HOCUS

APPLIED RESEARCHDATAAIENGINEERING

We reveal
what matters.

Data, AI and difficult questions become evidence, decisions and useful systems.

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Hocus Data Intelligence map connecting business data, AI and machine-learning outputs to decisions
HOCUS / DATA INTELLIGENCE / FROM DATA TO DECISIONS
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02 / PROOF OF EXPERIENCE

Hocus is new.
The experience is already there.

A new structure, grounded in applied Data, analytics, machine learning and decision systems.
20+ years turning data & machine learning into business decisions.

Baptiste Pigaux, Hocus founder
FOUNDER / APPLIED DATA & AI

Baptiste Pigaux

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Baptiste Pigaux turns complex data into decisions that move businesses forward.

  • 20+years turning data & machine learning into business decisions
  • 30+clients supported across previous roles
  • Data & AIscalable Data and ML systems operated at scale
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The founder’s field experience, before Hocus.

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    03 / HOCUS PORTFOLIO

    Systems for
    what matters.

    What Hocus sells: bespoke systems, proven solutions and autonomous software.

    HOW THE WORK MOVES

    One question.
    Several possible homes.

    The path is conditional: a difficult problem starts in Works, a repeatable system finds its place in Atelier, and only autonomous software enters Arcana. Field Notes keeps the evidence visible throughout.

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    04 / EVIDENCE FROM THE FIELD

    Real systems.
    Real evidence.

    Evidence from the field, walked slide by slide: the problem, the method, the proof.

    05 / BUILT ON HOCUS TECHNOLOGY

    Proprietary engines & agents.
    Multiplying the work.

    Hocus has built a small team of specialised engines and agents. Each handles a distinct kind of work; together they extend the team across Works, Atelier and Arcana.

    AcquireGremlin

    Signals, sources and market inputs.

    Understand / DecideDecision engines

    Business reasoning, including Stolas and future engines.

    Think / Structure / TellInat

    Knowledge, structure and explainable outputs.

    Create / Transform MediaYokai

    Media transformation and visual production.

    Transform LanguageDoppel

    Language operations across contexts.

    OrchestrateCortex

    The transversal layer coordinating the system.

    Bat Pig coordinating specialized technology assistants in an observatory workshop
    One observer. Several specialized assistants.
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    Next layer: Document Intelligence / Document ETL — a future extension, not a public product yet.

    06 / ARCANA — AUTONOMOUS SOFTWARE

    Standalone software.
    With a point of view.

    Arcana only holds systems that became real, usable Hocus software — not every engine qualifies. Northstar is the first public Arcana today.

    01 / CONSTELLATIONSFind the true comparables

    Identify companies that really resemble you, beyond a category or a single quartile.

    02 / ATLASRead the landscape

    Place performance, gaps and movements in a legible competitive space.

    03 / TRAJECTORIESUnderstand the paths

    See the sequences that led the best performers to their current position.

    An observation instrument tracing the route to Northstar
    Benchmark the best. Chart your trajectory.
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    Product exposure in progress: benchmarks, cohorts and API are live; the trajectory view and full interface are still being consolidated.

    07 / FIELD NOTES

    Show the work.
    Not the claims.

    Research, experiments, benchmarks, technical investigations, case studies and findings from Hocus projects.

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    PUBLISHED LEARNING / OPEN REGISTERFN—2026
    1. 01Researchquestions worth testing
    2. 02Experimentsmethods under pressure
    3. 03Evidenceoutputs others can inspect
    4. 04Findingswhat changed the decision
    Bat Pig and Bat Bat studying a constellation map in the observatory
    Observe. Question. Share the evidence.

    08 / START WITH THE DIFFICULT

    Let’s make
    complexity useful.

    Business context first. Data and AI where they make the system better.

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    A celestial algorithm map revealing a path through complex signals
    From signal to direction.