Taiv is the largest recipient of the government’s newest round of AI-adoption funding in Manitoba. We are receiving $5 million CAD in repayable funding through PrairiesCan’s Business Scale-up and Productivity program.
Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence, announced the funding at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce event. In all, the government put more than $10.2 million into six Manitoba companies working with AI. Taiv received the largest single amount.
One quick note on what this is: it is government support for AI adoption and manufacturing, not a venture round. PrairiesCan (Prairies Economic Development Canada) is a federal agency, and the money is a repayable contribution.
Thank you
To PrairiesCan and the federal government, thank you for backing companies that build and hire here. Here is our co-founder and CEO, Noah Palansky:
Throughout Taiv’s history, we have promised to create jobs in Manitoba and have since followed through, creating over 75 jobs since 2025. This funding will let us continue to support the local economy as we build Taiv into a key part of Manitoba’s tech ecosystem.
To the Taiv team: you are the reason a federal agency backed this company. You build the hardware and the models, run the installs, and keep venues live every game day. Thank you.
To our investors: you doubled down through our $16.5M Series A and our $13M Series A+, and that belief got us here. Thank you.
To our venues and advertisers: you make all of it work. The bars that trust us with their screens, and the brands that buy the biggest games, are the proof that in-venue TV was worth rebuilding.
What’s next
More screens, more markets, and more of the roadmap our customers keep asking for. The network already reaches 30 million monthly customers across 6,000+ venues, and this funding speeds up that growth on both sides of the business: the venues that run Taiv for free and the brands that advertise on it.
Want to help build it? We are hiring across the company. Take a look at our careers page.
Two sides of the same screen.
Venues take control of their TVs, run their own promos, and earn from every break. Brands reach real crowds during the games that matter. Whichever side you are on, Taiv is how the screen pays off.