You build AI products for clients — they should be claiming SR&ED.
Every AI prototype, custom model, and integration experiment you build for clients likely qualifies. Help your clients recover 35%+ of their R&D spend.
Work you're already doing.
SR&ED eligibility comes down to technological uncertainty and systematic investigation. Here's what that looks like in your world.
Custom AI agent development
“Can we build an autonomous agent that reliably handles this client's workflow?”
Developing AI agents that orchestrate multi-step processes, make decisions under ambiguity, or interact with unpredictable real-world systems — especially when off-the-shelf solutions don't exist.
Model training & fine-tuning
“Can we achieve production-grade accuracy for this domain-specific task?”
Training custom models, experimenting with architectures and hyperparameters, building domain-specific datasets, and validating performance where the outcome wasn't guaranteed.
LLM orchestration & RAG pipelines
“Can we build a retrieval system that provides accurate, grounded answers for this corpus?”
Designing RAG architectures, chunking strategies, embedding pipelines, and prompt chains that go beyond documented tutorials — real engineering with uncertain outcomes.
Multi-model system design
“Can we combine these models into a system that's more reliable than any one alone?”
Architecting systems that route between multiple AI models, implement consensus mechanisms, or combine specialized models for complex tasks.
AI integration & deployment
“Can we deploy this model at the required latency and cost within the client's infrastructure?”
Solving novel deployment challenges — model optimization, inference infrastructure, real-time serving, and integration with client systems under production constraints.
Data pipeline engineering
“Can we build a pipeline that cleans and transforms this messy data reliably enough for model training?”
Building custom ETL pipelines, data validation systems, and feature stores for AI/ML workloads — especially when dealing with novel data formats or quality challenges.
Eligible vs. not eligible.
SR&ED rewards work that pushes the boundaries of what's known, not routine development. Here's how CRA draws the line.
Building a custom RAG pipeline for a legal client that required novel chunking strategies to handle 200-page contracts while preserving cross-reference context.
Setting up a standard LangChain RAG pipeline using documented tutorials and default configurations.
Developing an AI agent that autonomously triages customer support tickets — required extensive experimentation with prompt engineering, tool calling, and fallback strategies.
Configuring a chatbot using a pre-built framework with standard intent classification and scripted responses.
Training a custom vision model to detect manufacturing defects where existing models couldn't distinguish acceptable variation from actual defects.
Using a pre-trained image classification API to sort product photos into existing categories.
Designing a multi-agent system where specialized AI models collaborate to generate financial reports — no existing architecture handled the coordination requirements.
Connecting a client's CRM to an existing AI-powered email template generator via standard API integration.
The math behind your refund.
Ontario CCPC · $600K salaries · $150K contractors
Eligible expenditures
Tax credits
Traditional Consultant
$133,223
30% of claim
You keep $310,854
Shreddit (Pay Later)
$44,408
10% of claim
Save $88,815 vs consultant
Shreddit (Pay Now)
$22,204
5% of claim
Save $111,019 vs consultant
From your workflow to your refund.
AI agencies generate massive amounts of SR&ED-eligible evidence without realizing it. Every model experiment, architecture decision, and failed approach documented in your GitHub repos, Jupyter notebooks, and project management tools is potential evidence for a claim.
Shreddit connects to your workflow and identifies which client projects involve technological uncertainty — the key CRA criterion. We track experiments, dead ends, and architectural pivots that demonstrate systematic investigation, then generate the technical narratives your clients need to file.
For agencies managing multiple clients, this is especially powerful. Set up the integration once, and Shreddit monitors SR&ED eligibility across your entire portfolio. Your clients get tax credits, you get a competitive advantage that closes deals.
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