1
Thesis, not three sectors
6
Mandates within reach
5
Corridor cities, Toronto to Québec
2027
Public launch · first raise
We make Physical AI that keeps critical operations running.
Digital twins, sensing and autonomy: systems that understand the physical world, simulate its states, support safe decisions and act — even when connectivity fails. Our stack covers: sense, model, reason, act, assure.
We focus on critical operations and the resilient economies to sustain them.
Forging where innovation meets trade.
Now · Remote by default
The studio works where the problems are — on partners’ sites, in the field, across the corridor. Founders and advisors work from anywhere on it.
Next · A hard lab
Planned: a physical lab and fablab — benches, machines, simulation, a secure room. Where prototypes get built and broken.
Then · A corridor hub
Planned: the lab grows into a shared hub for every venture we form, open to the partners who bring us problems.
Our network.
Kicked-off projects.
How we work
Every venture begins as a Spark.
01 · Spark & validate
Prove the problem.
Problems come from our own work and from partners. We test them in-house: customer calls, a digital twin, a prototype — then a hard look at the risk and the buyer.
Ideas: ours, or yours.
02 · Form
Form the company.
We match experienced operators to a proven need and form a Canadian company around it. Founders get founder-grade equity; the studio co-founds.
Founder-grade equity, at formation.
03 · Co-develop & scale
Build it with the buyer.
The anchor partner brings the problem, a site to pilot and a way to buy. We build the company around it, then scale: own IP, production, repeat contracts.
The problem comes from the partner, not a proxy.
For investors
The studio raises in 2027. The companies are forming now.
Aspera forms Physical AI companies for critical operations in defence, energy and infrastructure, and co-founds each one with founder-grade equity. The studio’s first raise opens in 2027. Before then, there are two ways in:
- Studio updates. What’s being validated, what’s being formed, and when the raise opens. A short note, a few times a year.
- Venture co-investment. As companies form, the operators and funds on this list see them first.
Family offices, private investors and funds in defence, infrastructure, energy or physical AI.
Not an offer of securities. Structure and terms will be set at the raise.
Bring us a problem