Reference number : 172-2018-2019-Q3-916878, amendment number : , agreement type : C, recipient legal name : VendAsta Technologies Inc., recipient country : CA, recipient province : SK, recipient city : Saskatoon|Saskatoon, recipient postal code : S7K 1M1, program name english : Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms, program name french : Programme d’aide à la recherche industrielle – Contributions aux entreprises, program purpose english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, program purpose french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, agreement title english : SaaS (Software as a Service) Platform Automation, Phase 1, agreement title french : Automatisation de la plate-forme SaaS (logiciel en tant que service), phase 1, agreement number : 916878, agreement value : 340000.0, agreement start date : 2018-11-26, agreement end date : 2019-04-30, description english : This project is aimed at Vendasta’s smaller customer cohorts. Key results are to automate customer acquisition, customer success, reduce support costs, improve retention and improve customer results by leveraging AI (artificial intelligence) and machine learning., description french : Automatisation de la plate-forme SaaS (logiciel en tant que service), phase 1, expected results english : The purpose of IRAP Contributions to Firms is to support research, development, adoption and/or adaptation of innovative or technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada up to their commercialization, expected results french : Le PARI, par le biais des Contributions aux entreprises, vise à appuyer la recherche, le développement, l’adaptation et/ou l’adoption au Canada de produits, de services ou de processus novateurs ou axés sur des technologies nouvelles ou améliorées, et ce jusqu’à leur commercialisation, additional information english : nan, additional information french : nan, owner organization : nrc-cnrc, owner organization title : National Research Council Canada | Conseil national de recherches Canada