Zap Media is an Ottawa-based software and artificial intelligence R&D company. We build custom digital systems for organizations and conduct internal research into technologies spanning enterprise software, AI-enabled products, advanced industry, and defence.
We work with SMBs, startups, advanced product companies, manufacturers, defence technology organizations, and research-minded teams that need practical software, validated prototypes, stronger websites, and AI systems tied to real work.
We design and build internal tools, CRMs, dashboards, workflow systems, and web applications around how SMBs, startups, and growth teams actually operate.
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We build fast, discoverable websites that explain your offer clearly, support sales conversations, and help customers trust the company behind the work.
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We research where AI can create leverage, test practical workflows, and implement automations for documents, operations, finance, grants, and internal knowledge.
Learn more →We develop technologies where our research, software, and AI capabilities can solve recurring commercial or technical problems.
Zap Media is developing a Canadian software intelligence platform for distributed RF sensing, machine-learning-assisted signal analysis, RF signature matching, and multi-node geolocation.
Under Active R&D
Explore RF Intelligence →EFS.AI is being shaped around bookkeeping tracking, payroll workflows, simple filings, and finance visibility for SMBs that cannot afford to lose growth capital to bloated software seats or avoidable consultant overhead.
Ask about EFS.AI →Many startups and SMBs are entitled to programs as taxpayers, but consultant-heavy processes can price them out before they benefit. Zap Media is building AI-assisted tools to make eligibility, documents, and next steps easier to understand.
Read our DMAP guide →Manufacturers, advanced product teams, defence startups, and founders face fast-moving markets with complex paperwork, compliance, sales, delivery, and operational systems. Our product work starts from those daily constraints.
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A new service-line website with Web UI/UX, photography, and videography for Branch Audiovisual.
A landlord and property management automation platform with CRM, UI, UX, and full product build.
A full web build with real estate photography to showcase residential, commercial, and urban design work.
Defence Technology
AI efficiencies, adoption planning, secure software, and operational systems for defence startups and growing defence firms navigating a fast-moving market.
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Product & Manufacturing
Software, automation, machine learning, and operational tooling for product teams and manufacturers building with more discipline.
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Startups
Product scoping, web builds, MVP systems, AI prototypes, grant navigation support, and technical roadmaps for founders moving from idea to usable product.
Explore startup support →Zap Media is headquartered in Ottawa and works with organizations across Toronto and the GTA. We bring local context, practical research, and hands-on software delivery to teams that need technology built around real operations.
Custom software, websites, and AI automation for Ottawa organizations.
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Technical planning and software builds for Toronto and GTA teams.
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Applied AI research, automation prototypes, and workflow implementation.
Explore AI services →Zap Media builds custom software, websites, AI automation systems, technical roadmaps, and in-house technologies for SMBs, startups, advanced product companies, manufacturers, defence technology organizations, and growth companies in Ottawa, Toronto, and across Canada.
Zap Media is headquartered at 150 Elgin Street in Ottawa and serves Toronto, the GTA, and Canadian organizations through focused remote and in-person collaboration.
Yes. Zap Media researches, prototypes, and implements practical AI automation for document workflows, internal knowledge, reporting, operations, and custom software products.
