About

Bridging research and reality

Townsman Software exists to close the gap between what's possible in AI research and what businesses on the ground actually use.

Mission

Deploying innovation where it matters

There is a widening gap between the leading edge of AI research and the tools real businesses use every day. Townsman exists to close it.

We build and operate the agentic harness, the hard engineering that makes advanced AI reliable, and deploy it into ventures alongside people who know an industry inside out.

The team

Two founders, one mission

A small team bridging cutting-edge AI engineering and real-world industries.

William Bourgeois

Co-founder

Builds and operates the agentic harness: tool use, retrieval, compaction, and the engineering that turns research into production systems.

Sebastien Perre

Co-founder

Drives how the harness meets each industry, turning domain expertise into agents that do real, compliant work.

Principles

How we operate

Four commitments behind every venture we build.

Research to reality

We turn the latest AI research into tools that ship and keep working, not demos that impress and then break.

Bilingual by default

Full delivery in English or French, product and conversation. Bienvenue aux partenaires francophones.

Partners, not vendors

We build ventures with experts, sharing the work and the upside, not just handing over software.

Compliance-first

We design for regulated fields from the first line of code: data residency, scoped access, humans in the loop.

Our roots

Proudly built in Montreal

Townsman Software was founded in Montreal, Quebec. We build bilingual, compliance-aware technology for Canadian businesses and beyond.

Want to build something with us?

Whether you're an expert with a venture in mind or a business that wants agents in the loop, let's talk.

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