# Hence

> Hence (Hence Technologies Ltd, hence.ai) builds production-grade AI systems for organisations with genuinely hard operations. Forward-deployed engineering teams embed with the client, model how the operation really works (objects, relationships, actions — an ontology), build on Palantir Foundry where it fits or the right stack where it doesn't, and leave working systems behind — typically in weeks, not months.

Key facts:
- Founded 2020. Global team with roots in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Rwanda (engineering hub in Kigali).
- Founding member of Palantir's first Foundry for Builders cohort; CEO is a Palantir alumnus. Clients do not need to run Foundry to work with Hence.
- Engagement arc: Understand (weeks 1–2, working prototypes on real data), Build (weeks 3–4, production system), Productionise (weeks 5–6, handover and training).
- Clients keep real deliverables: an ontological model, production data pipelines, purpose-built applications, AI capabilities, enterprise-grade security, and an ownership arrangement agreed up front.
- Winner, Zurich Innovation Championship. Selected for A&O Shearman Fuse. Featured in Harvard Business Review, CNBC Africa, Barron's, and TechCrunch.
- Contact: info@hence.ai · https://calendly.com/steve-hence/hence-intro-call

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.hence.ai/): positioning, operating model, where Foundry fits, proof
- [About](https://www.hence.ai/about): founding story, global team, focus areas
- [How we work](https://www.hence.ai/how-we-work): method, engagement timeline, what clients own
- [Built on Foundry](https://www.hence.ai/built-on-foundry): what Palantir Foundry and AIP are, Hence × Palantir relationship
- [Hence in Africa](https://www.hence.ai/africa): the Kigali engineering hub, who Hence serves across the continent

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