Alexandre Sauvageau
Co-founder of Cogio
Alexandre Sauvageau is a co-founder of Cogio, the Québec agentic ERP. A mechanical engineering graduate (B.Eng.) trained in project management, he designs and deploys AI agents and automated workflows, including for Les Industries Romy. He writes the articles on this blog.
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- Construction quotes: preparing an estimate faster with AI
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- Clinical notes and AI in Quebec: what the professional orders allow
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- Property management: answering tenant requests with an AI agent
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- Data hosting in Canada: how to check that a provider is truly sovereign
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- How many hours does AI really free up in an SME? A Granby manufacturer’s numbers
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- What is sovereign AI? Definition, examples and how it differs from ChatGPT Enterprise
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- Automating supplier invoice entry in QuickBooks
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- Acumatica or Business Central: which one for a Quebec SME in 2026
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- AI and professional secrecy: what a law firm can do, and what it cannot
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- Microsoft 365 Copilot and Law 25: where does your data go?
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- Genius ERP and AI: what a manufacturer can automate in 2026
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- Automating SAP Business One with AI: invoices, orders and dunning
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- How to integrate AI in your business: a step-by-step plan for Quebec SMEs
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- AI solutions for business: the four categories that actually exist, and how to choose
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- Business process automation: 12 admin tasks to automate first
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- What is an AI agent? Definition, real SME examples and how it differs from a chatbot
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- How much time and money does it take to implement AI in an SME?
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- AI and jobs in SMEs: how to automate without cutting positions
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- ChatGPT, Copilot or Claude: which one for a Quebec SME?
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- Power Automate, Zapier or an AI agent: what to choose for automation?
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- Do it yourself or hire an AI firm: what it really costs
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- What ERP licences cost a Quebec SME in 2026
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- RTRI: up to $3M for Quebec businesses hit by tariffs
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- GLM-5.3-Flash: what Zhipu’s open model changes for sovereign AI in business
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- DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash: an open model built to run lean, analyzed for business
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- Qwen3.8: what Alibaba’s new family changes for sovereign AI in the enterprise
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- Sovereign AI or public cloud: the complete business case to justify your choice
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- Law 25: the complete compliance guide for Quebec businesses
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- Law 25 checklist: the 12 obligations a Quebec business has to tick off
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- The privacy impact assessment, demystified: how to assess an AI project before you deploy it
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- ISO 27001: what the certificate proves (and does not prove) about an AI vendor
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- SOC 2 Type II: reading a vendor report without being sold a story
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- CLOUD Act: why a server in Montreal is not always sovereign
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- AI funding in Quebec in 2026: who pays for what, and how to build an application
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- AI funding in Canada in 2026: LIFT, IRAP, the reformed SR&ED and the other federal levers
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- Stacking Quebec and Canadian support for an AI project: three standard packages in 2026
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- Top 5 AI models to host on your own servers in 2026: an honest comparison
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- The AI acceptable use policy: the document most SMEs are missing
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- Sovereign AI or ChatGPT Enterprise: an honest comparison for a Quebec SME
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- How to choose an AI consulting firm: the 12 questions to ask before you sign
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- Why so many AI projects fail: the numbers, then the seven avoidable mistakes
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- Is your data ready for AI? A 10-point self-assessment
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- RAG, fine-tuning, agents, automation: a decision-maker’s AI glossary
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- How to measure the ROI of an AI assistant: the recovered-hours method
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- AI in a metal fabrication shop: five use cases that pay for themselves
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