Built in Montréal.
Shipped everywhere.
Amatrix Studio's home base since day one. Bilingual EN/FR delivery as the native option, Quebec R&D tax-credit ecosystem stacked on every sprint, Law 25 privacy compliance baked in for products handling Quebec resident data — the things that take six months for an out-of-province agency to figure out, we ship into your codebase by default.
Real considerations for founders shipping out of Montreal — tax-credit math, regulatory awareness, time-zone alignment, talent ecosystem.
Every doc, every screen, every email — EN+FR if you ask, FR-first if you require. Not translation after the fact; built into the spec from day one. Twelve years of bilingual SaaS shipping experience.
SR&ED federal (35% on first $3M qualifying R&D for CCPCs) plus CDAE provincial (Crédit d'impôt développement des affaires électroniques, ~24% on eligible labour for SaaS/e-business work). Most sprints qualify. We provide the documentation that makes claim filing trivial for your CFO.
Quebec's Loi 25 (LPRPDÉSP) governs Quebec resident data — consent flows, breach notification, data residency, DPO requirements. Built into every sprint that handles PII. Your competitors discover this requirement during legal review; you ship past it.
Mile End / Plateau / Old Port are 20 minutes from each other. If you want to host a kickoff espresso in person before going async, we'll meet you. Most clients never do — async is the point — but the option is there.
Three reasons. First, Montreal has the densest AI research ecosystem in North America — MILA, McGill, UdeM, Polytechnique, HEC — which keeps the talent pipeline deep. Second, the Quebec R&D tax credit stack (SR&ED + CDAE) makes high-quality engineering work cost-competitive without offshoring. Third, bilingual EN/FR delivery is a hard moat for the entire Quebec gov-tech, insurance, and energy verticals, plus growing demand from Ontario-based and federal clients with Quebec exposure.
No. We are an async-first studio — most engagements are 100% remote regardless of client location. Being in Montreal is convenient for the rare in-person kickoff, but it's never required. Clients ship from Toronto, NYC, Boston, Quebec City, Ottawa, and elsewhere identically.
Yes — most engineering labour on our sprints is SR&ED-eligible work (experimental development with technological uncertainty). The CDAE provincial credit covers eligible salary expenses for SaaS/e-business engineering. We provide an itemized breakdown of labour categories and hours on every sprint so your CFO/accountant has the documentation they need to claim. Speak to your tax advisor about your specific eligibility profile — we don't file your claim, but we make the paperwork zero-friction.
Yes. We are async-first by default — every engagement runs identically whether you're in Montreal, MTL, Toronto, NYC, or anywhere else in North America. The Montreal-specific advantages above (local tax credits, industry awareness, time-zone alignment) are bonuses for Montreal founders, not constraints on who we'll work with.
Most Montreal founders start with an Ideation Sprint ($4,995, 1 week) or HTML Demo Sprint ($9,995, 3–4 weeks) before committing to a Full Stack build. The smaller sprint validates fit and credit applies to your next sprint within 60 days. No retainers, no minimum spend.
Tell us what you're building. We'll confirm the sprint tier, timeline, and price in writing — usually within 24 hours.
Start a sprint → amatrix.studio/contact