About us

Operational credibility meets sovereign technology.

ChainSmart AI is a Vancouver-based Canadian company founded by CAF veteran and technology executive Brad Moore. Its team and advisors bring together senior defence leadership, operational service, AI, blockchain and regulated-sector experience.

Our purpose is direct: give Canadian and allied decision-makers the speed of AI without surrendering control of the data, the reasoning or the record.

Leadership and advisors

The people behind ChainSmart AI.

Brad Moore

CEO & Chairman

Canadian Armed Forces veteran, The 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment (3 RCR). MBA, Royal Roads University. 20+ years Fortune 500 leadership including Eastman Kodak. Built ChainSmart AI on the conviction that trusted provenance is the foundation of sovereign AI.

General Jon Vance (Ret’d)

Board Member

Chief of the Defence Staff, Canada, 2015–2021. Previously Commander, Canadian Joint Operations Command; Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples; and Commander of the Canadian Task Force in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 2009–2010. Advises ChainSmart AI on operational scenario design and defence adoption.

“AI is mistrusted by many and the idea of trusted provenance — and the potential to build sovereign AI as a result — is very powerful.”

Ian Mackenzie

Advisor

Major capital projects background including nuclear energy. Provides governance, capital project delivery expertise, and investor credibility as ChainSmart AI scales from demonstrator to deployment.

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