Do you take on engagements outside your stated sectors?
Occasionally. The criterion is whether the work is well-posed for SIGMA, MITHRIL, or our quantitative practice — not whether it sits inside one of our named theaters. If the problem is well-posed and the data is tractable, we will engage.
Can SIGMA, MITHRIL, or ORIGINS run inside our own infrastructure?
Yes — that is the default. Models are compact enough to self-host inside the client's VPC, on-prem environment, or sovereign cloud. Data never leaves the perimeter. No outbound calls to third-party model APIs, no telemetry back to us, no shared multi-tenant runtime.
Can we evaluate a model on our own historical data before committing?
Yes. A scoped backtest on a defined window of client data — agreed scope, agreed metrics, agreed exit — is the standard first phase. We don't deploy production weights against a problem we haven't already shown can be solved.
Who owns the work we commission?
Client work is the client's. Custom models, configurations, ontology packs, and integrations built on engagement are owned by the client. SIGMA, MITHRIL, and ORIGINS themselves remain ours and are licensed; the embedding, the data, and any client-specific extensions are not.
Do you take exclusivity in our sector?
When the engagement warrants it, yes — sector or sub-sector exclusivity is negotiable for material commitments. For most engagements we do not. We are explicit upfront about what other relationships in the space we hold; discretion runs both ways.
What happens if a model underperforms in production?
It is held to the metrics agreed at signing. Underperformance triggers diagnostic review — data drift, regime shift, integration error — and a remediation plan with timelines. Engagements are structured so the firm is paid for outcomes, not for hours of inconclusive work.
Do you work with individuals, or only institutions?
Institutions. Family offices count. Single-person hedge funds count. Our engagement minimums are calibrated to the discipline the work requires, not the headcount of the counterparty.
Do you sign NDAs? In which languages do you work?
NDAs: routinely, on the client's paper or ours — discretion is a baseline expectation of the practice, not a deliverable. Working languages: English (primary), with Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew available through specialists.