Ottawa-area company selling Backboard, a memory-native API that gives developers persistent, cross-model memory and orchestration across more than 2,000 LLMs, plus model optimization and a code-generation studio.
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Ottawa-area company selling Backboard, a memory-native API that gives developers persistent, cross-model memory and orchestration across more than 2,000 LLMs, plus model optimization and a code-generation studio.
BetaKit: "Ottawa-based Backboard.io says it has raised a 'substantial' pre-seed round to cure large language models (LLMs) of their 'amnesia.'" betakit.com
Undisclosed pre-seed round (described as one of the largest in the country in recent years) led by Mistral Venture Partners in January 2026, with N49P, DevCap, Garage Capital and two angels. betakit.com
Founded by Rob Imbeault, co-founder of Ottawa SaaS company Assent, per Invest Ottawa's profile of the venture. investottawa.ca
LinkedIn lists Backboard.io's headquarters as Ottawa, ON with a 2-10 employee company-size band. linkedin.com
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LLM memory and orchestration API
Company describes a single API giving developers persistent memory, retrieval and organizational knowledge across more than 2,000 LLMs, with model optimization/quantization and a Studio for recursive code generation.
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Jan 7, 2026
Investors: Mistral Venture Partners, N49P, DevCap, Garage Capital
Ottawa-based Backboard.io raised an undisclosed, 'substantial' pre-seed round led by Mistral Venture Partners, with N49P, DevCap, Garage Capital and two angels, to build a memory layer for LLM applications.
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Rob Imbeault
Founder
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