7/30/2025

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Cossette Develops AI-Powered Knowledge Management Platform with Funding from Scale AI

by Cossette

We've secured funding from Scale AI for our AI-Powered Knowledge Leadership platform, developed in collaboration with Hivelighter. The initiative is led by PlusCo Venture Studio, our innovation arm that designs AI and fintech-enabled solutions with creative and strategic impact. This project, recognized for its high level of expertise and ethical rigor, was selected as part of the most recent round of funding from Scale AI, which supports initiatives led by companies in Quebec adopting AI technologies.

We have 50 years of history, creative intelligence, and market insights. By integrating Hivelighter’s AI reader into our R&D processes, the solution builds on our heritage to build a dynamic and easy-to-use system. The goal? Automate key research and insight generation tasks, personalize RFP responses based on historical data and user profiles, and centralize knowledge across our organization, while maintaining human intelligence, creativity, and ethical innovation at the heart of our approach. The project directly addresses a key challenge for creative organizations: converting dispersed data into high-value intelligence.

“Cossette has built decades of creative and institutional intelligence. Together with Hivelighter, we’ve created a solution that merges this deep knowledge with real-time insight, quickly and with purpose. AI provides context and clarity, but creativity relies on interpretation, intuition, and experience. When knowledge is timely and precise, it’s valuable; when it’s tailored to our teams and clients, it’s transformative.”

Sabaa Quao, President at PlusCo Venture Studio

To support creative thinking in a faster, more context-rich environment, the platform is designed for responsible use - placing human judgment, artistic integrity, and strategic thinking at its core. Rooted in the understanding that information alone isn’t knowledge, it delivers timely, contextual insights through associative and lateral thinking. In keeping with Hivelighter’s ethical standards, it prioritizes transparency, user agency, and the thoughtful integration of human and artificial intelligence.

“Generic AI tools are flattening the playing field. With Cossette, we’re building personalized AI that leverages insight and expertise to maximize competitive advantage, especially for creative teams. Our platform is outperforming frontier models at personalized research and optimization, and we’re proud to be leading the way in supercharging human insight, not replacing it.”

Joshua Dorsey, Founder and CEO of Hivelighter

Initially developed for our business development and strategy teams, the platform will deliver value beyond internal use. Our clients in sectors like finance, retail, and tourism face similar challenges in managing complexity and turning information into action. More than a productivity tool, it lays the groundwork for creative intelligence.

This isn’t just a technological breakthrough. The anticipated benefits are significant and geared towards organic growth. This project marks a strategic shift in how we accesses knowledge and applies it to fuel creativity, solidifying our role as a leader in applied AI.

About Hivelighter

Hivelighter is a leading AI-driven SaaS provider, specializing in the personalization, automation and optimization of knowledge. Hivelighter’s Read For Me™ research and knowledge management solutions are tackling core business needs — from automated RFP research to customized knowledge leadership — for a variety of industries.

About SCALE AI

SCALE AI is Canada’s global innovation cluster in artificial intelligence (AI). Based in Toronto and Montreal, SCALE AI plays a central role as the main unifying force of the Canadian AI ecosystem. As an investment and innovation hub, it accelerates the rapid adoption and integration of AI into the Canadian economy while contributing to the development of a world-class AI ecosystem. Funded by the Government of Canada, SCALE AI brings together over 500 industry partners, research institutes, and other key players in AI. It provides strategic and financial support to companies implementing real-world AI applications, aiming to encourage the emergence of future industry leaders and facilitate the development of a highly skilled workforce. Additionally, SCALE AI is behind ALL IN, Canada’s largest AI event that allows Canadian actors to showcase their expertise in front of an international audience from around the globe. For more information about SCALE AI, visit scaleai.ca or LinkedIn.