Client work
Websites and platforms, internal business software, sensible automation, and security and privacy work. Fixed written quotes, staged delivery, and you own everything at handover.
About Cognitive IndustriesAbout the lab
Cognitive Industries is an independent AI research and development lab in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. We ship our own products, open-source our research, and build web platforms, AI systems, security tooling and computer vision for clients.
Cognitive Industries is an independent AI research and development lab based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. We build and operate our own products, publish research and open-source tools, and take on client software work across web platforms, AI systems, security engineering and computer vision.
What we are
A small lab. Human engineering amplified by a fleet of AI agents doing the work that scales that way. We say that plainly rather than implying a larger team than exists, because the first thing a prospective client should be able to check is whether we are describing ourselves accurately.
The surface area is unreasonable on purpose: a from-scratch operating system in Rust, heterogeneous compute that targets GPUs and quantum backends, self-improving reasoning engines, real-time vision, and a dozen shipped products. Research-grade systems and production apps get the same standard — do the hard thing properly, or do not do it.
The six directives
These are the operating rules. They are on the homepage in a louder voice; here they are in plain terms.
- Transparency
- We show you everything. Even the parts that make us look stupid.
- Data privacy
- Your data is yours. We do not sell it, mine it, or anonymise it into a product.
- Open where it counts
- Research, tools and libraries go out in the open. Some products are commercial. We are clear about which is which.
- Fair pricing
- No enterprise gotchas. No surprise invoices. Transparent pricing or bust.
- Security
- We hack our own stuff before you do. And if you find something first, we pay you.
- Community
- Built by humans and their opinionated AI. Contributions welcome, egos optional.
What we do
Our own products
21 products across AI, security, developer tooling, computer vision and media. Several are live, two are open source, and each page says which.
Research and capabilities
Eight domains we work in daily, each backed by something public you can open and inspect.
Where we are
Based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. We work with clients across Australia and overseas; most of the work happens remotely either way, and we are happy to meet in person if you are local.
Written to and reachable at [email protected]. Security reports go to [email protected].
Client work you can go and look at
Peak sporting bodies, charities and small businesses. Every one of them owns what we built, and most are still clients. See the work →
Who runs it
Jayden Clarke
Founder of Cognitive Industries. Works across systems programming, AI, computer vision and security engineering, and is the person who answers the contact form.
Named on purpose. An organisation with no person attached to it is a weaker entity to a search engine and a less trustworthy one to a reader, and "our team" with no names is the pattern every shell company uses.
Frequently asked
What is Cognitive Industries?
An independent AI research and development lab in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. We build and operate our own products, publish research and open-source tools, and take on client software work in web platforms, AI systems, security and computer vision.
How big is the team?
Small. Human engineering amplified by a fleet of AI agents doing the work that scales that way. We say so plainly rather than implying a larger team than exists.
Where are you based?
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. We work with clients across Australia and overseas.
Which products are open source?
DominionOS and WeftScript are public on GitHub. The HumanOR detection engine is open source. Others are commercial, and each product page says which it is.
How do I contact you?
Email [email protected], or use the form on the contact page. We reply within one business day.
Sources
Where this page states a standard, an obligation or a research result, this is what it is drawn from. All external, all checkable.
- Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) — the Act itself, current compilation
- Australian Privacy Principles — OAIC, the regulator
- DominionOS source — every claim on that page is checkable here
- WeftScript source
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