Layer 6 is a leading machine learning research company, developing advanced deep learning systems that have the power to uplift large populations while advancing the field of artificial intelligence. Our research is supported by access to massive datasets, close collaboration with world renowned academic faculty, and a uniquely scalable machine learning platform. Research areas include deep learning, computer vision, time series analysis, natural language processing and recommendation systems etc. Our technical capabilities have been publicly recognized through a number of wins in various international machine learning competitions, including the prestigious ACM RecSys Challenge (the only repeat winner in 2017 and 2018 and runner-up in 2019), Google’s Landmark Retrieval Challenge (2nd place in 2018, 3rd place in 2019), the Stanford Question Answering Dataset (2nd place in 2019), 3rd YouTube-8M Video Understanding Challenge (winner in 2019) and Open Images 2019 - Visual Relationship (winner in 2019). Layer 6 was founded in Toronto in 2016 and backed by some of the most successful technology entrepreneurs in Canada. Layer 6 was acquired by TD Bank Group in 2018 and we continue being based in Toronto’s Discovery District - MaRS Centre.