Kognitiv Spark
Kognitiv Spark builds RemoteSpark, a secure low-bandwidth mixed-reality remote-assistance platform for military and industrial maintenance technicians.
Background
Kognitiv Spark was founded in 2016 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with Yan Simard serving as CEO.
The company emerged from a thesis that expert knowledge is geographically bottlenecked in defense and industrial maintenance, and that mixed reality could bridge that gap without requiring high-bandwidth infrastructure.
Its core product is RemoteSpark, a network-agnostic mixed-reality platform that delivers live audio-video guidance, holographic annotations, procedural overlays, and document transfer to technicians wearing headsets in constrained or austere environments.
The adjacent MIRRAS (Mixed Reality Remote Assistant Support) system represents RemoteSpark applied specifically to Royal Canadian Navy shipboard maintenance contexts.
Kognitiv Spark sells primarily through defense primes and direct government channels, with integrations alongside Raytheon Canada, Serco North America, and Seaspan.
The company also holds a Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner Program gold designation. Headcount is reported at approximately 28 employees in Canadian Defence Review, with a secondary operating presence in Oxford, UK.
Financial footing
- RCN / defense maintenance
Kognitiv Spark's latest publicly disclosed funding round totaled $4.7 million, led by the Foresight Group's Foresight Williams Technology Fund with co-investment from the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Earlier equity investment from NBIF and undisclosed private investors predates this round, but a confirmed cumulative total beyond $4.7 million is not publicly available.
No valuation figure has been publicly disclosed. The company carries no public-market capitalization and remains privately held as of mid-2026. Revenue, backlog, and contract ceiling figures are not publicly disclosed. The $4.7 million round represents the largest single confirmed financing event on record for the company.
Major customers & contracts
The Royal Canadian Navy awarded Kognitiv Spark a contract to deploy MIRRAS for shipboard maintenance and remote equipment repair; the specific contract value and award date are not publicly disclosed. Prior work with the Canadian Army and Royal Canadian Air Force preceded the RCN award, per BetaKit reporting. Raytheon Canada, Serco North America, and Seaspan are named delivery or integration partners on defense maintenance programs, including Seaspan's Holoship Project.
The UK Ministry of Defence engaged Kognitiv Spark through the DTEP program to deploy mixed-reality tooling on MODNET. Canada's Ocean Supercluster and the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers are cited as program-level partners. GIMO and SPECTRAL are identified as strategic partners through Canada.ca materials.
Leadership & contact surface
Official site: https://kognitivspark.com
Competitive position
Against Librestream Onsight, Kognitiv Spark's edge is deeper defense certification and network-agnostic operation suited to shipboard and field environments; Librestream holds broader industrial installed base and longer enterprise track record. Against Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist, Kognitiv Spark offers a purpose-built secure defense packaging whereas Microsoft's platform requires enterprise cloud dependencies incompatible with classified or air-gapped networks.
Against Scope AR, Kognitiv Spark's MIRRAS program demonstrates naval-specific integration that Scope AR has not publicly matched in the Canadian context; Scope AR has stronger US defense exposure and greater scale. Against TeamViewer Frontline, Kognitiv Spark's military hardening and low-bandwidth architecture are differentiating; TeamViewer's dominant enterprise footprint and sales motion give it structural reach advantages. The market remains fragmented, with no single vendor owning defense AR maintenance at scale. Kognitiv Spark's moat rests on RCN program incumbency and UK MOD MODNET access.
Battlefield relevance
No confirmed combat use to date.
Sources & verification
- Canadian Defence Review — Kognitiv Spark profile
- BetaKit — Kognitiv Spark RCN contract and funding
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fredericton-tech-company-helping-industrial-and-defence-workers-troubleshoot-9.7009932
- https://canadiandefencereview.com/company-profile/kognitiv-spark/
- https://betakit.com/kognitiv-sparks-ar-software-to-be-used-by-royal-canadian-navy/
- https://militaryembedded.com/company/kognitiv-spark
- https://www.kognitivspark.com/in-the-news
- https://www.zoominfo.com/c/kognitiv-spark/432069635
- https://oceansupercluster.ca/hydrospark-project/
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- https://www.kognitivspark.com
- https://www.facebook.com/KognitivSpark/