Cosette has backed AI software development platform Stradigi, which is expanding with a focus on the US.

Stradigi, a Canada-based producer of artificial intelligence-powered software development tools for enterprises, closed a C$53m ($40.3m) series A round backed by marketing and communications agency Cossette on Tuesday.

The round was co-led by a combined $19.9m contribution from trade union-run development capital fund Fonds de solidarité FTQ and Quebec’s enterprise promotion board Investissement Québec.

They were joined by investment firm Segovia Capital, Holdun Family Office and Stradigi AI’s co-founders – Basil Bouraropoulos and Curtis Gavura.

Founded in 2005, Stradigi has…