Edge-native causal learning

Powering machines that learn from reality

Most AI optimizes for the mean. Nervous Machine learns your ecosystem—your machines, your configurations, your environment—in real time, at the edge, without constant cloud inference.

Learn each machine's real signature

Nervous Machine enriches population-level priors with instance-level causal models that update from operational reality. No retraining. No cloud roundtrip. Just continuous calibration at the edge.

01 — Seed

Start with physics

Build an initial causal graph from domain literature, simulation outputs, or digital twin priors. The system starts with the best available knowledge—then improves it.

02 — Sense

Measure the gap

Sensors capture actual outcomes. Pure error signals (predicted vs. actual) expose exactly where the model diverges from reality. No labels needed—just ground truth.

03 — Adapt

Learn where uncertain

Learning rate is inversely proportional to certainty. Agile where ignorant, stable where confident. The system knows what it doesn't know and adjusts accordingly.

04 — Detect

Trigger curiosity

High certainty + persistent error = missing causal factor. The system autonomously flags knowledge gaps and generates hypotheses instead of masking them.

05 — Propagate

Share vectors, not data

Validated causal vectors (~1KB) propagate across the fleet. Raw telemetry never leaves the device. Every node benefits from collective learning without sharing sensitive data.

06 — Repeat

Never stop learning

The loop runs continuously on operational data. Models improve with every measurement cycle. Learning is architecture, not a scheduled retraining job.

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From Raspberry Pi to full fleet

The framework is lightweight enough to run on an MCU and robust enough to orchestrate fleet-wide learning across thousands of devices. No GPU cluster required. No cloud dependency. Deploy where the physics happens.

MCU-ready
Runs on Raspberry Pi, ARM, embedded
Edge-native
No cloud inference required
Fleet-safe
Share learnings, not raw telemetry
Causal
Explainable models, not black boxes

Scale to your operation

Per-install or subscription. Start with a single device and scale to fleet-wide intelligence. No lock-in.

Tier 1

Local Learning

Single-device causal learning. Your machine learns its own signature from operational reality.

  • On-device causal model
  • Real-time error signal adaptation
  • Curiosity-triggered gap detection
  • No cloud dependency
Tier 3

Custom Causal

Bespoke causal model training for your domain. We build the initial graph with your physics and your data.

  • Everything in Fleet
  • Domain-specific causal graph design
  • Custom validation pipelines
  • Dedicated engineering support

Your machines have variance. We learn it.

Satellites, factories, robots, data centers. If it operates in the physical world, we can make its models smarter.