Hosted
Fast evaluation and low-sensitivity work. The shortest path to a first map.
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Your moat stays yours.
The map can be more sensitive than the documents used to build it. Treat it that way.
follow the boundary
The real boundary
Your evidence. Your map.
Your network.
Evidence
→
Foundry
→
Your model
Outside the boundary: company evidence · company map
Self-hosted deployment keeps the application, database, and model calls under your control.
Choose the boundary
Three ways to deploy.
Your private cloud
Foundry runs in your cloud account and can use the AI services your organization already controls.
most teams choose thisFully offline
Run Foundry with a model you host, without sending requests to a public AI service.
maximum controlKnow when a model is involved
The first ranking uses
no generative AI.
Analyze
Fixed scoring rules
The first ranking uses visible rules for impact, feasibility, how hard the opportunity is to copy, and what should happen first.
Plan
Your chosen model
Use deeper AI reasoning only when developing use cases, drafting briefs, or suggesting updates to company facts.
Use an enterprise cloud model or a local one. The endpoint is your decision.
Human control
No silent edits.
No invisible truth.
✓Every inferred fact waits for reviewreview gate
✓Sources remain attached to claimsSources kept
✓External signals expire when staleOld signals expire
✓Local analysis works without sending data to a public AI serviceControl
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