“Individual brilliance built the past.Collective intelligence is building the future.This is CogNexus”
Justin K. Schaad, CEO & Founder, CogNexus
Principles
The rules and promises that guide CogNexus.
Human-First
Rule: AI assists; people decide.
Promise: CogNexus explains its reasoning, lets you scope sources and permissions, and pauses when confidence is low—so judgment stays in human hands.
Provenance
Rule: Answers come with receipts.
Promise: Every claim links to the exact page, version, and timestamp. If a source changes, CogNexus flags the delta and shows what moved.
Clarity → Execution
Rule: Answers should become action.
Promise: Turn a response into a task, checklist, or workflow in one click—citations and context travel with it, so work doesn’t get re-explained.
How it works
CogNexus links human intelligence with AI—so your organization can think, decide, and act at scale.
1) Codify
Capture how your organization thinks. Principles, constraints, priorities, and expert judgment become explicit. CogNexus learns from decisions and corrections—not just content—so your intelligence is teachable and repeatable.
2) Connect
AI structures your intelligence into a living model. Concepts, roles, and context are linked with provenance. Ambiguity is resolved, trade-offs are surfaced, and reasoning stays traceable.
3) Decide & Operate
From clarity to action. Ask in plain language to get options, rationale, and next steps you can execute. Every answer cites its sources and supports an I don’t know when confidence is low.
Our Platforms
Build decision-ready workflows on day one. Explore Forge to reduce rework, speed approvals, and make crews unstoppable.
Forge — for ConstructionLive
Put submittals, drawings, and T&M on rails. Get precise answers with citations, keep meetings aligned, and move field work forward—fast.
- Speak to drawings and specs — ask questions, get cited answers
- Submittal review — extract, validate, and flag issues fast
- Scope identification — surface gaps and change impacts
2‑min tour. No sales call.
Trust
Your data stays yours. Private by default. Never used to train our models—unlike many competitors.
Privacy-first
Your data. Your rules.
- Workspace isolation with role-based access.
- Granular source scoping per question.
- No data selling, no sharing, no “improve our model” toggle.
Provenance & Audit
Answers with receipts.
- Every response cites the exact source (page/section/version).
- Immutable answer logs with timestamps; inputs/outputs redacted for privacy.
- Reproducible mode: same inputs → same answer signature.
Enterprise-ready
Built for security-critical teams.
- SSO/OIDC, role-based permissions, least-privilege by default.
- Fine-grained API keys and event logging.
- Flexible deployment options to align with your security posture.
No Training on Your Data
We don’t learn from your data. We answer with it.
- Your content is never used to train foundation models or shared to improve third-party systems.
- Processing is purpose-bound to your queries and features you enable.
- Opt-out isn’t required—this is the default.
Encryption & Key Management
Locked in transit and at rest.
- TLS in transit; encrypted storage at rest.
- Customer-controlled retention windows.
- Bring-your-own-keys or provider-managed keys (configure per workspace).
Data Ownership & Portability
You own it. You can take it with you.
- Full export of your corpus, connections/graph, and answer logs on request.
- Retention controls and hard-delete (cryptographic erasure) with deletion receipts.
- Clear DPA and subprocessors list; portability if you ever leave CogNexus.
Private by default • Answers cite sources • Your data is never used to train our models