Top Dish Inc.

$75,000.00 CAD

≈ 12 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2024-2025
Agreement period
March 1, 2025 – August 31, 2025
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2024-2025-Q4-1027814

Published purpose

Top Dish is an innovative software company revolutionizing the restaurant industry through helping owners maximize patrons and profitability by delivering detailed actionable AI-driven insights on individualized menu item performance, staff productivity, and customer feedback. From 2025/02/01 to 2025/07/31, with a $93,750 budget, CEO Elias Swaita and new hire AI Backend Engineer Steven Ho will pilot the Restaurant AI Data Analytics Backend. This project focuses on the backend for an AI-powered dashboard that utilizes advanced LLMs to simplify complex datasets and deliver actionable insights in plain English. This pilot project lays the foundation for future enabling projects larger-scale AI projects for scalable technology.

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