Lumo is joining the NEXT AI Montréal 2026 cohort.
NEXT Canada describes NEXT AI as a program for entrepreneurs building AI-enabled ventures with global potential. For Lumo, that support comes at the right time. We are moving from product proof points into a more focused practitioner workflow, with dietitians and nutrition professionals at the center.
Our work is simple to state and hard to execute well: help practitioners spend less time on repetitive meal planning work while keeping clinical judgment, client context, and safety in the loop.
Why this matters for Lumo
Meal planning is not just a content-generation problem. It mixes nutrition targets, preferences, restrictions, budget, cooking skill, adherence, and the relationship between a practitioner and their client.
That is why we are building Lumo as infrastructure for practitioners, not as a generic AI meal app. The product needs to help with the repetitive math and between-session follow-up, while giving the professional control over the rules that matter.
NEXT AI Montréal gives us a structured environment to test that direction with sharper questions:
- Which parts of meal planning should be automated first?
- Where does the practitioner need full review or approval?
- How do we make AI support useful without hiding uncertainty?
- What has to be true before a dietitian trusts this in a real workflow?
Founder Days in Montréal
The first Founder Days sessions brought together the cohort, venture managers, scientists in residence, mentors, and teams building across a wide range of AI-enabled categories.
For us, the value was not only the programming. It was also the density of feedback. A room full of builders, mentors, and operators makes it easier to pressure-test the assumptions behind the product.
What we are focusing on next
The next stage is about narrowing the product around real practitioner workflows.
We are focusing on pilot conversations, meal-planning quality, safety around allergies and restrictions, and the operating surface that lets a practitioner see what Lumo is doing between appointments.
The goal is not to make nutrition care feel less human. It is to remove the repetitive work around it, so practitioners can spend more time on the judgment, coaching, and accountability that clients actually need.
We are grateful for the support from NEXT AI Montréal and the wider NEXT Canada community as we keep building.