Cedar Strategies and bciti+ launch the world’s first Strategic Thinking Intelligence™ vertical powered by ATNA ethical AI

Montreal, Quebec — December 2, 2025— Solutions B-CITI Inc. today announces a major strategic partnership with Cedar Strategies & Formations Inc. to launch Strategic Thinking Intelligence™, the world’s first vertical dedicated to evaluating, developing, and activating individual and collective strategic thinking, fully powered by the bciti+ platform and its ethical AI engine, ATNA.

This alliance marks a significant milestone in bciti+’s evolution as the company accelerates its shift toward a multi-vertical growth model, enabling expert organizations to deploy their own AI-powered vertical super apps built on a unified digital identity, ethical data governance, and a proprietary contextual intelligence engine.

A Proven Platform Expands into New Sectors and Applications

In recent years, bciti+ has successfully partnered with Canadian cities to develop a Smart City vertically integrated platform. This platform enables rapid, cost-effective deployment and offers:

• Unique digital identity solutions

• Universal citizen cards

• Comprehensive services and transactions

• Multi-system connectors

• Data governance compliant with Law 25

• Advanced analytics, dashboards, and blockchain traceability

Since 2025, the integration of the responsible AI engine ATNA has transformed bciti+ into a multi-vertical platform. It can unify service access, automate interactions, and deliver reliable recommendations while ensuring ethical data management.

This robust architecture now empowers specialized partners across various sectors including retail, corporations, associations, education, governments, and leadership to build their own white-label verticals on a ready-to-deploy infrastructure.

Cedar Strategies & Training Inc. to Pioneer World's First Vertically Integrated Strategic Thinking Assessment Platform

Cedar Strategies and Training, renowned for its unique Strategic Thinking Framework and Assessment products, will leverage bciti+ and ATNA to create the world's first vertically integrated platform dedicated to Strategic Thinking Intelligence™. This innovative platform will deliver:

• Strategic thinking profile diagnostics

• Individual and team profiles based on the VTOE™ model

• Real-time team analysis

• AI-generated intelligent recommendations

• An executive dashboard

• Personalized learning paths

• Individualized coaching

• Annual reassessments (ARR)

• Continuous competency activation (Competency Activation™)

Becoming the Global "Gold Standard" in Strategic Thinking Diagnostics

Through this partnership, Cedar Strategies and Training will transform its expertise into a scalable digital platform powered by responsible AI, serving a diverse range of clients including:

• Functional teams and organizations

• Public institutions

• Professional organizations

• Universities and business schools

• Government and military organizations

A New Global Category: Strategic Thinking Intelligence™

The Strategic Thinking Intelligence™ Platform aims to:

• Establish the global gold standard for strategic thinking profiles.

• Offer a universal solution applicable across all sectors and functions.

• Create a high-value, recurring SaaS model.

• Strengthen organizations' collective intelligence.

• Position bciti+ as a global leader in responsible AI applied to human development.

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Vivianne Gravel, LL.M – CEO, Solutions B-CITI Inc.

“Strategic Thinking Intelligence™ demonstrates the power of the bciti+ platform: enabling expert organizations to transform their knowledge into scalable vertical super apps, powered by unified digital identity and ethical AI. This partnership confirms our long-term vision—to build a global network of trusted AI-powered vertical communities serving people and organizations.”

Nayla Feghali, B.Eng. – President, Cedar Strategies and Training Inc.

“With bciti+ and ATNA, our Strategic Thinking Framework and Assessment tool takes a major leap forward. We will now be able to assess, understand, and develop strategic thinking capabilities at scale helping individuals, teams, and organizations reach their full potential.”

About Solutions B-CITI Inc. bciti+ is an AI-powered digital identity and governance platform enabling cities, networks, associations, and brands to launch their own vertical super apps. The platform combines:

• a universal digital identity card (bciti+ ID)

• an ethical AI engine (ATNA)

• a multi-service modular architecture

• privacy-compliant data governance (Law 25, GDPR, CPPA)

bciti+ is deployed across Canadian cities and is now expanding to specialized global verticals.

About Cedar Strategies and Training Inc. Cedar Strategies and Training Inc. is a strategy and management consulting and training firm. They help organizations design ambitious business strategies, execute them effectively, train their leaders, and build resilient, high-performing teams.

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