First step toward lights-off operations
A causal foundational model
for physical operations.
One model. It reads live plant telemetry, reasons about counterfactuals, and dispatches typed actions to control systems, control rooms, and maintenance. Not recommendations. Not dashboards.
The model
Three properties.
No exceptions.
— 01 / Causal
Mechanism, not pattern.
The model encodes structural relationships — what drives what, under intervention. It answers counterfactuals because it represents mechanism, not correlation.
— 02 / Action
Dispatch, not recommend.
Every output is a typed write to a named surface — setpoint, advisory, work order, cabinet flag — with the KPI it intends to move and the cycle in which it will be verified.
— 03 / Workcell
Bounded, not platform.
The deployment unit is a workcell — one operational decision, end-to-end. The model scales by adding cells, not by adding integrations.
What it writes back
The only output
is action.
A typed write into the existing control surface — under bounded envelope, with the KPI claim and the next-cycle verification window attached.
Sample dispatch sequence · t+5s window
live
PLC
→
setpoint kiln_O2 = 3.4% · KPI free_lime −0.18pp · verify t+90s
CCR
→
advisory · cool secondary air 6°C · ack required · reason: flame instability
CMMS
→
work order open · ID-fan #4 bearing · 14d window · vibration drift +2.1σ
CAB
→
flag · blend ratio review · Q3 capital pre-decision · slag chemistry trend
Closed-loop
PLC · DCS · APC
Direct setpoint write under live envelope. Bounded rate, kill-switch.
Advisory
CCR · HMI
Typed advisory with reason code, KPI claim, and operator ack.
Work order
CMMS · EAM
Maintenance ticket with window, priority, and probabilistic cause.
Cabinet
Sponsor inbox
Executive decision packet — capital, contract, market dispatch.
Deploying live across
Wherever a process has
structure, signal, and a loop.
The model is general. Initial deployments below.
Cement
Raw-meal chemistry · pyroprocessing · clinker · cement mill · dispatch.
Steel
Sintering · BF · BOF · EAF · caster · hot & cold rolling · coating.
Copper
Concentrate blend · flash · converter · anode · tankhouse · cathode.
Aluminium
Alumina refining · pot line · cast house · rolling · finishing.
Power
Fuel blend · combustion · heat rate · turbine · condenser · dispatch.
Refining
Crude blend · CDU · FCC · hydrocracker · hydrogen balance · blending.
Oil & gas
Reservoir · separation · compression · pipeline · flaring.
Chemicals
Reactor selectivity · distillation · separations · batch · utilities.
Mining
Drill–blast–load–haul · grade · comminution · flotation · tailings.
Pharma
Granulation · tablet press · coating · API synthesis · batch genealogy.
Life sciences
Bioreactor titer · cell-line · downstream · QC release · supply.
Discrete manufacturing
Assembly · machining · welding · paint · takt · yield.
Mobility
Powertrain · OEM line balance · fleet · charging · routing.
Logistics
Network flow · DC slotting · dwell · cross-dock · last-mile.
Data centres
Thermal envelope · workload placement · PUE · battery · cooling.
Live · expanding by design partner
Coming soon
Two adjacent products,
built on the same causal kernel.
Coming Soon
Playground
Worlds.
Build and run your own causal world. Hook up your data, your physics, your action surface. Ship a workcell.
Coming Soon
Parallel product
AI Scientist.
Autonomous hypothesis generation, intervention design, and experimental loop closure — the model as a researcher.