From a live pilot to a product, in the open

1. Phase 0 — Consortium pilot

   Active

   2026 (active)

   Ai26.10: build and validate the soft-sensor, digital-twin, and control stack on a live industrial fermentation, funded by Protein Industries Canada.

2. Phase 1 — Closed-loop demo

   Up next

   Late 2026

   Demonstrate end-to-end closed-loop supervisory control on the pilot process — the technical proof point that gates external deployment.

3. Phase 2 — Design-partner cohort

   Up next

   Now → early 2027

   Recruit 6–10 operators across wine, beer, cider, and adjacent verticals; capture failure modes, audit control platforms, and convert interest into signed pilot intent.

4. Phase 3 — First pilots

   Planned

   2027 crush season

   Stand up the first operator pilots on real sites, integrated with existing tank control and delivered with local integration support.

5. Phase 4 — Commercial launch

   Planned

   ~Q1 2027

   Public product launch following consortium publication review — per-site / per-tank licensing, with an entry-tier pilot SKU.

6. Phase 5 — Multi-vertical expansion

   Planned

   2027 onward

   Extend from the Okanagan beverage beachhead across breweries, cideries, and broader industrial fermentation, building reference deployments off one control engine.

Pilot timing reflects fermentation realities: wine ferments once a year, so beverage pilots are scoped to the crush calendar while year-round breweries and cideries keep the models improving in between.