Forward-deployed teams · Built on Palantir Foundry

We turn how you work
into systems that work.

Production-grade AI for the world's hardest operations — built with you.

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01 Why we exist
We work where operations are genuinely hard. The problems we solve demand deep operational understanding before any solution — and that understanding is what separates a system that works from one that doesn't.
We qualify on the problem.Not the size of the logo. A hard operational problem with real ROI is the only entry condition — enterprise, mid-market, or just getting started.
We leave capability behind.Every engagement produces a working system the organisation can run and extend — not a recommendation deck.
02 The model

Every organisation runs on ideas that live in people's heads. We make them explicit.

We surface how your operation really works — then turn it into a model we can build on. Objects, the relationships between them, and the actions taken on them.

OBJ — the nouns

Objects

People, assets, cases, risks, events, workflows — the things that matter, formally defined.

REL — the connections

Relationships

Who owns what, what depends on what, which teams touch which data. The hidden structure, made visible.

ACT — the verbs

Actions

Create, assign, assess, escalate, resolve. The workflows and decisions the system must support.

FIG.01 — ONTOLOGY MODELOBJ · REL · ACT
03 Where Foundry fits
We meet the work where it is.

We've built on Palantir Foundry since its earliest days — part of the first Foundry for Builders cohort. It's our deepest expertise, and a strategic asset, not a requirement. You don't need to run Foundry to work with us.

YOUR FOUNDRY
Mode A

On your Foundry

You already run Foundry. We bring elite forward-deployed engineering on top — ontology design, pipelines, AIP integration, deployment.

OUR FOUNDRY
Mode B

On ours

You don't run Foundry and don't need to. We host and deliver on our own — you get purpose-built applications and keep control of your data.

RIGHT STACK
Mode C

Around it, or without it

When Foundry isn't the right tool, it isn't part of the stack. We get smart on whatever the problem calls for. The outcome doesn't change.

04 The engagement

Months of work, compressed into weeks.

A focused engagement, scaled to the problem — with a clear objective and an explicit conversation about what comes next. Experience across hard operations, compounded by AI, means what took months now takes days.

Weeks 1–2

Understand

  • Map the problem and operational environment
  • Surface misalignments across teams
  • Build the ontological model
  • Working prototypes on real data by week two
Weeks 3–4

Build

  • Build the production system — Foundry where it fits, the right stack where it doesn't
  • Pipelines, applications, security, access controls
  • AI layered onto real operational data
  • Users testing throughout
Weeks 5–6

Productionise

  • System goes into production
  • Your team trained to run and extend it
  • Ontological model documented and handed over
  • An ownership arrangement that fits your context
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05 What you take away

Working systems, not slide decks.

Every engagement produces real operational capability. What you own depends on the engagement — sometimes everything we build, sometimes a licensed solution for a narrowly defined problem. We agree which, up front.

An ontological model

A structured, queryable map of your operational environment — built during discovery, yours to build on.

Production data pipelines

Complete lineage and governance. Data flowing from source to decision, reliably and auditably.

Purpose-built applications

Designed for your users and their workflows — not generic software adapted to fit.

AI capabilities

Intelligence layered onto your operational data — specific to your business, not applied from outside.

Enterprise-grade security

SSO, role-based access, encryption, audit logging. Production-grade from day one.

A clear path forward

Own and operate, work with us long term, or license a proven solution — agreed before we start.

06 Proof
Palantir, on Hence's founder & CEO, Steve — a Palantir alumnus:
“Steve understands the value of our technology and will be able to utilize Palantir Foundry to its full potential.”
Shyam Sankar  CTO, Palantir
Backed by PalantirFirst cohort, Foundry for Builders · featured by Palantir
Winner — Zurich Innovation Championship 2023A production system delivering material savings, from 3,500+ entrants
Selected — A&O Shearman FuseOne of 19, from 230+ applicants
Day 1
Building on Palantir Foundry since its earliest days
Days
To a first working operational model
Weeks
From first conversation to production
Up front
What's yours and what's ours, agreed before we start
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The first step is a conversation.

Tell us the operational problem that matters most. We'll be direct about whether Hence is the right fit — and if there's a match, we'll have prototypes in your hands within weeks.

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