovation.
• Maison du developpement durableminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnered with Ville de Delson on the eco-responsible neighborhood project, providing sustainability expertise and advisory support.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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