AI Foundry

AI at the center for every process.

We go where AI hasn't—overlooked industries running on processes that never really worked. Rather than bolt AI onto what's broken, we reason from first principles and rebuild the system around what AI can actually do.

"A broken process with AI is a faster broken process."

Justin K Schaad · Founder & CEO
How we work

We start from the AI and build up.

Most AI gets bolted onto a process that was already broken. We don't. We look at the whole system and ask how it should work when it's built around what AI can actually do—then we engineer that.

01
Find the broken process

We look for industries and workflows AI hasn't reached—where the process itself, not the effort, is the bottleneck.

02
Rebuild from first principles

Instead of automating what already exists, we redesign the system around what AI makes newly possible.

03
Engineer it for production

We build the redesigned system for real conditions—and stand behind it once it's running.

Pursuit — Industrial QC

Sapient Caliber

Quality control for industrial applications—machine vision and machine learning applied to the inspection checkpoints where a defect caught early saves a batch, and a drift caught late doesn't. This is the shape of what it does.

Machine-vision defect detectionSurface, cosmetic & assembly defects
Dimensional & tolerance verificationMetrology-grade measurement vs. spec
Real-time, in-line inspectionRuns at production speed
Anomaly detection that adaptsLearns each line's normal
Traceability & audit trailA record for every unit
Integrates with existing hardwareCameras, PLCs & line systems
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Technical diagram of an in-line machine-vision inspection station: an optical sensor scans a precision-machined part on a conveyor; a dimension callout reads 124.00 mm plus or minus 0.05 and one hole is flagged out of spec.
Pursuit — Autonomous operations

CogNexus

An agent-native platform for running operational work. Describe an outcome; an orchestrator plans the job, assembles specialist agents to execute it, and routes the decisions that need a person through approval gates.

Describe the outcomePlain-language goals, not scripts
Specialist agent hierarchyAn orchestrator spawns & coordinates agents
Human-in-the-loop approvalAgents propose; people approve
Connects to your toolsIntegrations over a common protocol
Full observabilityEvery action, decision & cost is auditable
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Technical diagram of an agent-orchestration system: an orchestrator node branches to three agents and two sub-agents, with an orange approval-gate checkpoint and a feedback loop.
Ventures

Built here. Now on their own.

Spun out · 2026

Struxen, Inc.

Struxen, Inc. — a quality-control and preconstruction platform for the construction industry — was developed at Sapient Dynamics and spun out as an independent company in 2026.

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Domain
Construction · preconstruction
Status
Independent company
Spun out
2026

When a product matures into a business of its own, we spin it out. More systems are in development at Sapient Dynamics; we'll add them here as they're ready.

Contact

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