Applied AI · Machine learning · Engineering
We reveal
what matters.
Complex systems contain thousands of signals. We find the ones that matter, connect them, and build systems around what we discover.
01 / The Hocus method
Observe the noise.
Build the useful thing.
Hocus is an applied AI and machine-learning company for real-world business problems. We do not sell a bench of people. We build systems.
- 01Observe
- 02Model
- 03Test
- 04Build
- 05Deploy
02 / Hocus Works
Applied AI, built for the real world.
Complex problem.
Working system.
Hocus Works turns difficult business problems into production-ready systems: audits, decision systems, scoring, prediction, recommendation, bespoke business applications and intelligence investigations.
Bring us a problem worth solving ↗03 / Hocus Atelier
Proven solutions. Adapted to your business.
Things we have built
more than once.
A layer beneath the portfolio
Built on Hocus technology.
Proprietary engines.
Shared across the rooms.
Works, Atelier and Arcana draw on a shared Hocus technology stack.
Next layer: Document Intelligence / Document ETL — a future extension, not a public product yet.
04 / Hocus Arcana
Standalone proprietary Hocus software.
A selective
software collection.
Arcana is deliberately strict: only systems that become autonomous, generic software products join the collection. Northstar is the first public Arcana.
Explore Northstar ↓Arcane no. 01 / Northstar ★
Benchmark the best.
Chart your path.
Northstar maps detailed company trajectories—not just today’s quartiles—to show where you are, who is doing better, and the patterns that led them there.
- Constellations
- Atlas
- Benchmarks
- Trajectories
- Compass
- Northstar ★
05 / Field Notes
Research, evidence and published learning.
Show the work.
Not the claims.
Research, experiments, benchmarks, technical investigations, case studies and findings from Hocus projects. Evidence is more convincing when it is visible.
BAT PIG “I found a signal.”
BAT BAT “Did you test it?”
06 / The Hocus flywheel
A problem becomes a system.
A system may become software.
The path is conditional, not mechanical. Field Notes captures the evidence and learning at every stage.
Research and findings make the next problem easier to see and solve.
07 / Start here
Got a problem
worth solving?
Bring it to Hocus.
Bring us a problem ↗Direct conversation · Evidence over theatre · No generic demo