OpenJustice named one of Canada’s Top 100 AI startups at ALL IN 2026

OpenJustice made the ALL IN 2026 Top 100, and it’s Canada’s largest AI event. It’s organized by Scale AI with Mila and was held at the Palais des congrès in Montréal on September 16–17. A record 330+ companies from across Canada applied for this year’s Top 100. Selected startups got a showcase spot in the Startup Zone, in front of 7,500 attendees from more than 40 countries, including investors, business leaders, buyers, and government reps. The selection criteria look at real market need, traction, and a team with a clear vision, so it’s recognition that OpenJustice is ready for real-world use, not just promising research.

Samuel used the moment to lay out what we’ve been building. He calls the core problem the 90/10 problem: legal AI already makes existing work faster, but what really decides outcomes is institutional experience, like how a firm evaluates a case and where matters tend to settle. That knowledge almost never ends up in any dataset a model has seen. OpenJustice encodes it, so the reasoning is structured, traceable, and stays with the organization it belongs to.

This comes out of three years of research at the Conflict Analytics Lab, much of it published at ICML, AAAI, and ACL, with partners including Cornell, Deel, Pro Bono Ontario, and several law firms.

Samuel was clear about where the line is drawn. OpenJustice, its open-source community, and CAL stay at Queen’s as an open research program. A separate spin-off, supported by Mila Ventures and Queen’s Partnerships and Innovation, exists to serve industry partners who need a product they can rely on every day. The open project isn’t going anywhere.

Big thanks to Scale AI, the ALL IN team, and Mila for the support!

Top 100 list: https://allinevent.ai/blogs/blog/2026-top-100