Canadian AI Startup Targets Faster Military Training

Bloomsco has secured C$1 million in pre-seed funding from BDC Capital and Telegraph Ventures to deliver on-demand military training with AI.

Bloomsco’s software reads doctrine, technical manuals and data, organizes each role’s tasks, knowledge and skills, and designs training plans, learning materials and simulation scenarios. Every output is traceable to its sources, with military experts shaping, reviewing and approving the content before deployment.

An initial contract with the Department of National Defence (DND) produced a qualification standard and training plan for an officer role. That work led to an ongoing contract with the Canadian Defence Academy (CDA).

Retired Vice-Admiral Ron Lloyd, former Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and an adviser to Bloomsco, said: “Operations are changing in the battlespace faster than at any time in history. Success will be a direct reflection of how quickly those changes get into the training system.”

“Training is the real engine of high-performing organizations, and in a world changing at breakneck speed, it has to keep pace,” said Hugh McGuire, CEO of Bloomsco. “We’re building Bloomsco so training is ready as missions, equipment and tactics change.”

The investment will grow the engineering team and fund tools that pinpoint which training needs updating when manuals or doctrine change. It will also strengthen support for deployment in classified and air-gapped environments. Bloomsco plans to expand to NATO and allied countries, partnering with militaries and defence primes that provide training alongside equipment.

Co-founder and CEO Hugh McGuire previously founded the open publishing platform Pressbooks. Co-founder and CTO Hadrien David was one of the founding engineers at Dialogue.