About CTai LABS
The Physical ai integration partner built inside the company that makes the hardware.
CTai LABS, a department of Connect Tech Inc.
What is CTai LABS?
CTai LABS answers one question: can this ai workload meet its targets on the hardware and in the environment it is meant for. For Edge ai, that question is harder than it sounds, because the Edge is unforgiving. A model that hits 94 percent accuracy on a clean validation set in the cloud could degrade badly once it faces a live camera feed, variable lighting, vibration, heat, a power budget measured in single-digit watts, and a latency ceiling measured in milliseconds. A proof of concept (PoC) is the step between an idea and a program.
An Edge ai PoC scopes that risk down to something you can prove in weeks. It usually covers a single high-value use case, a defined performance target (inference rate, accuracy, latency, power draw), the real sensors involved, and the specific NVIDIA® Jetson™ module and carrier board the workload will run on. A good PoC is scoped tight enough that the result is either clearly a yes or clearly a no.
PoC, pilot, and production are not the same thing. A PoC proves technical feasibility on representative hardware. A pilot runs that proven concept in a limited live deployment to test it operationally. Production is the full fleet. Most of the value, and most of the risk, sits in getting the first step right, because everything downstream inherits its assumptions.
Who Is CTai LABS?
CTai LABS Simplifies Physical ai Deployment
Physical ai systems need to sense, process, decide, and act in the real world, requiring more than selecting a platform or adding an ai model. That requires the right combination of compute performance, sensor input, software compatibility, system reliability, and deployment planning. CTai LABS helps customers reduce that complexity so they can move faster and build with more confidence.
Backed by Connect Tech’s embedded systems experience, CTai LABS brings together practical engineering knowledge, NVIDIA® platform experience, and real-world deployment support. From early prototyping to production-ready integration, CTai LABS helps teams focus on building the product that matters instead of getting slowed down by integration issues.
Understanding the Deployment Path
Connect Tech (CTI) provides the proven hardware foundation: NVIDIA Jetson hardware, CTI carrier boards, cooling, systems, Linux, and Board Support Package (BSP) support.
But building a complete Physical ai product requires more than hardware. Customers still need to connect the NVIDIA ai compute stack, vision and sensor interfaces, software layers, orchestration, system integration, and deployment workflows before their final product is ready.
When those layers are managed separately, the path can become complex, time-consuming, and risky. Integration gaps can slow down development, create uncertainty between teams, and make it harder to move from prototype to production.
CTai LABS helps turn a fragmented deployment path
into a more connected, supported workflow.
CTai LABS bridges the complex integration gap above the CTI foundation.
How CTai LABS Makes it Easy
CTai LABS takes on the hard integration work, connecting NVIDIA platforms, vision and sensor interfaces, software frameworks, Connect Tech hardware, and deployment requirements into a more complete, buildable path.
That allows customers to stay focused on their own application, product vision, and market differentiator while CTai LABS helps reduce the complexity of getting the system working in the real world.
Connect Tech provides the foundation. CTai LABS bridges the hard part. Customers focus on building their technology.
The result is a clearer deployment path with fewer disconnected decisions, fewer integration gaps, and a stronger route from concept to production.
Why CTai LABS Exists
Built to Bridge the Gap Between
Hardware and Deployment
Physical ai systems are becoming more capable, but also more complex to build. Teams are no longer just choosing a board or module. They are connecting compute, cameras, sensors, software, AI frameworks, operating systems, rugged hardware, and deployment requirements into one working system.
CTai LABS was created to help customers move through that complexity with a more connected path. Backed by Connect Tech’s embedded systems expertise, CTai LABS bridges the gap between the hardware foundation and the customer’s final product, helping teams stay focused on building the technology that makes their solution different.
CTai LABS bridges the complex integration gap above the CTI foundation. Connect Tech and CTai LABS work together: Connect Tech provides the proven Edge AI foundation, while CTai LABS helps customers turn that foundation into deployable Physical ai systems.
More about CTai LABS
What CTai LABS Does
The team behind CTai LABS helps you deploy Physical ai systems. The services below are how that capability is delivered to customers.
Edge ai Services
Full-stack ai engineering, ai integration, x86 to Jetson migration, model optimization, sensor integration, and dedicated team engagements. Eight services covering the full project lifecycle from architecture to production support.
Edge ai Solutions
Pre-engineered Physical ai solutions including ROS-Ready Launchpad, 3D Spatial Understanding, Multi-Camera 3D Reconstruction, Agentic Robot Memory, Scene Analyzer Agent, and Physical ai Evaluation Kit.
Memory Optimization
CTai LABS optimizes trained models to run inside a Jetson module’s real memory footprint: quantization strategy, unified memory tuning, and KV-cache budgeting for the target hardware, not a desktop proxy.
Connect Tech Hardware
The carrier boards, rugged systems, and thermal solutions that CTai LABS integrations run on. Designed and manufactured in-house, with BSPs written by the same team.
Your Physical ai Integration Partner
How CTai LABS Works With You
Every engagement starts with your problem, not a standard package. Whether you need a second set of eyes on one ai integration decision or a dedicated team to carry a project from architecture through production, CTai LABS scopes the work to match, and acts as part of your team.
Consulting and Advisory
Bring a specific challenge: a sensor selection, an architecture review, a stalled ai integration. CTai LABS engineers work alongside your team to solve it, then hand back a system your team understands and can maintain, not a black box.
Memory and Performance Optimization
Physical ai systems live or die on latency, throughput, and memory footprint at the Edge. CTai LABS profiles and tunes your model, ai stack, and hardware together so performance holds up in the field, not just on a bench.
Evaluation Kits
Test before you commit. CTai LABS Edge ai Solutions kits, including the Physical ai Evaluation Kit, let you validate compute, sensors, and software on real hardware before scaling a deployment.
You Keep Your IP
CTai LABS integrates, optimizes, and engineers the system underneath your product. What you build on top of it, including your models, your application logic, and your data, stays yours. CTai LABS isn’t building a platform to license back to you. It’s building your system, with you, so you own what comes out of it.
Meet the Team
The Team Behind the Work
The CTai LABS team is comprised of ai Solutions Architects, engineers and experts who specialize in integrating the ai stack into Edge ai systems and solutions.
CTai LABS draws from Connect Tech’s embedded systems engineering team, with specialists across BSP development, sensor integration, NVIDIA platform configuration, and ai model optimization. Over 40 years of embedded computing experience sits behind every engagement.
Projects include Agentic ai Video Summarization, Long-Term Memory for Robots, Real-Time Edge ai Scene Understanding, and Real2Sim Digital Twin Evaluation Kit.
Doruk Sönmez
AI Solutions Architect
Patrick Dietrich, P.Eng.
President
Rob Callaghan, P.Eng.
Chief Product Officer
NVIDIA Elite Partner and Ecosystem
CTai LABS builds on the full NVIDIA software stack through Connect Tech’s NVIDIA Elite Partner status: NVIDIA TensorRT™ for inference optimization, Isaac™ ROS for perception and sensor fusion, JetPack™ SDK for the full platform stack, DeepStream for video analytics, and Holoscan for medical and high-frequency sensor applications. Connect Tech’s Elite Partner status means direct access to NVIDIA technical resources and early platform support.
Part of Connect Tech
Connect Tech Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario. For over 40 years the company has designed and manufactured rugged embedded computing platforms for robotics, autonomous systems, defense, industrial automation, and mission-critical applications worldwide. CTai LABS is a department of Connect Tech, not an affiliated company or external partner.
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Key Takeaways
- CTai LABS is a Physical ai integration partner and a department of Connect Tech, a 40+ year old company
- Connect Tech is an NVIDIA Elite Partner headquartered in Guelph, Ontario
- Delivers full-stack Edge ai engineering: architecture, hardware selection, board support package development, sensor integration, model optimization, and deployment-ready validated systems
- The structural position is what makes the integration faster, more reliable, and less likely to stall mid-project
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CTai LABS?
CTai LABS is a consulting Physical ai integration partner and a department of Connect Tech. Connect Tech is an NVIDIA Elite Partner designing and manufacturing Edge compute hardware. CTai LABS delivers full-stack Edge ai engineering services: architecture, hardware selection, BSP bring-up, sensor integration, model optimization, and deployment-ready handoff, all under one team.
Is CTai LABS a separate company from Connect Tech?
No. CTai LABS is a department of Connect Tech, not a separate company, subsidiary, or affiliated entity. The engineers are Connect Tech engineers and AI architects. The hardware is Connect Tech hardware. The BSPs are written in-house. That structural position is what makes the integration capability different from a third-party software consultancy working with borrowed hardware.
Where is CTai LABS based?
CTai LABS is based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, at Connect Tech’s headquarters. Engagements are not geographically restricted. Connect Tech hardware ships globally and CTai LABS works with customers across North America, Europe, Latin America, and beyond.
What does being an NVIDIA Elite Partner mean for a CTai LABS engagement?
Connect Tech’s NVIDIA Elite Partner status means direct access to NVIDIA technical resources, early access to platform updates, and the depth of platform experience that comes from shipping production systems on NVIDIA Jetson hardware across multiple generations. Examples include TensorRT, Isaac ROS, JetPack, DeepStream, and Holoscan are not configured from documentation. They are configured by a team that deploys real systems.
How do I get started with CTai LABS?
The Book a Demo call is the starting point. Bring the use case, the deployment environment, and the timeline. CTai LABS will scope the engagement, identify the right hardware and software stack, and give a direct answer on fit.
Can I keep my own IP?
Yes. CTai LABS integrates, optimizes, and engineers the system, but what you build together can stay yours. That includes your models, your application logic, and your data. CTai LABS engineers work inside your project, building your system with you so you own what comes out of it.