The provincial government is putting money up towards development of artificial intelligence for use in the sporting world.

A grant worth over $500,000 has been awarded to trophi.ai to recruit software technicians.

The program aims to be a coaching method for eSports with AI providing feedback and recommendations through performance analysis.

Minister responsible for the tech industry, Andrew Parsons, says the eSports industry is worth billions of dollars on the global scale and they want local companies to be a part of it.