mode40

Founded in 2020, mode40 is a defense software developer based in Steinbach, Canada working in defense software & ai.

mode40 is an enterprise data intelligence firm founded in Steinbach, Manitoba, in 2020. Its team includes engineers, analysts, product designers and practitioners who have worked inside manufacturing, aerospace, food and beverage, healthcare and education operations. The firm connects legacy and modern systems such as PLCs, CNC controllers, ERPs and LMS platforms, contextualizes the resulting data, and designs workflows and AI-supported decision tools around it. Its aerospace and defence offering covers part genealogy, digital thread and traceability, and first article and AS9100-aligned documentation generated from production data. Its MAST platform is built on an ITAR-compliant architecture for export-controlled environments. The firm also offers the Lila Socratic AI learning platform for education and healthcare, and an Ignition-based integration practice. mode40 operates across Canada and the United States, with partner teams abroad. Its stated model is practitioner-led delivery with outcome-based commercial terms.