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Transforming industrial expertise into durable, auditable knowledge

QognyX was created by practitioners who’ve lived the operational reality: expertise gets lost, decisions get repeated, and audits demand defensible proof.

“Human expertise should not be lost. It must be captured, structured, and made auditable — so teams can operate faster and safer.”

The problem we saw

Industrial performance depends on expert judgment — but that knowledge is fragile: turnover, scattered documentation, inconsistent practices, and reliance on external consulting.

  • Critical know-how lives in people’s heads
  • Procedures drift across sites and shifts
  • Decisions are hard to justify during audits

What we believe

AI should not be a black box. For high-stakes work, it must be bounded, reviewable, and anchored to evidence — so humans stay in control.

  • Clear scope and constraints
  • Versioned decision logic
  • Traceability from source to output

What we build

A production-grade platform that turns expert reasoning into reusable “knowledge capsules” and operational deliverables — not just chat responses.

  • SOP drafts, checklists, investigations
  • Executive-ready summaries
  • Decision logs for governance

Our Team

We combine industrial expertise and AI engineering to deliver systems that are usable on the shop floor and defensible in front of stakeholders.

Laurent Masnou

Co-Founder & CEO

Background in aeronautical and industrial environments, focused on performance and optimization. 30+ years in composite industry innovation, with a long-standing mission: preserve and scale human expertise.

Strengths: industrial performance, operational adoption, field reality.

Stéphane Buchet

Co-Founder & CTO

Technology architect (10+ years) and steel manufacturing expert (20+ years). Building transparent, scalable, auditable AI systems designed for enterprise constraints.

Strengths: system architecture, reliability, governance, and industrial AI deployment.

Why QognyX now

We built QognyX because industrial teams need something different from general-purpose AI: a platform that captures expert decision patterns, enforces validation, and produces deliverables that integrate into real operational workflows — with traceability for audits, governance, and continuous improvement.

Principle #1 — Structured

We prioritize step-by-step decision logic and operational artifacts over long-form generic text.

Principle #2 — Verified

Outputs are bounded by scope and anchored to evidence so humans can review, approve, and trust them.

Principle #3 — Durable

Knowledge becomes a versioned asset that improves over time, not a one-off response that disappears.

Want to see QognyX on your workflow?

We start with a scoped pilot: one site, one workflow, clear success metrics, and weekly operational outputs.