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ZeroDraft AI

ZeroDraft AI is a Toronto startup that uses AI to automatically draft, score and process Canadian SR&ED and R&D tax-credit claims, aiming to make the claim process 2–10x faster for founders. It was demoed at TechTO's 2024 Build & Tell Hackathon by founder Ben Dryden.

The people

What they build

ZeroDraftAI platform that drafts and scores SR&ED and R&D tax-credit claims from recorded technical inputsProduct page ↗

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About

ZeroDraft AI applies AI to automate the SR&ED (Scientific Research and Experimental Development) tax-credit workflow — turning recorded technical inputs into structured claims covering technological uncertainty, hypothesis and testing, and scoring eligibility against CRA criteria. At its 2024 TechTO hackathon demo, founder Ben Dryden showed a prototype interviewer chatbot that gathers additional context and generates a final report.

Backers

No disclosed external funding; early-stage as of its 2024 TechTO demo

Some figures are founder-stated, not independently confirmed

Quick answers

What does ZeroDraft AI do?

ZeroDraft AI is a Toronto startup that uses AI to automatically draft and process Canadian SR&ED and R&D tax-credit claims, aiming to speed up eligibility assessment and reporting.

Who founded ZeroDraft AI?

Ben (Benjamin) Dryden founded ZeroDraft AI and is its CEO.

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